Virginia Democrats Drop AR-15 Confiscation After 1000s Of NRA Members Show Up
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 10 months ago
Via WiscoDave, this misleading piece from Breitbart.
Virginia Democrats withdrew an AR-15 confiscation bill Monday after thousands of NRA members showed up to oppose new gun controls.
The NRA asked members to flood the January 13, 2020, Virginia Senate meetings and ensure pro-Second Amendment voices drowned out those calling for gun control.
The Washington Free Beacon reports the presence of thousands of NRA members “appeared to have an impact.” Democrats withdrew a bill aimed at AR-15 confiscation and moderated other gun control proposals.
But NRA-ILA Virginia state director Daniel Spiker made clear the changes, though good, were not enough.
He said, “While there were some improvements to some of these bills, overall, it’s still bad legislation. Putting in more regulations and making it more onerous on the law-abiding citizens of Virginia is not something we stand for.”
Richard Cosner, a Chester, Virginia, preacher, was present to oppose new gun controls.
He pointed out attempts to legislate gun control serve as a way to usurp the Constitution: “The Constitution is specific; it ‘shall not be infringed.’ If somebody wants to restrict those rights then they need to follow it by altering the Constitution, not by putting in place legislation that is in conflict with the Constitution.”
This lede is very misleading. That’s not what happened at all, and the Virginia lawmakers couldn’t care less what the NRA or its members think.
They’re dropping redundant bills and focusing on getting their preferred bills out of committee. There will still be a universal background check. There will still be an AWB. There will still be the restrictions on shooting ranges. There will still be magazine capacity limits. We could go on.
An earlier version of the article had this.
Lawmakers will continue to work on the bills passed today and consider other gun-control bills. Those include a House of Delegates bill that would ban new sales of AR-15s, force gun owners to register AR-15s, and outlaw possession of magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
Here’s a note to writers: please don’t be misleading.
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On January 15, 2020 at 11:28 am, Papa said:
With misleading titles, false claims of progress, and discouraging support and attendance on the 20th, is there a behind scenes effort to slide these bills through?
On January 15, 2020 at 11:29 am, Papa said:
Pacify resistance.
Defuse and confuse.
On January 15, 2020 at 2:13 pm, Fred said:
The NRA is the government.