The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-5 to study the impact of HB 961 rather than pass it and will instead revisit the matter next year, according to bill sponsor Del. Mark Levine. The measure would have banned assault weapons and high capacity magazines , trigger activators that are designed to make weapons fire more rapidly, and silencers. The measure restricted the possession, sale, purchase and transfer of assault weapons.The vote is a setback for Virginia Gov.
— Phil Van Cleave VCDL February 17, 2020 Gun safety advocates, however, such as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, were"disappointed" by the outcome and vowed to continue pushing for the bill's passage in next year's session.
Shall not be infringed
MajorDog524 Did the bill even attempt to define 'assault' or 'military-style' weapon, or specify how they differed in any functional way from other common rifles? Because the would be the first time since 1934 that a 'gun control' bill attempted to do so, and I'd love to read what they wrote
Defeat for Gov Jolson Klanrobe and his racist enabler Democrats trying to take peoples rights from them
I get you guys really like freedom and guns and shit, but do you really need ARs?
Some Democrats did something
Define “assault weapon” please. All guns can “assault.” A hammer can be an “assault weapon”. As a matter of fact, blunt forced trauma, like a hammer strike, statistically kill more people than rifles. By the way, the human pulls the trigger, guns don’t fire by themselves.
Common sense sometimes actually shines in dark places.
So sorry for your loss CNN.... My Condolences
$ talks both dem and rep language.
Please put the names of the Dems that voted it down on the Front Page of Twitter.
The same people talking about putting conservatives into concentration camps are the same people wanting to take away your rights to self defense.
Thank god
Only the military should have *assault* weapons. The citizenry, on the other hand, should have access to and 2nd amendment-enabled ownership of any hand-held *defense* weapon. BlackGunsMatter
Instead of making certain firearms illegal, why doesn’t the Commonwealth vote in a law making it illegal to kill people? 🤔 oh wait, there is a criminals don’t obey that law either.
Names of Democrats please to be voted out!
Making millions of felons overnight cause they legally own property isn’t a solution to crime.
more people die from bicycle accidents than are killed with rifles every year. including what the ignorant call 'assault weapons'. Guns save lives every day. Guns are used 16 to 100 times more often to protect life than to take life according to the CDC.
Teach them young and never give up your guns!!! Vote democRATS out
Let me be he first to put ripvirginia ppl because your electedleaders have failed you once again because money matters more then life... 🤧
Some one is woke!
Disgusting, what this time more NRA bribery ? It’s all about $$$ not human life!
...and those Democrats need to be voted out of office.
FakeNews there is no such thing as an assault or military-style weapon available to the public, those are made up talking points.
‘Military style‘ weapons are already banned. A Hummer is not a ‘military style’ vehicle. I don’t understand why the gun debate is the one area where you’re not expected to have literally any fucking knowledge whatsoever before having a strong opinion, and enforcing it on others.
Now we need to tar and feather every elected official that supported it! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
If the bullets can identify innocent vs criminals, then guns should be legal!!🤫🤫🤫
they'll learn after a school shooting or 2
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Awesome!!!
Why just in Virginia? Guns are bad, military weapons belong in the military and shouldn't be necessary in the home. At the end of the day, US Citizens can't handle themselves by using self-defense classes or with a good punch-up.
Sounds like political servants would rather keep their jobs than protect its citizens from assault weapons.
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Another reason to avoid Virginia, the knuckle dragger state.
BOOM 💥
CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION
It was more than just 'military and assault style' weapons. Get it right CNN. The bill would've banned just about all semi-automatic handguns, rifles, and shotguns. It would've made criminals of most of the Commonwealth simply for owning a firearm.
I want names of those Democrats tomorrow on my desk!
It's fabulous to see the ass-hurt liberals responding.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!! PERIOD!🇺🇸
Cmon ppl. It's a common sense law 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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What is an assault weapon? Assault can be done with a knife, a cast iron pan, a car, a fist. Do we ban those? What's a military-style weapon? Pistol, rifle, sword? May as well ban muskets too. Until what's being banned is crystal clear, I hope these gun grab bills fail to pass.
remember there's some democrats traitors in .TheDemCoalition cant serve to masters! talk blue but shi'' red!
Thankfully there were a few democrats that voted against this unconstitutional gun grab.
The good guys win and the communist lose this round.
That darn pesky CONSTITUTION !! Stop chuckin my wood, you dang woodchucks !
Why politicians are trying to ban weapons based on how they look rather then how much damage they can do is beyond me
Maybe the next AR shooter should bust up into congress, they dont seem to be getting the same message our children are getting!
Excellent news.
TheDemocrats and GOP are nothing more than two rival street gangs! Neither gang gives a shit about the people of this country.
Way to go Democrats! Proud of those that flipped.
I fail to see the problem here.. Save for this garbage legislation even making it as far as it did.
Everyone who voted for it should be tarred and feathered! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Virginia’s not blue yet!
Cowards!
The USA does not have a gun violence problem; it has a suicide problem that is skewing the data.
Vote blue no matter who fails again. And again. And Again, And Again
For shame
I grew up in a county with less than 15k people. The entire time i lived there, the sheriffs office had minimal SWAT equipment. Now, that sheriffs department has a small army of millitary equipment. Why? Because i can go online and buy an assualt rifle for less than $500.
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Good
Good
America winsmaga
Gun control laws are rascist.
Good.
That is so SAD. Livesmatter
Name and shame them
Finjohn27 Much to biased media’s chagrin.
Do the punisher ammosexuals know that the Punisher regularly killed cops?
Throw them out of the party
It's a great day for small penises all over Virginia
Virginians value their guns more than their kids . But we already knew that.
Mandalorian.
Score one for 2A... But it's going to be a constant fight against all the libtards that have flooded into Virginia .. sad 😥
Don't give in to terrorists.
Assault weapons, eh? That's a lot of knives, bricks and hammers.
Awesome
Sounds like some Dems got paid by the NRA.
What bull crap picture.. the problem is, they can’t define “military style” weapon.
This is the way
banning guns won't work. it is not the guns problem. we need to have in place yearly background checks, mandatory gun safety classes, and various other checks in place to ensure the safety of everyone
Bet that really Pisses you off Chicken Noodle News.
Disgraceful.
Of course it does. They know exactly what it would lead to. 'Our rights shall not be infringed.'
RIGHT ON WATCHES NOW
AK47 an AR15 should not be sold to people. Keep Assault Weapons For the Military Out of You’reAverageJoe
IIRC this bill had serious structural issues and wasnt written in a way that would have worked. It was known to be dead a few months ago tbh I am surprised they are just now reporting on it.
While everyone is on high alert about assault/military-style weapons, the People are forgetting the HIGHEST death toll in our Country comes from simple handguns. Get real.
The 2nd Amendment never had the foresight to see Assault Weapons. There is no need for your average Joe to have them. What are they going to do. Line up a bunch of dear and shoot them? Over kill an intruder? No these guns are used in mass shooting.
The governor and slavers that voted to enslave thenppl by violating 2 A should be arrested for treason.
Please explain to me, 'what an assault weapon' is in your eyes? In my eyes, any item used to assault another person is an assault weapon, as per knife, bat, club, car, etc.. So are the plans to eliminate everything?
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Why? Gun toten' fools.
Real question - why was it voted down? I read the article and I see no mention. Especially if Dems voted against... why?
While I wish they had passed it, they didn't kill it. A proper study will only support the need for the bill. They can pass it then.
Thank God they did. The rampant ignorance of the elite liberals currently in office is ruining the state. As a resident of Virginia I am grateful this did not pass even if the dems only broke ranks to save their seat come election time.
got to stop them mandalorians
'Style' even though they account for less than 1% of gun crime right
Glad the bill was shot down
It’s all about money. People will sell their souls for money. It’s a damn shame! No one needs a military style weapon to go hunting. We need to pay attention who we vote for.
It’s really hard to take these air soft warriors serious when they argue against tyranny as the reason for owning a weapon of war when they have. GODDAMN STAR WARS MANDALORIAN SKULL ON THEIR GUN 😂
Don't forget how well thoughts and prayers have worked to stop the mass shootings that assault-style rifles are used.
Maybe law makers could focus on the 80% of criminal gun violence - criminal street gangs. And leave peaceful gun owners alone. But not likely until gangs vote GOP.
So now we know Virginia likes its assault weapons. The blood of anyone killed in the next attack will be on the heads of those who permitted this. StateofVirginia
Good
And it will keep being shot down. Cry more
Shall NOT be infringed
Remember, the 2nd amendment wasn't just for hunting. It was so we can defend our country from the government the Democrats want to create with socialism/communism.
First off assault in a action. Not a weapon.
Good to see enough VA Senators have common sense and still support the Constitution and 2nd Amendment.
Awesome!
You don't have to ban weapons. Let every bullet cost $ 1000.
Good!!!
Good news
Its a great day for America everybody!!
Finally a few Democrats with a backbone
What is an “assault-style” weapon? If it’s something that can be used to assault people, is that not an assault weapon? If a bat is used to assault someone, it’s a weapon. If it is used to hit a baseball, it is not a weapon.
Democrats need to wake up and get rid of their crazy communist governor
These attempted bans are just pandering to fear. Handguns are used in the majority of mass shootings and are used in over 7,000 murders per year. Rifles of any kind are used in 300 murders. Knives are used in 1,500 murders and HAMMERS in over 400. Should we ban hammers?
Well Virginia is safe for now.
Dear cnn if you're gonna writing the headline for this story at least write it like this... 'A bill that would have banned assault weapons in Virginia was shot down by the state Senate' Ya see what I did there? This ones free.
'assault weapons'. Lol. FakeNewsMedias are assaulting the democracy every single day.
great news!!!!
Lol the leftist meltdown in this thread is comedic gold 😂🤣
Another victory where assault weapons can be placed in the wrong hands and kill dozens of innocent Americans. But hey, the 2nd Amendment is a priority over your kids going to school 🤷🏾♂️
To all you common sense challenged trolls out there. If these weapons get banned how are citizens going to protect themselves from any liberal idiot who gets elected then goes rogue and starts putting people in 'gulags' Think pistols are going to be enough?
Thank goodness. There’s still some rational people in Virginia.
liberal hacks love 2 talk about how they R going 2 change the constitution, but when the time comes 2 back up the talk they crumble knowing the people will fight them 2 protect the constitution. Now is the time 4 the people 2 enforce term limits & remove these clowns from office
Americans in love w/ their individual rights to the detriment of others are the downfall of this country.
2nd Amendment is still the law
A fancy semi automatic like AR-15 is not an automatic weapon
Happy to see Virginia remembered about the constitution
Corrupt CNN uses photos on their ads & tweets to paint a fake news scenario. Same of Fake news by cnnisfakenews
Oh that’s great breaking news 15 innocent victims gunned down with an AR 15 assault rifle 🇺🇸you’ll be seeing this more and more and only YOUR government to blame SAD🇺🇸
Next election the people of Virginia need to vote out all the do NOTHING democrats, socialist/communist, including the governor.
You can't ban the 2A, commies.
I would argue that it is not the kind of weapon that is the problem but the idiot you give it to. The right to bear arms is something you should EARN.
how many more innocents must die in usa before they get the right legislation to protect the nation this beyond reason makes no sense for the people who already lost there lives we thought the members of the senate represented the people ban the blxxdy assault rifles
Good to know there are still some Democrats in this country who respect the 2nd amendment rights of citizens.
Chris_1791 Woooohoooo! Finally! 2AShallNotBeInfringed
🤷♂️America
vote those four dirtbags OUT!
Awesome it's not the governments job to tell me what guns I can't use against it when it becomes tyrannical
There are no legitimate reasons why civilians need these damned weapons. All the garbage about the 2nd amendment isn't an excuse to legitimize it. The 2nd amendment needs to be changed to protect citizens from guns--not to empower them with them.
Ready for the flood of comments about how leftists want to take your guns from people who don’t realize that democrats aren’t leftists, and are center-right at best.
Whoever will protect them from the Queen of England
Finally some common sense being shown in VA
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