NRA Explore by Garrett O’Leary November 6, 2019
Virginia Election Results Cast Ominous Cloud over State’s Second Amendment Freedoms
Republicans lost both the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate Tuesday, having previously controlled both chambers. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) failed earlier this year to restrict gun-owners’ Second Amendment rights, but the legislature is now set for an aggressive push to deliver different results. This marks the first time since 1994 that Democrats have held unilateral control of the state government.
Northam convened a special session July 9 to push gun-control measures in the wake of the Virginia Beach tragedy that left over a dozen people dead; including at least one, Kate Nixon, who wanted to bring her self-defense gun to the office where she was killed, but didn’t because it was a so-called “gun-free zone.â€
Northam’s proposals included “universal†background checks on firearm sales and transactions, bans on so-called “assault weapons,†a limit of one handgun purchase per month (this would have reinstated a Virginia law that had been repealed in 2012 after being shown to be ineffective in reducing violent crime), the passage of some version of “red-flag laws,†and other unconstitutional measures.
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https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2019/11/6/virginia-election-results-cast-ominous-cloud-over-state-s-second-amendment-freedoms/