VCDL update 1-31-18

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GUN-CONTROL BILLS KILLED TODAY

Bob Sadtler and I attended a Senate Finance subcommittee meeting and then a full committee meeting starting this morning at 7:30 (ugh).

The good news and what made that early morning meeting worthwhile is that 3 gun-control bills were killed due to lack of finances:

* SB 1, Senator Ebbin, bump-stock ban is gone for the year

* SB 79, Senator Lucas, makes child daycare/preschool gun-free zones, the same as a K-12 school, was DEFEATED

* SB 797, Howell, added another type of protection order that would take away a person's guns was DEFEATED


ATTEMPT TO BAN GUNS IN THE HOUSE GALLERY DEFEATED 51 TO 49

On Tuesday, Delegate Kathleen Murphy, no friend to gun owners, attempted to change the rules in the House to ban guns in the gallery, which overlooks the House Floor. Delegates Ben Cline and Todd Gilbert defended gun owners in the ensuing debate. Murphy's motion was defeated by a narrow 51-to-49 party-line vote.

https://wtop.com/virginia/2018/01/visitors-va-state-house-can-still-carry-guns/


ACTION ITEM

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 1, at 4 PM, in Room 400-B, the following gun bills will be heard in the House Militia, Police and Public Safety subcommittee #1. IF YOU CAN ATTEND THE HEARING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR VCDL'S POSITIONS ON THE BILLS, HELP US PACK THE ROOM!


PRO-RIGHTS BILLS

* HB681,Pogge, requires the State Police to process non-resident permits in a reasonable timeframe, not SIX MONTHS!

* HB1255, Cline, Constitutional Carry

* HB1398, Fariss, clarifies that a person applying for a new CHP can do so through the mail


ANTI-RIGHTS BILLS

* HB68, McQuinn, allows localities to prohibit firearms in libraries

* HB261, Price, allows localities to prohibit firearms in local government buildings

* HB597, Carr, bump-stock ban

* HB819, Kory, bump-stock ban

* HB649, Simon, expands prohibition on carrying loaded guns in certain localities

* HB1009, Toscano, adds Charlottesville and Albemarle County to places with loaded-gun carry restrictions

* HB814, Levine, localities can prohibit guns at lawful demonstrations and protests

* HB1019, Toscano, localities can prohibit guns at "permitted" events

* HB1052, Watts, localities can prohibit guns at lawful demonstrations and protests

* HB603, Carr, raises the fee for non-resident CHPs, which are taking SIX MONTHS to process currently

* HB648, Simon, transfer of more than two firearms at the same time generates a report to the Department of State Police

* HB949, Lopez, allows State Police to drag their heels when running firearm-purchase background checks

* HB950, Lopez, takes away parental discretion for allowing a child 4-years-old or younger from firing a BB gun or firearm with adult supervision

* HB1394, Rasoul, requires gun shows to provide a list of vendors or exhibitors to the State Police


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