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A new legislative session means law-abiding gun owners in Virginia need to be on baby-sit for the latest assault on the Second Subpoena. There were many bills proposed in the 2020 legislative session that could take afflicted your gun rights. While some passed in 2020, several did non.

In this article we volition wait at what passed and what failed in 2020, and we volition highlight some of the proposals that could reappear in the 2021 legislative session. Keep in listen that even if these bills are proposed once more, they would have a long way to become before they became constabulary.

Legislation Passed in Virginia

One of the virtually important pieces of legislation passed in 2020 that negatively affects gun owners is the Emergency Substantial Risk Order ("ESRO") or Scarlet Flag law. See Va. Ann. Code § 19.2-152.13. This law allows the Commonwealth to confiscate or prohibit the purchase, possession, or transfer of firearms from a person that a judge or magistrate deems to exist a substantial risk to themselves or others, without prior detect, and to hold the firearms for up to 14 days, or until a hearing is held on the matter. The 2020 legislative session also saw the passing of bills that immune local governments to control firearms in sure areas (city parks, permitted consequence areas, and buildings endemic or used by the regime) as well equally laws prohibiting the individual sale of firearms. See Va. Ann. Code § xv.two-915 and § 18.two-308.2:5.

Additionally, the Virginia legislature passed laws that restrict residents of the Old Dominion to ownership one handgun per calendar month (unless an exception, such as possessing a valid permit, applies) and eliminating the ability to take concealed deport courses online for purposes of obtaining a Curtained Handgun Let ("CHP"). Come across Va. Ann. Lawmaking § 18.2-308.two:2(R); § eighteen.two-308.02 and § 18.2-308.06.

Failed Bills to Keep an Eye On

Not every anti-gun bill proposed in 2020 passed. With the same party and leaders in power, however, the failed bills from 2020 give usa insight into what we might expect in 2021. We anticipate some of the most restrictive failed bills will reemerge in substantially the same format as in the prior legislative session, including SB16 (2020) and HB961 (2020). Both bills target "assail weapons" and "loftier capacity" magazines and are likely to pop back up.

Another anti-gun beak that failed in 2020 but may reemerge is HB569. This bill, if passed, would permit the attorney general to remove reciprocity agreements with other states, thereby dramatically reducing the number of states recognizing a Virginia CHP.

While at the fourth dimension of writing this commodity the to a higher place uber-restrictive bills have not resurfaced, there have already been some anti-gun bills filed.

Some of the worst include:

  • HB2276 would arrive unlawful to possess, sell, or transfer an unfinished frame or receiver, or firearm manufactured afterwards October 22, 1968, that does not have a series number from a licensed manufacturer or importer. This essentially makes it unlawful for someone to make or possess a home-made firearm.
  • HB2295 would ban firearms in Capitol Foursquare and the surrounding surface area, also every bit state owned parking lots.
  • HB1909 would let whatsoever school board to prohibit possession of a firearm on any property that it owns or leases outside of schoolhouse zones, similar to the way in which they prohibit firearms inside school zones.

Remember, these are not the only anti-gun bills that have or volition be filed. Gun owners must remain vigilant to larn what laws are proposed as the legislative session runs from January 13thursday through February 27th.

Federal Proposals on the Horizon

Last session, the 116th U.South. Congress proposed assault weapons bans, cerise flag orders, mandatory reporting of NICS denials to law enforcement, and endless other anti-2A legislation. All of these individual proposals were awful, only none were worse than the omnibus HR 5717 (Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Deed of 2020), which would have incorporated the worst provisions of each of these proposals. If you want a preview of what anti-gun bills filed during the 117th Congress could expect like, pay attention to Hour 5717. The 117th Congress was sworn in on Jan 3, 2021, and their term ends on January three, 2023. To learn about how federal law is made, check out The Legislative Process  past the U.s.a. Firm of Representatives, and stay tuned. We are keeping a close watch for bills and resolutions that would affect 2nd Subpoena rights.

Should you take any questions virtually the bills discussed or the legislative process, contact U.South. LawShield and enquire to speak to your Independent Program Attorney.

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