Recently the House of Representatives passed two bills, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446, both aiming to tighten background checks on gun sales. The measures now move to a divided Senate, where guncontrol has met with Republican opposition.
And in other news, the Biden administration is calling for additional guncontrol measures, including the repeal of legal immunity for gun manufacturers.
President Joe Biden is taking executive action on guncontrol. He unveiled steps the administration will immediately take. But Biden says he wishes he could do even more.
Later, White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested to reporters that Biden could issue an executive order related to guncontrol, although she didn't specify any details.
Even though the guncontrol laws failed at the time, Northam has been clear that once the Democratic Party assumed the majority, he would resubmit the new guncontrol laws.
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According to public security expert Bene Barbosa, author of the book, “Lied to Me About Disarmament,” guncontrol only favors people who don't follow the law.
Gun rights groups told The Epoch Times that the state legislature is ignoring a large majority of Virginians who they say ardently oppose all guncontrol measures.
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More than 60 bills regarding guns, many focused on limiting the right to bear them, were introduced in Virginia this year. The most prominent one was Senate Bill No. 16.
Gun rights groups told The Epoch Times that the state legislature is ignoring a large majority of Virginians who they say ardently oppose all guncontrol measures.
Gun rights groups say they will continue to challenge the new guncontrol measures signed into law recently by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, in some cases by directly taking it to the courts.
In an Aug. 21 opinion, Circuit Judge Consuelo Callahan, on behalf of Judges Holly Thomas and Anthony Johnstone, wrote that the ATF’s partial ban “effectively extended the reach of the GunControl Act.”
President Trump mentioned that he is considering all sides weighing in on guncontrol including Democrats, Republicans, the NRA, and gun owners. “We’re dealing with everybody.
They are part of a long tradition that guncontrol is a form of race control.
David Kopel is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute in Washington. This article is adapted from his textbook “Firearms Law and the Second Amendment.”
Ralph Northam, a Democrat, is going to suffer backlash at the polls in 2020 after the Democratic-controlled legislature proposed a series of sweeping guncontrol measures that prompted thousands of people to turn out and demonstrate at the state Capitol
Mass shootings are usually followed by an increase in gun sales, due to buyers’ safety concerns or because people expect a backlash to ownership from guncontrol advocates.
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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who just joined the race, is also known for his guncontrol advocacy after founding the group Everytown for Gun Safety.