Democrats Vote To Make Law-Abiding Gun Owners Felons

Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates voted to pass sweeping gun control legislation that will make law-abiding gun owners felons if passed by the full legislature and signed by the governor.

National Review reported:

In a raucous session on Tuesday, the Virginia House of Delegates passed gun-control legislation that would ban the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles and make the possession of magazines holding more than twelve rounds a felony. 

The House voted to approve the legislation 51–48, with all Republicans and some Democrats voting against. Capitol police removed gun-rights supporters from the chamber due for the manner in which they protested the bill’s passage.

The bill would require any owner of a semi-automatic rifle it classifies as an “assault weapon,“ including AR-15 rifles, to register the weapon with government authorities by 2021. It would also make magazines of over twelve rounds and silencers illegal. It will now head to the state Senate, where previous legislation that would have enacted an “assault weapons” ban failed to get out committee.

Note: The Democrats took over both houses of the Virginia legislature thanks to the deep pockets of Michael Bloomberg.

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