A package of restrictive firearms measures that had been depicted as a priority by Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe died unceremoniously Monday, Jan. 26 in the Republican-controlled Senate Courts of Justice Committee. Gov. McAuliffe announced in December his intent to once again push for a renewal of the state’s one-a-month limit on handgun purchases, as well requiring background checks at gun shows. His other priority bills snubbed by the committee included a prohibition for anyone subject to a protection-from-abuse order from owning a firearm and the revoking concealed-handgun permits for parents in arrears on child-support payments.
The same committee advanced bills creating …read more
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