Virginia’s Democrat-controlled House of Delegates approved more than a half-dozen gun control bills Thursday afternoon, including a version of “red flag” legislation, “universal background checks,” and the gutting of Virginia’s firearms preemption laws.
Former delegate Scott Lingamfelter joins me on today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co. to talk about the anti-gun agenda that’s being rushed through the legislature with fierce opposition but little time for debate. The Republican says the actions of Gov. Ralph Northam are a far cry from the man he served with in the Virginia legislature, and Lingamfelter says Northam as “sold his soul” to anti-gun activists and far-Left politicians in an attempt to rehabilitate his image and political career after his blackface controversy in 2019. Make sure you check out the entire interview above, and keep reading for a look at the bills that cleared the House on Thursday afternoon.
HB 2 is a so-called “universal background check” bill that differs significantly from the legislation already approved by the state Senate. HB 2 requires background checks on all sales and transfers of firearms, with only limited exceptions, while the senate version of the background bill applies only to private sales, not transfers.
HB 9 establishes a civil penalty for gun owners who fail to report their firearms lost or stolen within 24 hours. The bill is ostensibly designed to curtail “straw purchases,” but in fact could indemnify individuals who illegally purchase firearms for someone else, as long as they report the firearm missing afterwards.