{"id":93960,"date":"2020-01-03T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T14:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93960"},"modified":"2020-01-03T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T14:46:01","slug":"gun-control-heats-up-in-virginia-as-legislative-season-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93960","title":{"rendered":"Gun Control Heats up in Virginia as Legislative Season Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the ground, the support for the 2nd Amendment is a bipartisan one. (Ben Garrison)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The politicians that won the election at the state level will be taking office and kicking off legislation. Most of those elected are Democrats. Together, with the Governor, they’re ready to push some of their policies related to gun control.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, local governments have essentially set themselves up as “2nd Amendment” sanctuary cities. They simply will not cooperate with state laws that infringe on people’s constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginians turned out to debate the measures at public budget hearings on Thursday, less than a week before the General Assembly’s first legislative session of 2020. Both the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) and Gun Owners of America specifically warned about Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam’s related budget proposal, which directs $250,000 for the Department of Corrections to incarcerate people as a result of new restrictions.<\/p>\n

Another measure included over $4 million and 18 “authorized positions” — part of an apparent team that Second Amendment groups warn could be used to enforce an assault weapons ban. The new General Assembly is expected to vote on two bills in particular — SB 18 and SB 16 — which would ban assault weapons, raise the minimum age of purchase to 21 and require background checks for any firearms transfer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark Herring, the state’s attorney general, has stated that local second amendment resolutions don’t have legal effect. One of the Second Amendment groups countered this argument by arguing that the oath of office that people swore was to the federal and state constitutions. Not to state laws that may be in violation of those constitutions.<\/p>\n

Fox News has more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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