In Episode 57 of District of Conservation, Gabriella dissects the gun control bills that will be heard in Virginia's General Assembly come January and why they won't stop crimes but rather criminalize law-abiding gun owners in the state. She also offers three ways to be proactive and fight back these bad bills.

SHOW NOTES:

HB 2 Firearm transfershttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB2

DOJ study https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/suficspi16.pdf

HB9 Stolen firearms -24 hour penalty https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB9

SB 12 Like HB2 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB12

SB 13 Capitol Square gun ban https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB13

SB 14 - Ban of trigger activator https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB14

SB 15: Ban carrying weapons in buildings owned by the Commonwealth (government buildings): https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB15

Virginia Beach shooting victim considered taking gun to work over concerns about colleague, lawyer says: https://www.pilotonline.com/news/virginia-beach-mass-shooting/article_3843db5c-8b9e-11e9-b87f-e3e87b2a3b42.html

SB 16: Assault weapons ban (most semi-auto would be banned too) https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB16

SB 18: Universal background check bill & penalty for 18 and under https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB18

SB 22: Reinstates one handgun a month purchase ban: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB22

SB 35: Gun bans in permitted areas: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB35

2020 Lobby Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/virginia-general-assembly/vcdl-lobby-day-1202020-8am/569703807124705/

EP 51: Mark Oliva of National Shooting Sports Foundation

District of ConservationBy Gabriella HoffmanOct 01, 2019