In a recent legislative development, the Virginia Senate has passed Senate Bill 225, raising concerns among pro-gun advocates about government intrusion into private homes and personal firearm storage decisions. The bill mandates that school boards annually notify parents of their legal responsibility to securely store firearms in their households, citing Virginia law that deems reckless storage of loaded, unsecured firearms a Class 1 misdemeanor, particularly if it endangers children under the age of fourteen.
Critics argue that while firearm safety is undoubtedly crucial, the state’s involvement in dictating how individuals manage their homes and store firearms for self-defense raises significant questions about personal freedom and autonomy. Proponents of the Second Amendment worry that such legislation may inadvertently infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families.
Senator Stella Pekarsky (D-Fairfax), a supporter of the bill, contends that the measure is intended to enhance safety by educating parents on responsible firearm storage. However, from a pro-gun perspective, the concern is that this initiative may be seen as government overreach, encroaching on the fundamental rights of individuals to make personal choices within their homes.
The bill specifies that notifications should include information on the importance of safe storage in homes and vehicles, modeling responsible firearm behavior, and addressing the possibility of unsafely stored firearms in other locations. While supporters argue that this is an effort to prevent accidental injuries or deaths, critics maintain that it may inadvertently create a chilling effect on gun ownership and self-defense practices.
Furthermore, opponents of the bill emphasize that many responsible gun owners already take significant precautions to secure their firearms, and such legislation may disproportionately impact law-abiding citizens without effectively addressing the root causes of firearm-related incidents.
During the Senate floor discussions, no senators spoke against the bill, which passed with a vote of 23 to 16. Two Republicans joined Senate Democrats in supporting the measure. The fact that some school systems, like Roanoke County Public Schools, already have similar policies in place may indicate a broader shift towards increased government oversight in matters of firearm storage.
The passage of this comes less than a week after TTAG reported how the SAF Investigative Journalism Project revealed the White House is pushing the same agenda to use schools as a gateway to provide their anti-gun messaging a false sense of legitimacy.
So the school boards have no responsibility when it comes to allowing dangerous students to stay in school??? As was done in Florida at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas School.
I guess getting that Obama/Eric Holder $$$ was more important. Than removing a known dangerous student.
Which explains why a virginia board school, allowed a known rapist who stay in school.
When I was teaching in the schools I pocket carried my baretta 21A. And I regularly trained with it.
Steven Crowder does it again. It seems he has become the person whistle blowers go to. Another school board wants to hide the truth.
They don’t want to tell parents that a h0 m0 sexu@l tr@ns f0rmer planned to murder Christian school children.
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1756065791143805038?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Right…as long as schools require parents to teach children how to defend themselves and Mommy and Daddy…
Autumn is home-schooled so she has not had to drink that government kool-aid. Never send your kids to re-education day-camps.
Crazy…
Thanks for posting anti-American, pro-Putin propaganda, good job comrade!
“However, Financial Times Moscow Bureau Chief Max Seddon singled out one particular part of the interview that had to be particularly embarrassing for Carlson, which came when the Russian president mocked him for getting rejected to work at the CIA decades ago.
“We should thank God that they didn’t let you in!” Putin said to Carlson. “Although it is a serious organization, I understand.”
Seddon noted that Putin embarrassed Carlson despite the fact that Carlson had gone out of his way to lob softball questions at him while also in the past praising his nation for supposedly upholding traditional Christian values.“
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/tucker-carlson-putin-interview-2667226543
“It was okay for Gavin Newsom to remove the feces and the homeless from the streets of San Francisco in order to fête Xi Jinping. Likewise, it was just fine for CNN and the BBC to interview the leader of Hamas. And of course CNN’s Erin Burnett was on the case with Volodymyr Zelensky in her 2023 interview with the former comedian and crossdressing performance artist (though the soundtrack to this version of Burnett’s love fest is—special).
“It was okay to interview or publish Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, and Sirajuddin Haqqani, deputy leader of the Taliban. It was even okay, once upon a time, for journalists—well, some journalists—to interview Vladimir Putin.
“But just let Tucker Carlson travel to Moscow to interview the Russian dictator, and pow!, the media and its minders go nuts. Did you know that Tucker Carlson is a “right-wing conspiracy,” a faux-journalist, and (according to Hillary Clinton) “a useful idiot.” Really, the clip is just as amusing as those compilations of important people explaining why Donald Trump could not win in 2016 (“Take it to the bank,” said Nancy Pelosi). I watched the entire 2-hour-long interview and the 2-part, 10-minute post-mortem Tucker conducted in an ante-room of the Kremlin and then back at his hotel. I thought both were fascinating. …
“Does that mean that I am somehow “pro-Putin?” No, it doesn’t. But to appreciate that, you would need to appreciate that the Manichean temptation should be resisted in world affairs as well as in matters of theology.”
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/11/examining-the-controversy-surrounding-tucker-carlsons-interview-with-putin/
The school boards job is simple, the 3 Rs… Reading, Righting and Rithmatik
It’s not to force an agenda down our throats that isn’t aligned with their core mission
Why not put this on the police department
RickS, I think the glory days of education are bygone.
We called it eyewash when I was in the Army. Looks good, doesn’t do anything.
I bet they hire a few full-time staff to manage what amounts to an automated script being scheduled and run. A ten minute task done once that operates annually will wind up costing taxpayers $700,000 a year at least when benefits packages are factored in.
“citing Virginia law that deems reckless storage of loaded, unsecured firearms a Class 1 misdemeanor, particularly if it endangers children under the age of fourteen.”
What is “reckless storage?” For that matter, what does the law require as “safe storage?”
“critics maintain that it may inadvertently create a chilling effect on gun ownership and self-defense practice.”
Inadvertently? That’s a funny way to spell “intentionally.”
“many responsible gun owners already take significant precautions to secure their firearms, and such legislation may disproportionately impact law-abiding citizens without effectively addressing the root causes of firearm-related incidents.”
The law is not designed to stop crime — criminals already do not obey laws, hence the word “criminal.” The law is intended to create criminals from law-abiding citizens, and to further control the remainder of law-abiding citizens.
“The citizens were able to swiftly defend themselves against the home invaders using their firearms which indicates their weapons were not ‘responsibly stored’ according to state law, therefore said citizens will be prosecuted.”
“…enhance safety by educating parents…”
Duuuh hyulk… im just a stoopid gumns having person i dint know i culd stor my gumns inna goood way thnaks for edjucatin me non-gumn persons whu kno gud stuff
How much does it cost the School Board to edumicate all the parents?
And what about those folks that do not have kids living with them? How do they get this precious Knowledge?
No need to ask who is going to pay for it, of course.
Remember that time a skirt-wearing rainbow cultist dude committed multiple secksual assaults in the school girls bathroom, and the Loudon County, Virginia school system tried to cover it up? Why cover it up? So they could allow boys into the girls bathrooms! Important stuff that totally wasn’t considered to be insane a few years ago…
LCPS officials did not tell the public, report it to the state on mandatory statistics, or remove the student from school after the May incident. On June 22, weeks after the rape, the school board discussed a proposed policy that would allow tran[z]gender students to use girls’ bathrooms. To address parents’ concerns about safety, school board member Beth Barts asked Ziegler whether there was a history of bathroom or locker room assaults.
Ziegler responded that there were no bathroom assaults of any sort on record. Barts replied that she was confused because there was a well-known locker-room incident several years prior among male athletes.
After The Daily Wire revealed the rape and cover-up, Ziegler apologized, saying — despite Barts’ clarifying follow-up in the moment — he mistakenly thought the question referred only to incidents “involving tran[z]gender and gender-fluid students”
Here’s the dude in question. He admitted to wearing a skirt during one of the rapes.
https://twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1455608204897906688?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
*alternative spelling used to skirt the moderation system
If schools can be used to send out “gun safety” memos to parents, where is the legislature’s bill to use school systems to conduct unannounced compliance visits in private homes?
They’re saving that for the next legislative session when they’ll have a veto-proof majority and/or a Dem governor.
Nevertheless, I’m disinclined to acquiesce to your request. – it means No.
3rd attempt to post in 4 days
quote—————–Critics argue that while firearm safety is undoubtedly crucial, the state’s involvement in dictating how individuals manage their homes and store firearms for self-defense raises significant questions about personal freedom and autonomy. Proponents of the Second Amendment worry that such legislation may inadvertently infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families.———-quote
Lets look at both parts of the above asinine statement.
Personal freedom does not include putting your own children and the children of the community at risk because you are either to shiftless and lazy to keep deadly weapons locked up or you are so paranoid that you cannot think logically or sanely. Yes the State has every right to make sure senseless gun deaths are prevented when they can easily be prevented. To argue otherwise is pure insanity.
And the Far Right deraigned Paranoids screaming from the rooftops that they would not be able to defend themselves is pure bullshit. One can keep a gun on one’s person or use a trigger lock or safe, it takes only about 1 1/2 seconds to access a gun this way. I know because I have done it.
“Yes the State has every right”
No, it doesn’t.
“I know because I have done it.”
Pure bullshit.