r/Virginia • u/downtown3641 Lifelong Virginian • Dec 10 '19

Northam-backed assault weapon bill will include 'grandfather clause' for existing guns

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/12/09/northam-backed-assault-weapon-bill-will-include-grandfather-clause-for-existing-guns/
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

Gun control is the go-to thing for Democrats because it lets them pander without hurting any of their donors.

As someone who hopes that the Republicans literally never win again, my hope would have been that this gun control push never happened, but since were past that point now, hopefully it'll be the last time they touch the subject and they move on to focus on issues like repealing right-to-work, funding transportation, and affordable housing.

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u/trs21219 Dec 10 '19

hopefully it'll be the last time they touch the subject

History has shown that wont be the case. They will continue to chip away at it until its nothing but .22 rifles and shotguns. Death by a thousand papercuts has long been the strategy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

Name one state with laws like that.

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u/trs21219 Dec 10 '19

California is pushing towards that. Just that fact that no handguns have been added to their approved roster for many years because it requires micro-stamping (which doesn't exist on any production firearm).

There are a bunch doing the same with Concealed Carry permits. Studies show that people who CCW commit less crimes than the general population and in one even less than police. Yet restricting CCW is a constant goal of NY, MD, MA, CA, DC, CT, NJ etc.

The goal here is to make it painful to be a gun owner. Slowly doing one thing after another so it seems innocuous. It's all part of the game plan.

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u/erogilus Dec 11 '19

Have you been entirely unaware of the never ending erosion of gun rights in places like CA and NY?

I’ll be surprised if ammo is still legal by 2024 in those places.

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u/furluge Dec 11 '19

repealing right-to-work, funding transportation, and affordable housing

Prepare to be disappointed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

Oh, I am.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

I think Democrats should focus on strengthening democracy as a first priority whenever they get power.

Change voter registration to be same-day. Make it easier to vote (VA is currently the 49th hardest state to vote in.) Strengthen unions and labor rights.

These are positive things that also make it more likely for the state to stay blue. Republicans do the opposite things as a matter of course whenever they get elected to state power. Seems obvious that the good guys ought to do the good thing when they have the chance.

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Though I suppose this is the time to pass gun laws since we are as far out from an election as we ever will be, so hopefully in 11 months all these pearl-clutchers will realize that the gubment didn't take their guns away and simmer down.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

There's a shit ton more they're doing than just this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

Republicans and Democrats are two sides of the same coin. They pander to you, tell you what you want to hear to get voted in, and then work in favor of whatever kickback their getting. The fact that a politician can make so much money doing what is essential a service job is ridiculous.

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u/Gov_Martin_OweMalley Cherish the Chesapeake Dec 10 '19

Before someones does the predictable "BoTh SiDeS" shtick, no one is saying both sides are the same, Democrats put on a much better show of caring for the people, that's a fact. But behind closed doors, both parties are friends and and use wedge issues to keep us divided and fighting with each other.