On Monday, Jan. 23, at 8 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider several gun bills that will either protect or crater firearms freedom. These bills impact every sportsman in the Old Dominion State and hunters should contact the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to ensure they know exactly where sportsmen stand – protecting their outdoor and firearm heritage. Please use our Take Action button below to email the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee with a single click using our pre-written form.
Senate Bill 805 and Senate Bill 1236 are both important pro-sportsmen bills that ensure a patchwork of widely varying and confusing firearm laws cannot take place throughout the state at the local level. Law-abiding Virginians should not have to worry about violating an ordinance of which they were not aware as they travel in Virginia. SB 805 also protects the firearm industry from those who want to destroy the sporting community because they know that if the industry cannot engage in lawful commerce, hunters and sport shooters cannot hunt and shoot.
Senate Bill 805 removes the authority for localities to pass their own restrictions on the lawful purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage or transporting of firearms and ammunition and prohibits localities from filing lawsuits against the firearm industry for lawful activities and commerce.
Senate Bill 1236 removes the authority for localities to pass their own restrictions on the lawful purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage or transporting of firearms and ammunition.
The bills listed below are nothing more than political grandstanding driven by emotion and the appearance of “doing something.” They only further restrict firearms and their use, whether for protection, hunting or shooting, and this is the real motivation behind legislation of this type: Restrict freedom without benefiting public safety.
Senate Bill 1139 requires that firearm(s) must store unloaded in a locked container, compartment or cabinet and that ammunition must be stored in a separate locked container, compartment or cabinet when a minor under the 18 years of age is present. A loaded firearm may only be stored in a biometric storage device. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and when more than one firearm in a residence is not stored in accordance with this section, a violation for each such firearm shall constitute a separate crime.
Senate Bill 1167 creates a special cause of action for individual victims to sue firearms manufacturers for the violent acts of third parties.
Senate Bill 1283 prohibits young adults 18-20 years old from purchasing many types of commonly owned hunting firearms.
Senate Bill 1382 prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, transport and transfer of many commonly owned firearms and ammunition magazines.
Every law-abiding sportsman must take action on these measures and ask for real solutions that respect and protect the individual freedom of law-abiding Virginians. Don’t forget to forward this email to your family, friends and fellow sportsmen, urging them to take action and to sign-up for updates and join the Sportsmen’s Alliance.
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