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| Terry McAuliffe's State Of The Commonwealth: More Gun Control Needed |
| 2015-01-16 |
| [BREITBART] On January 14, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) gave his State of the Commonwealth address, in which he called for a limit on the number of handguns Virginians can buy each month and a law to allow concealed carry permits to be revoked from those who fail to pay child support. The two are tightly interconnected, of course... McAuliffe also pushed for new gun control measures tied to domestic violence, something that is already law at the federal level -- therefore, a redundant expanse of bureaucracy in the state. But it is an expanse that allows states to move closer to the creation of gun-owner registries. All the standard Dem blabber. NBC 12 posted a transcript of McAuliffes speech. In it, he introduced his gun control proposals by first talking about his support of the Second Amendment. This is the same way that gun control proponents like Mark Kelly and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the gun control they have pushed over the years. After paying lip service to gun rights, McAuliffe then explained his plans to curtail them. Those plans include closing the gun show loophole. They also include revoking concealed carry permits from those who do not meet their legal obligation to pay child support; and curtailing gun trafficking by restoring the one handgun a month law. He framed all these proposals as part of his larger plan of keeping Virginians safe from gun violence. He did not provide examples of how any of these proposals would have stopped even one high-profile public firearm incident in recent memory. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 More Gun Control Needed That means more time on the range boys. It's like driver's ed. Training means more effective users. Better gun control. Get the legislative branch to remove local obstructions to opening accessible ranges. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-16 13:37 |
| #5 More startling is (from the above article): Looking back over seven years, total firearm sales in Virginia have risen a staggering 101 percent from 2006 to 2012, while gun-related crime has dropped 28 percent during that period. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-01-16 11:38 |
| #4 So Baker examined the relationship between handgun purchases and handgun-related crime, and found handgun purchases increased 112 percent from 2006 to 2011, but violent crimes committed with handguns fell by nearly 22 percent. That trend continued last year. Total handgun purchases in Virginia (pistols and revolvers) increased 17 percent from 221,720 in 2011 to 259,814 last year. But violent crimes committed with handguns fell 2.3 percent, from 3,154 offenses in 2011 to 3,080 in 2012. Increased gun sales, concealed carry and crime drop in Virginia. Such numbers don't make any difference to the Donks--they've got their agenda of disarming citizens regardless of the 2nd Amendment. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-01-16 11:36 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Flong the Rash3578 2015-01-16 09:34 |
| #2 More stupid idiot population control needed. All dhimocrats mandatory sterilization. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-01-16 09:16 |
| #1 Problem solved. Now if it weren't for those darn publicans..... |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2015-01-16 00:50 |