Governor Scott Regrets His Gun Magazine Ban
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 1 month ago
Sensing controversy, Gov. Phil Scott privately asked Vermont lawmakers to drop a limit on the size of gun magazines from a package of firearms regulations that was about to pass the Legislature this spring.
The governor was unsuccessful, and in April he signed the magazine limit along with other firearms laws.
“I advocated for them to consider taking that out because I knew that it was going to be a hot-button issue for many,” Scott said in a recent interview. “But I wasn’t persuasive enough for them to take it out. We’ll live with that.”
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Scott has distanced himself from the magazine ban during his re-election campaign, saying in one Republican debate that the restriction “wasn’t my idea.”
Scott now says he has no plans to seek a repeal of the magazine ban if he wins re-election.
“I think we’ve had enough of the gun discussion at this point in time,” Scott said.
Ah, I see. You wanted to get in bed with the controllers. But you now regret it because you’re afraid you might lose power and don’t really have any scruples at all and believe nothing. Therefore you regret the decision. But not enough.
So let’s just forget all about it.
We’ve discussed guns enough. Bless your heart. Is that how you think this works?
On October 4, 2018 at 7:11 am, ragman said:
No, we won’t forget. And we won’t forget what the other Scott idiot, the one in FL did with gun control. The FL one had a pretty good shot at defeating the communist Bill Nelson in November until he signed some stupid, unconstitutional gun laws. The worst of which changed the age of purchase from 18 to 21. This was a knee-jerk reaction to the complete failure of the BSO and FBI to do something about the psychopath that shot up Douglas HS. It effectively gave a death sentence to young women that absolutely feared for their lives and needed a firearm for self defense. Rot in hell you worthless SOB!
On October 4, 2018 at 11:49 am, June J said:
So, in Vermont the governor lacks the authority to veto legislation he disagrees with? Right. Just another ReDemocrat who has to fool 51% of the voters to stay in power.