VA-ALERT: Unfortunately, HB 961, "assault weapon" ban, cleared committee, but fight is far from over

View this email in your browser HB 961, Delegate Mark Levine's "assault weapon," higher-capacity magazine, and suppressor ban cleared the House Public Safety committee by a 12 to 9 party line vote. The bill that passed was a substitute that made a few insignificant changes to the original bill.  HB 961 no longer requires registration for current owners to keep their "assault weapon" (no new "assault weapons" can be purchased) and it raises the legal capacity-limit for magazines from 10 rounds to 12 rounds. Bad votes are in red: YEAS--Hope, Bourne, Plum, Kory, Lopez, Rasoul, Price, Levine, Carroll Foy, Helmer, Simonds, Jenkins--12. NAYS--Wright, Robinson, Wilt, Fariss, Rush, Davis, Campbell, R.R., Coyner, Batten--9. ABSTENTIONS--Cole, J.G.--1. - The bill now heads to the House Floor.  If it passes there, it will head over to the Senate, where we have a much better chance of stopping it.  Be ready to fill the building when it comes up in the Senate Judiciary committee sometime in the coming weeks. I did a video with much more information today.  Click here to watch it. Click here to watch the committee hearing. To join VCDL, click here.  To contribute to VCDL, click here. To view the archives, click here. Copyright © 2020 Virginia Citizens Defense League, All rights reserved. Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: https://vcdl.org/join VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website or you signed up at a gun show or other event. Our mailing address is: Virginia Citizens Defense League PO Box 513 Newington, VA 22122-0513 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.