This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. State Court to Determine Whether Individuals Can Clean Guns While Having a Beer Have you ever sat down and had … Read more
From the NSSF: Today, by a vote of 51 to 48, the Virginia House of Delegates voted to pass House Bill 961by Delegate Levine. House Bill 961 bans semiautomatic firearms that are commonly used for self-defense, recreational and competitive shooting, and hunting, as well as magazines and suppressors. House Bill 961 will now go to the Virginia Senate … Read more
By Larry Keane Virginia House Delegate Mark Levine would be amusing if he wasn’t so serious. The Democrat who represents portions of Alexandria, an area just a short row down the banks of the Potomac River from Washington D.C., held a town hall meeting to explain what his bill, HB 961, would do. It would … Read more
This post was been corrected on 1/30/20. I was unaware of Article IV, Section 13 of the Virginia state constitution. That provision specifies that laws passed “shall take effect on the first day of July following the adjournment of the session.” This was brought to my attention by Richard Hutchison, whom I thank for correcting … Read more