It’s a radical bill and one that’s arguably unconstitutional and undoubtedly ineffective. They want to turn Virginians into criminals for owning AR-15's or the magazines overnight. It is a draconian measure. The Democratic proposal would undoubtedly limit the rights of otherwise law-abiding gun owners and even subject them to criminal penalties, yet it wouldn’t actually stop mass shootings or do much to make Virginia safer.
In 1994 to 2004 the Dems had a bill which banned the weapons but a then RAND study showed that mass shooting still happened and they were not all on TV back then. The Virginia Dems also on the same week voted to ease abortion restrictions, created a bill for more protection of LGBTQabcdefg residents and undocumented immigrants but also raise the minimum working wage.
What we are seeing are extreme liberals impose their will on a very divided state. The reason they are in power is their heavily populated northern Virginia cities near D.C. but the rest of the state is quite red and this s the first time in two decades they won power and they are pretty much assuring themselves of losing it in the next election with moves. Are there some here who do not think the Charlottesville debacle was orchestrated to a degree? They have made Virginia a hotbed, so keep your eyes peeled.
But now the Dems want to run another impeachment kicking up a fuss again, again and again, while most people are actually doing okay. So good luck at the ballot box for them in that they will need it against republicans and libertarians.
I agree with you , but far right politicians impose their ideas on all kinds of people who dont want it !
This is how politics work . Virginia voted in people to do these things ! Either leave or get your vote out and change the laws to your favour !
We dont need AR 15s , because the military has them ! The old pose comitatus argument flew the coop when muskets and cannons became obsolete.
If the military turned on the citizens and we all grabbed our AR 15s and barricaded ourselves or ran for the hills ,who would supply the ammo , food , shelters , transportation, communications , triage , equipments , and intel ?
Man is so far from being self reliant . Are women and children bugging out as well ?
No matter how much fantasy wine you drink there will never be a civil war ! The military has force multiplier’s that would end a civil uprising by tea time .
I own guns as well Im a CMP member and Palma instructor at Perry . The AR 15 is just a grown mans identity lego set !
AR 15s are horrible home defence weapons, they are long , heavy , require 2 hands , way to high of velocity( collateral damage ) , way to many moving pieces and not to mention all the tacti- fool attachments.
870 bump with BB , 45 acp 1911 or a .38 revolver are your best guns for home defence .
Better yet a large guard dog is the greatest proven deterrent to crooks .
It is sad to see AR 15s get banned , but when you have right wing nuts with guns walking around and rambling about final show downs and killing politicians that are different from them , what do you expect .
The lunatic fringe on both sides draws each other out and thus become the same ! Identity politics is the worst and the AR 15 has become a far right identity symbol !
20 yrs ago no one wanted a AR-15 or M16 ! Then came all the first person shooter games and slowly , but surely the tacti-cool crowd was born !
25 yrs ago I had 2 Colt M4 pre bans and no one wanted one of them ! I was not allowed to fire them at most outdoor rifle ranges , because the members complained about the semi auto rapid fire noise ! In 2008 (Obama fear)those pre ban Colts fetched me $2300.00 a piece and by 2011 the same guns new were $ 875.00 -950.00 !!!!! Lol
When I was kid we all wanted to be like Simo Hāyhā or Carlos Hathcock . The only semi auto guns were M14-M1A1 matches at Camp Perry ! The Armalite rifle has been the main battle rifle of the US since 1967 . Yet you could not sell an AR/M16 , as no one wanted one until the 2000s , because of the Brady 1993/AWB 1994 laws ! Thats right folks no one wanted hi cap Glocks or AR 15 s until there was a ban !!! The bans affected less than 2% of gun buyers , yet the day after the bills went in to effect people wanted what they could not have . Then came the XBOX and PS2 in 2000 and by 2004 Assault type weapons were accounting for 15% of all gun sales and by 2008 the AR 15 was the gun to own ! None of the reasons people own AR 15s are for defense , government standoffs , hunting etc... They became popular , because they were being regulated or a threat of being banned in 1994 ( older crowd ) and every-other video game had assault weapons ( younger crowd ) . The game Metal Gear sold more usp pistols for HK than any add campaign ever and that is from their mouths . Solid Snake had a USP SOCOM .45 acp with a can on it in the game .
When I was a kid in the 70/80s there was one guy at the rifle range ( 250 members ) who had an M16 . Every man was into bolt action accuracy and 1911 or revolver handguns . Then as I said video games , bans and movies made every one want a tacti-cool AR 15, but up until then you could not give a M16/AR-15 away !!!!!!!! Facts !!!!
Own a vanilla Colt 1911 with trijicon night sights , Wilson mags and learn how to be deadly with it . Keep 230 grain speer flying ashtrays in it and rest easy !
AR’s are fun , but serve no other function than a hobby ! They are not worth losing the 2A over .
Now if they come for my Winchester bolt action 7mm then Ill get concerned, but that wont happen unless these right wing goofs start acting more insane over and with their tact-fool AR 15s