Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms, prompting immediate lawsuits from gun-rights groups.
The limits on “ assault firearms,” as they are described by the legislation, are among two dozen new restrictions and regulations on guns enacted by the Democratic governor in her first few months in office. That marks a sharp policy reversal from her Republican predecessor, who had vetoed many similar measures.
“Firearms designed to inflict maximum casualties do not belong on our streets,” Spanberger said in a statement Friday. “We are taking this step to protect families and support the law enforcement officers who work every day to keep our communities safe.”
The new gun restrictions move Virginia closer to the likes of California, Illinois and New York, which similarly have full Democratic control of their legislatures and governors’ offices. They also highlight a continued national divide on gun policy, as various Republican-led states have taken steps to relax firearm restrictions that they describe as an infringement on Second Amendment rights.
You dont need them. You aren’t using them to overthrow our current government, which is why that amendment was there. All that they are being used for is mass shootings.
You aren’t, and that’s your own fault. Other people are getting armed, or are already armed, in order to help defend themselves against the government.
I’m sorry your cishet white male self isn’t feeling threatened by the US yet. You will. You’re not wealthy enough to escape them.
“Cishet white male” is a crazy wrong draw, but you do you baby.
Don’t hold views that are only logically plausible while being those things then.
Im not gonna argue with you. Just know I Disagree with what you’ve said. Deuces.
Pretty much every mass shooting has been done with handguns.
Black plastic rifles, which are in common use, are just the scary thing that anti-2a groups latch onto.
This legislation will do nothing to stop gun violence because almost all gun violence is done with handguns.