Youngkin vetos more than two dozen gun laws passed by Democratic-led legislature
BY Herschel Smith
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) announced on Tuesday he vetoed 30 bills relating to gun control measures that were passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature earlier this year.
Youngkin vetoed a range of gun control bills, including one measure that would have banned the sale, transfer, or purchase of an “assault firearm” after July 1, and classifying the acts misdemeanor crimes. The Virginia governor expressed concern over the constitutionality of the measure.
“The Constitution precludes the Commonwealth from prohibiting a broad category of firearms widely embraced for lawful purposes, such as self-defense. Despite this, certain members of the General Assembly have pursued legislation banning most contemporary semiautomatic firearms and specific ammunition-feeding devices,” Youngkin said in a veto statement.
Congratulations to the good folks of Virginia for electing Youngkin. He stands between you and tyranny. Sometimes tyrants act in groups, as did the VA legislature.
This is a big win.
On March 28, 2024 at 11:08 am, Oddball said:
So many positive waves maybe we just might have a chance.
Thank You God I say daily in thought, speech, prayer.
No one else will be there when the Devil or Long March comrades are biting at your ass.
Anyone trying to disarm you is your enemy.
Sigmund Freud
On March 28, 2024 at 3:34 pm, Chief Acid Rain said:
I must admit, I am pleasantly surprised by Youngkin. I had him pegged as a RINO in the Pierre Delecto model. I will admit when I’m wrong. BZ to Youngkin.
On March 28, 2024 at 3:57 pm, Michael (from Utah) said:
The bad part is that governors in Virginia cannot serve consecutive terms. One four year term and then you’re out for at least four years. In this case, that’s bad for liberty in VA.
On March 28, 2024 at 6:16 pm, Dan said:
You can bet the farm the left is wargaming every possible method they can use to replace Youngkin so they can then successfully savage the Second Amendment.
On March 29, 2024 at 5:44 am, John Fisher said:
A couple of thoughts. Youngkin was elected on 2 issues; education (his opponent said multiple times that parents should have no part in their kid’s education) and opposition to gun control. It is good to see he hasn’t forgotten that. As was noted above, he can’t run for a 2nd term in 2025. I’d like to see Winsome Sears as our next governor. We’ll have to see if the turnout next year again swamps the fraud from the swamp (in this case Northern VA).
On March 30, 2024 at 8:35 am, Longbow said:
He knows where his bread is buttered.
On April 1, 2024 at 5:52 am, Alex said:
Herschel writes: “This is a big win.”
I disagree. Opposing a set of treasonous, immoral, unconstitutional laws is the bare minimum.
Have we forgotten what the Marxist controllers tried to do in 2020? A win would be Youngkin fixing the damage done by Little Ralphie the Tyrant.
The even bigger question is how did these bills make it to his desk in the first place?