Here are the Worst Provisions of the Bill Virginia Democrats Just Sent to the House

As we noted, the Virginia House Public Safety committee has passed HB 961. It was a substitute of the originally proposed bill that passed. The state site reports that it was “Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)”. There have been some major changes in the offered substitute. The version the committee sent to the … Read more

Virginia House Assault Weapon Ban HB 961 Is Fake Grandfathering

This post was been corrected on 1/30/20. I was unaware of Article IV, Section 13 of the Virginia state constitution. That provision specifies that laws passed “shall take effect on the first day of July following the adjournment of the session.” This was brought to my attention by Richard Hutchison, whom I thank for correcting … Read more