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Some new gun bills have been filed. The first anti-gun bill has also
showed up.
VCDL STRONGLY SUPPORTS:
HB 106, Delegate Cole (R - Fredericksburg), completely repeals the
restaurant ban and allows a CHP holder to carry concealed during a
religious meeting with the permission of the leader of the meeting.
The complete repeal of the restaurant ban is the perfect solution -
allowing restaurants to set their own policies on guns. On church
carry, VCDL would prefer the prohibition on carrying during a
religious meeting be repealed completely.
HB 108, Delegate Cole (R - Fredericksburg), requires that localities
auction off guns (except machine guns) that were turned in during a
gun buyback. The bill needs some tweaking to allow machine guns to be
auctioned off to Class III dealers. That would be a huge revenue
increase for the locality and would also preserve the pool of machine
guns that can be lawfully purchased.
HB 109, Delegate Cole (R - Fredericksburg), repeals the law that
allows counties to require that all handgun sales be reported to the
county. It also requires that any such information received in the
past be destroyed.
HB 152, Delegate O'Bannon (R - Richmond), allows an electronic
security employee with a CHP to carry while on the job as long as the
gun is concealed and the employee does not represent that he is
carrying in the course of his employment.
VCDL STRONGLY OPPOSES:
SB 70, Senator McEachin (D - Richmond), disallows expungement for
MISDEMEANOR domestic violence convictions if that conviction bans the
possession of a firearm under federal law. Once convicted, you will
be forever banned from possessing firearms as there will be no way to
get that conviction expunged. The misdemeanor domestic violence gun
ban is a travesty and we need to have a way for good people to get
their gun rights back.
Looks like 2010 might turn out to be a good year for us in VA.
showed up.
VCDL STRONGLY SUPPORTS:
HB 106, Delegate Cole (R - Fredericksburg), completely repeals the
restaurant ban and allows a CHP holder to carry concealed during a
religious meeting with the permission of the leader of the meeting.
The complete repeal of the restaurant ban is the perfect solution -
allowing restaurants to set their own policies on guns. On church
carry, VCDL would prefer the prohibition on carrying during a
religious meeting be repealed completely.
HB 108, Delegate Cole (R - Fredericksburg), requires that localities
auction off guns (except machine guns) that were turned in during a
gun buyback. The bill needs some tweaking to allow machine guns to be
auctioned off to Class III dealers. That would be a huge revenue
increase for the locality and would also preserve the pool of machine
guns that can be lawfully purchased.
HB 109, Delegate Cole (R - Fredericksburg), repeals the law that
allows counties to require that all handgun sales be reported to the
county. It also requires that any such information received in the
past be destroyed.
HB 152, Delegate O'Bannon (R - Richmond), allows an electronic
security employee with a CHP to carry while on the job as long as the
gun is concealed and the employee does not represent that he is
carrying in the course of his employment.
VCDL STRONGLY OPPOSES:
SB 70, Senator McEachin (D - Richmond), disallows expungement for
MISDEMEANOR domestic violence convictions if that conviction bans the
possession of a firearm under federal law. Once convicted, you will
be forever banned from possessing firearms as there will be no way to
get that conviction expunged. The misdemeanor domestic violence gun
ban is a travesty and we need to have a way for good people to get
their gun rights back.
Looks like 2010 might turn out to be a good year for us in VA.
