{"id":143270,"date":"2020-04-13T07:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T07:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/virginias-governor-signs-new-batch-of-gun-control-bills-into-law\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T07:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T07:30:29","slug":"virginias-governor-signs-new-batch-of-gun-control-bills-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/virginias-governor-signs-new-batch-of-gun-control-bills-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginias Governor Signs New Batch of Gun-Control Bills Into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a handful of new, stricter gun control measures into law on April 10, even after opposition from Second Amendment advocates culminated in a rally of more than 22,000<\/a> people at the states capitol earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The laws<\/a>\u2014which go into effect on July 1<\/a>\u2014include universal background checks on all gun sales, a limit on handgun purchases to one per month, a law penalizing gun owners for not reporting a stolen firearm, and a \u201cred flag\u201d bill that would allow authorities to temporarily confiscate guns from anyone deemed by a judge to be dangerous to themselves or others.<\/p>\n

Democrats last year won control of both chambers of the state legislature\u2014for the first time in more than two decades\u2014and vowed to enact stronger gun control policies, saying they will help reduce shootings and deaths. In addition to the majority in the state legislature, the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general also are Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese commonsense laws will save lives,\u201d Northam said in a statement.<\/a> Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw, a Democrat, called the passage of bills \u201ca monumental day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gun rights groups told The Epoch Times that the state legislature is ignoring a large majority of Virginians who they say ardently oppose all gun control measures. Second Amendment advocates argue that the new laws violate their constitutional rights.<\/a><\/p>\n

Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), told The Epoch Times previously<\/a> that the organizations members dont like any of the bills that had been moving through the legislature but at least \u201calmost all of them have been watered down,\u201d and others were outright defeated.<\/p>\n

\u201cVCDL will be working to get them repealed in future legislatures,\u201d he said via a Twitter message.<\/p>\n

The massive gun rights rally in January was organized by the VCDL to peacefully oppose the barrage of gun control policies moving through the state legislature.<\/p>\n

John Crump, Virginia state director for the Gun Owners of America (GOA), also said that group will do everything in its power to fight for the rights of Virginians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are prepared to take these battles to the courts as well as the ballot box,\u201d Crump previously told The Epoch Times via email. \u201cWe will never stop fighting for liberty and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the more controversial gun control measures, a ban on \u201cassault weapons,\u201d was rejected by state lawmakers in February, the result of a wide-reaching and comprehensive grassroots strategy executed by a handful of second amendment advocates and organizations, according to gun rights groups.<\/p>\n

Executives at four gun rights groups told The Epoch Times<\/a> that a barrage of social media alerts, phone calls, and emails to lawmakers, office visits, petitions, public awareness campaigns, and testimonies at hearings they helped organize with members were all contributing factors to the legislation losing suppRead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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