{"id":141211,"date":"2020-01-24T04:51:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T04:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/virginia-senate-passes-red-flag-law-following-gun-rights-rally\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T04:51:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T04:51:12","slug":"virginia-senate-passes-red-flag-law-following-gun-rights-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/virginia-senate-passes-red-flag-law-following-gun-rights-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Senate Passes Red Flag Law Following Gun Rights Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginias state Senate passed a \u201cred flag\u201d bill days after a massive gun rights rally opposing the legislation drew at least 22,000 Second Amendment advocates<\/a> from across the country. Gun rights groups decried the move.<\/p>\n

The legislation, SB 240,<\/a> passed on Jan. 22 by a thin 21\u201319 margin<\/a> and will head to the states House of Delegates where its also expected to pass. The bill will have to be approved by the House and signed by Gov. Ralph Northam to become law.<\/p>\n

The bill, once signed into law, allows authorities to apply to certain courts for \u201can emergency substantial risk order to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats recently won control of both chambers of the state legislature and have vowed to enact stronger gun control policies. They believe that stricter legislation will help reduce shootings and deaths. Northam has indicated previously that he would sign such legislation into law.<\/p>\n

According to Dudley Brown, president of the National Association for Gun Rights, red flag laws allow the theft of personal property from law-abiding citizens who have committed no crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an unconstitutional pre-crime program like you would expect to see in some communist backwater nation,\u201d Brown told The Epoch Times via email.<\/p>\n

Second Amendment advocates and gun rights supporters at the rally told The Epoch Times<\/a> that the proposals passing through the General Assembly violate their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Virginia Senate<\/a> passed a slew of gun control bills, including measures to require background checks on all firearms sales, limit handgun purchases to one per month, and restore local government powers to ban weapons from public buildings and other venues.<\/p>\n

NRA spokesperson Catherine Mortensen told The Epoch Times the red flag bill \u201cfails to address mental health concerns for individuals and falls far short on due process.\u201d<\/p>\n

It \u201calso creates numerous false flag opportunities for law enforcement,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Following the Jan. 20 rally, Northam issued a statement<\/a> saying he would \u201ccontinue to listen to the voices of Virginians.\u201d Meanwhile, a Change.org petition<\/a> has garnered more than 68,000 signatures calling for the impeachment of Northam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands of people came to Richmond to make their voices heard. Today showed that when people disagree, they can do so peacefully,\u201d Northam said. \u201cThe issues before us evoke strong emotions, and progress is often difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northam and other Democratic lawmakers in the state have credited their focus on gun control for helping them win full control of the General Assembly for the first time in more than two decades, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way this works is we make laws and theyre reviewed by judges to determine their constitutionality. In many cases, bills very similar to this have been ruled constitutional,\u201d Matt Rogers, chief of staff to Sen. David W. Marsden (D-Fairfax) toRead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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