West Virginia Preemption Bill SB 96
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 8 months ago
While the news is filled with gloom and doom over Coronavirus scares, some good news came out of the West Virginia earlier today. WV Governor Jim Justice signed a bill that reinforces the state’s preemption law. Senate Bill 96 is part of a concerted effort by pro-gun politicians in WV to prevent anti-gun municipalities from passing anti-gun local ordinances that could restrict the rights of WV citizens.
The wording of Senate Bill 96 is very encompassing and deliberate. This is ideal for any legislation dealing with fundamental human rights as it helps prevent future politicians from resticting those rights by playing on the ambiguity them.
Well good. But we’re not finished yet. Not even nearly.
What about HB 4168? I see the governor hasn’t signed it yet. In fact, it isn’t clear to me that anything at all has been done with it since introduction.
What gives? Why won’t WV legislators support gun rights?
On March 27, 2020 at 2:57 pm, Henry said:
If they expect any blue Virginia counties to take the up on their gracious invitation to secede, they’d better not blow this one.