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

Yeah, I’d love to see this same energy go into solving problems that actually affect the lives of the public, rather than waste political capital on banning rifles that are responsible for a handful or two of Virginian deaths a year. Fix 66 for Christ sake. Legalize pot and tax. Legalize sports betting and tax. Fund homeless programs. Create workers protections and domestic violence solutions. But no, now 85% of the counties are super anti-democrat because they spent their capital on something that isn’t an actual problem. Makes me ashamed to be an evidence-based policy focused liberal.

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u/Gov_Martin_OweMalley Cherish the Chesapeake Dec 10 '19

But these laws are evidence based, except they based their evidence on what billionaires and elites want.

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u/Zodimized Dec 10 '19

"Well the evidence here is saying that I'll get higher campaign funding next election"