{"id":2094,"date":"2024-02-06T15:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:13:30","slug":"va-outlawed-ar-15-ban-is-one-step-closer-to-becoming-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2094","title":{"rendered":"VA: OUTLAWED? AR-15 Ban is One Step Closer to Becoming Law!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 var iframe = document.getElementsByClassName(&#8216;campaign_widgetv2&#8217;)[0];<br \/>\n  window.addEventListener(&#8216;message&#8217;, function(event) {<br \/>\n      var data = event.data;<br \/>\n      if (&#8216;widget&#8217; in data &amp;&amp; data.widget) {<br \/>\n         eval(data.widget);<br \/>\n       }<br \/>\n    });\n<\/p>\n<h1>HB 2 Passes House of Delegates<\/h1>\n<p>Dear friend,<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates voted on party lines to pass HB 2.<\/p>\n<p>As I have told you before, this bill is one of the worst so-called \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban bills in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/overview-virginia-house-bill-no-2-2024-session\/\">In fact, GOA has a full breakdown of the bill here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But in short, some of the lowlights of HB 2 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, possession, transport or transfer of an \u201cassault weapon.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Changes the law to require that any person purchasing an \u201cassault weapon\u201d from a dealer be 21 years of age or older.<\/li>\n<li>Expands the definition of \u201cassault firearms\u201d \u2014 including more rifles, shotguns and handguns.<\/li>\n<li>Makes it a crime for any person to import, sell, barter, or transfer a \u201clarge capacity\u201d ammunition feeding device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During debate, pro-gun Delegate Nick Freitas rightly pointed out one of the many problems with this bill, stating, \u201cSo, instead of like a typical stock like you would see on a hunting rifle, you have a pistol grip. Now it\u2019s an \u2018assault weapon.\u2019 The reason why I call that arbitrary is because it is. It\u2019s a question of ergonomics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concerningly, the Senate has a companion bill to HB 2, known as SB 2. That bill is also inching its way to passing.<\/p>\n<p>Gun owners cannot afford to let this type of legislation pass the Senate. Urge your Senator and Gov. Glenn Youngkin to oppose HB 2\/SB 2 and the many other gun control bills in the General Assembly!<\/p>\n<p>In liberty,<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Stein<br \/>\nCertified Firearms Instructor<br \/>\nSoutheast Region Director<br \/>\nGun Owners of America<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/va02052024\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 var iframe = document.getElementsByClassName(&#8216;campaign_widgetv2&#8217;)[0]; window.addEventListener(&#8216;message&#8217;, function(event) { var data = event.data; if (&#8216;widget&#8217; in data &amp;&amp; data.widget) { eval(data.widget); } }); HB 2 Passes House of Delegates Dear friend, Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates voted on party lines to pass HB 2. As I have told you before, this bill is one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-2a-rights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}