Elections have consequences, first and foremost.
Second Amendment advocates fretted about Virginia’s elections last month as the state teetered on the edge of falling into a full-blown gun control regime. Anti-gunners controlled a narrow margin in the Legislature, but Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has been a solid wall between gun rights opponents and their schemes.
He is on his way out, to be replaced by Abigail Spanberger (D). Without a doubt, those opposed to the right to keep and bear arms continue preparations for an all-out assault on the Bill of Rights.
Virginia lawmakers want to legalize attacks on the weapons industry
Already, there are two new measures before the Senate and more looming ahead.
First is SB 27, a predictable piece of lawfare intended to cripple the firearm industry. Its sponsors claim it will result in “standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and requires such members to establish and implement reasonable controls regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, and marketing of the firearm industry member’s firearm-related products.”
Proponents know their proposals would infringe on Second Amendment rights
It is not a leap of logic to worry about “reasonable controls.” As the bill is intentionally vague on exactly what these steps are, it puts the weapons industry directly in the crosshair of activist lawmakers.
State Sen. Barbara Favola (D) introduced SB 38, a less onerous but still dangerous proposition. It would allow anyone barred from possessing weapons due to a protective order or certain domestic violence convictions to transfer their guns to someone who lives elsewhere and is not targeted by the protective order.
But there’s a catch. The recipient of the transferred weapons must be at least 21 years old.
Under current Virginia law, the person who receives the firearms must be a legal adult. The proposal would prohibit anyone 18-20 years old from accepting the guns, and there’s another catch.
The weapons must be reported to the clerk of court, which may create a partial register.
And remember, there are many more attacks on Second Amendment rights on the horizon in Virginia as anti-gunners take firm control of the state government. Gun rights supporters can be assured that the legal fight will be long and arduous.
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