Ouch!CDFingers wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:33 am I dunno, man. We may have to annex them as "Eastern California."
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And many more.S.B. 13
Patron: Ebbin
Possessing or transporting a weapon within Capitol Square; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to possess or transport any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile, or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon; or (iii) other dangerous weapon within Capitol Square, which includes the state-owned buildings that border its boundary streets. A dangerous weapon includes a bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, machete, razor, slingshot, spring stick, fighting chain, throwing star, and oriental dart or any weapon of like kind. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, magistrates, court officers, judges, county or city treasurers, commissioners or deputy commissioners of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, authorized security personnel, and active military personnel while in the conduct of such individuals' official duties. The bill requires that notice of the provisions prohibiting the possessing or transporting of such weapons be posted at each public entrance to Capitol Square. The bill provides that any weapon or item possessed or transported in violation of these provisions is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeiture to the Commonwealth.
S.B. 14
Patron: Saslaw
Trigger activators; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of a trigger activator, defined in the bill as (i) a device designed to be attached to a semi-automatic firearm, which allows the firearm to discharge two or more shots in a burst by activating the device, including a bump-fire device or a binary trigger, but does not convert the semi-automatic firearm into a machine gun or (ii) a manual or power-driven trigger activating device designed so that when attached to a semi-automatic firearm it increases the rate of fire of that firearm, including a trigger crank, but does not convert the semiautomatic firearm into a machine gun. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.
S.B. 15
Patron: Ebbin
Carrying weapon into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to transport any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile, or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon; or (iii) other dangerous weapon into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, where employees of the Commonwealth or agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, magistrates, court officers, judges, city or county treasurers, commissioners or deputy commissioners of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, authorized security personnel, and active military personnel while in the conduct of such individuals' official duties. The bill requires that notice of the provisions prohibiting the carrying of such weapons be posted at each public entrance to all buildings owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof.
Seriously? Threats? Remember this?Tedzilla wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:49 pm It seems our new overlords in Virginia are having such fun with the second amendment they're going to have a go at the first amendment...
"A recent proposal, HB 1627, modifies a current law to make threats, insults, or the use of “lascivious” language a crime if used to harass the governor, lieutenant governor, employees or members of the state legislature, or judges. Not only would it be illegal to make these expressions in person, but lawmakers want to criminalize them even if they are made online."
The Justice Department will not press federal charges against two white Baton Rouge police officers involved in last year's shooting death of a black man, Alton Sterling, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday, bringing renewed attention to how Attorney General Jeff Sessions, already controversial, is choosing to deal with allegations of police bias and racially motivated shootings. The decision is not entirely surprising: federal civil rights charges in such cases are rare, due to the high burden of proof, and even the Obama-era D.O.J. repeatedly declined to charge police officers involved in high-profile deaths. Still, it is stunning to see what cases Donald Trump’s attorney general has decided to prosecute.
On Wednesday, a jury convicted a 61-year-old female activist who had laughed during Sessions’s January confirmation hearing in the Senate. Desiree Fairooz, a longtime protester affiliated with the anti-war group Code Pink, had been escorted out of the room for laughing in response to Senator Richard Shelby's assertion that Sessions had a “clear and well-documented” history of “treating all Americans equally under the law.” (Sessions had, in fact, been denied a federal judgeship in 1986 because of a history of racially charged remarks, and Shelby himself had once run a campaign ad suggesting that Sessions was a Klan sympathizer.) Fairooz, along with two other protesters, faces up to a year in prison.
They have the legislature and governors mansion so they can do it. Criminal harassment, making death threats and stalking are usually illegal, depends on the state and how the laws are written. As with most new laws, someone gets charged and it becomes test case in the courts.Tedzilla wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:49 pm It seems our new overlords in Virginia are having such fun with the second amendment they're going to have a go at the first amendment...
"A recent proposal, HB 1627, modifies a current law to make threats, insults, or the use of “lascivious” language a crime if used to harass the governor, lieutenant governor, employees or members of the state legislature, or judges. Not only would it be illegal to make these expressions in person, but lawmakers want to criminalize them even if they are made online."
Ummm.... that's not what I wrote.Tedzilla wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 6:16 pm Seriously? Insults? Remember this?
If your defense is "they did it too..." you've already lost.
A bill to toughen Virginia’s law against letting minors access loaded guns failed in a Senate committee Monday morning as two Democrats joined Republicans in blocking it.
Under current law, it’s a misdemeanor offense to “recklessly” leave a loaded, unsecured gun accessible to a child under 14. As drafted, Senate Bill 581, introduced by Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, would have raised the age to 18 and made violations a felony offense.
Even after changes were made to keep the misdemeanor classification and add a clear exemption for youth hunting, the bill failed on a 7-8 vote.
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Block 1
HB78 Kory Firearms; purchase, possession, and transporting following certain convictions.
HB459 Sullivan Firearms; possession or transportation following certain crimes.
HB900 Levine Firearms; prohibition on possession, purchase, or transport following certain convictions.
HB1288 Murphy Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following two or more misdemeanor convictions.
Block 2
HB142 Davis Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.
HB264 Lopez Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.
Block 3
HB224 Freitas Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required.
HB600 Hope Family day homes; storage of firearms.
HB1409 Rush Second Amendment sanctuary status; budgeting decisions.
HB1499 Bourne Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund; created.
HB1689 Campbell, R.R. Firearms; limitations on laws regarding the control thereof.That's a 21st century "rifle on the wall" pic. I think in California the cat needs a back ground check. Could be wrong there, as my cats are outlaws anyway.lurker wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:10 am i don't think anyone is chasing anyone else off. i do think we're all feeling the frustration. there are times when i think some of you guys don't "get it", and i expect the feeling is mutual. i occasionally get fed up and tell myself i'm leaving the forum because i don't fit in. but you're stuck with me, and i with you, because that's exactly the wrong attitude. we're here to discuss different viewpoints, not to be an echo chamber. sometimes it's hard to be civil, sometimes it's hard to understand each other. skip over an annoying thread now and then, take a break. don't give up, keep trying.
i'm a mouser, not a mauser.
Well said.CDFingers wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:36 am I think we're all united in one way, and that is how far does it go until it's an actual infringement? Now, we all have different limits on what we'll accept, and that's the discussion part. But I think we'd all like to know where the line is. We should see it from the SCOTUS, so nothing short of that will satisfy me.
VA sure is focusing on the gun issue to the detriment of other things, like climate and homelessness.
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Kinda like when you fire someone on a friday to avoid an incident? It's the last time the public safety committee will meet before the 2/11 deadline for the house to act on their own legislation. I'm guessing they want to push it out for a last minute vote in the house for fear that a group of voting citizens will have time to peacefully assemble again...DispositionMatrix wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:38 amSupposedly it's on Friday.blackcarbine wrote:Still no activity on HB961, the AWB
You think there will be any he doesn't sign?K9s wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:52 am It will be interesting to total up the actual laws that are signed by the Gov. How long after bills pass does he have to sign them?
This is unfortunately the result of electing these people.featureless wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:26 pm HB 961 up tomorrow. That's the AW ban with registration, mag ban with no compensation.
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