{"id":141248,"date":"2020-01-25T05:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T05:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/virginia-house-committee-passes-gun-control-measures\/"},"modified":"2020-01-25T05:20:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T05:20:36","slug":"virginia-house-committee-passes-gun-control-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/virginia-house-committee-passes-gun-control-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia House Committee Passes Gun Control Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Democrat-led Virginia House Committee on Jan. 24 voted to advance a raft of tighter gun control measures, including a \u201cred flag\u201d bill and universal background checks, just days after a gun-rights rally opposing such legislation drew at least 22,000 Second Amendment advocates.<\/a><\/p>\n

The bills, most of which passed along party-lines (13-9), will now head to the full House for consideration. The bills will have to be approved by the House and the state Senate<\/a> before being signed by Gov. Ralph Northam to become law. The Senate has already passed a number of gun control bills.<\/p>\n

The House Public Safety Committee passed gun-control measures including legislation limiting handgun purchases to one a month, penalizing gun owners who dont report lost or stolen guns within 24 hours, and allowing localities to ban arms from government buildings, according to Alfonso Lopez<\/a>, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.<\/p>\n

The committee, however, did not pass a bill that would ban \u201cassault weapons,\u201d according to WHSV<\/a>. The Senate counterpart of that bill was killed weeks ago during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the House Public Safety committee shamefully rubber-stamped the Bloomberg-Northam gun control scheme,\u201d NRA spokesperson Catherine Mortensen told The Epoch Times via email.<\/p>\n

Mortenson said the committee blocked legislators questions and prevented constituents from speaking, describing it as a \u201cdisgrace to the democratic process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVirginians deserve lawmakers who will hear testimony and conduct serious vetting of each bill\u2014as the Senate Judiciary Committee did\u2014before voting on measures that will strip away the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens and leave them defenseless,\u201d she said, referring to the bills passed weeks ago.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a Jan. 24 statement<\/a> following the passage of the bills, Eileen Filler-Corn, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, said that Virginians spoke clearly when they voted in the November 2019 elections. She said voters turned out \u201cto demand action from the General Assembly to make their communities safer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Earlier this week, Americans from across the country<\/a> traveled to Virginia with some coming in packed buses, others driving from hours away, and a smaller number flying to the state to send a unified message to the state legislature\u2014\u201dno\u201d to gun control.<\/p>\n

Second Amendment advocates and gun-rights supporters told The Epoch Times<\/a> that the proposals passing through the General Assembly violate their constitutional rights while doing nothing to stop criminals.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Jan. 22, Virginias state Senate passed a \u201cred flag\u201d bill<\/a> (<\/a><\/p>\n

The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n

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