By Larry Keane A new Virginia proposal is closer to receiving the governor’s signature and announcing loudly and clearly: assaulting a law enforcement officer is now more acceptable to legislators in the Commonwealth. The bill, which downgrades the penalty for assaulting a police officer in some cases from a felony to a misdemeanor, passed the Democratic-controlled … Read more
By Dennis Petrocelli, MD If the Bloomberg-financed gun confiscation crowd gets anything right, it is their consistently beguiling messaging. In the same way that The Force in Star Wars bends the will of the weak-minded, confiscationists use language that requires us first to disabuse the public of their empty rhetoric before we can actually discuss the facts about … Read more
By Jeff Hulbert Virginia Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who has gained national prominence for his plan to shield his citizens from Democrats’ gun control schemes, says more of his fellow sheriffs are now on board with his idea. Jenkins serves in Culpeper County, a rural enclave in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains just 75 … Read more
The newly Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature begins hearing testimony on a raft of gun control bills today at the capitol in Richmond. Bills under consideration include an “assault weapons” ban, “large capacity” magazine ban, red flag confiscations, universal background checks and more. Hearings today will be held by the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. The NRA … Read more
It looks like there’s no stopping the guerrilla activist movement that Virginia locals have started in response to state Democrats’ push for more restrictions on their Second Amendment rights. First reported in the Culpeper Star-Exponent, flyers and posters featuring the blackface and klan image from Governor Ralph Northam’s college yearbook are showing up all around … Read more
By Larry Keane Got guns, Virginia? Your state government wants them. Virginia lawmakers are pre-filing bills that would clamp down on gun rights to the point of dispossessing law-abiding gun owners of their legally purchased modern sporting rifles and other commonly owned semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Everything is on the table for the incoming … Read more
Do you remember the ambitious gun control agenda proposed by Governor Ralph “Coonman” Northam? After yesterday’s election results in the Old Dominion, there will be nothing to stop him from enacting virtually every aspect of it. That includes a red flag law, one gun a month limits and universal background checks. So you’d better get … Read more
Today, the Virginia Governor Ralph ‘Coonman‘ Northam suffered a humiliating defeat in his effort to politically exploit the Virginia Beach spree killing. He called the legislature to a special session to consider a host of radical gun control measures in an effort to capitalize on a tragedy and make some political hay in an election … Read more
Virginia is moving to “relax” its gun laws. And how. Forbes provides readers with a full list of the firearms-related bills working their way through Old Dominion’s legislative process, including one that would alter the state’s five-year concealed handgun permit to a lifetime achievement award. [Full list of laws after the jump.] Needless to say, … Read more
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