House Committee to Hear Full Slate of Second Amendment-Related Bills
Today at 5:00 p.m., in the 4th Floor Conference Room, the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Subcommittee #1 is scheduled to hear several gun-related bills.
The National Rifle Association supports the following legislation on the agenda: HB 1411, HB 1552, HB 1856 and HB 1857, HB 2386 and OPPOSES the following legislation: HB 1600, HB 2005 and HB 1813.
House Bill 1411: Sponsored by Delegate Tony Wilt (R-26), HB 1411 would correct an error in state law in which an individual who is convicted of recklessly handling a firearm while engaged in hunting may lose his hunting or trapping license for a period of one year to life. If an individual whose license has been revoked hunts or traps while in possession of a firearm, the judge may revoke the license for a period of one to five years. HB 1411 will fix this error by changing the penalty for a first offense to loss of hunting or trapping license for a period not to exceed five years and any subsequent offense will allow a judge to revoke the license for one year to life.
House Bill 1552: Sponsored by Delegate John Cox (R-55), HB 1552 would help provide clarification for the Clerk of Court, staff and concealed carry applicants in regards to the proper issuance of the copy of the temporary certified application. Concealed carry applicants in certain jurisdictions have been experiencing delays past the 45-day period and are being instructed to pick up the copy of the certified application from the court. The new language will instruct the court to mail the temporary application to the applicant within five business days of the 45-day period.
House Bill 1857: Sponsored by Delegate Rich Anderson (R-51), HB 1857 would clarify a problem caused by the federal government where some military personnel who are attempting to purchase a firearm in the Commonwealth are being turned away because their permanent duty orders have assigned them to the Pentagon, which lists its official address in Washington, D.C., despite being located in Virginia. Delegate Anderson’s bill would clarify existing law and include the permanent orders to the Pentagon as criteria for required documentation of residence.
House Bill 1856: Sponsored by Delegate Rich Anderson (R-51), HB 1856 would allow concealed handgun permit holder to obtain a replacement permit in the event that the original permit is lost or destroyed. The permit holder would be required to submit a notarized statement to the clerk of the court that the permit was lost or destroyed and pay a $5 fee. The clerk would be required to issue a replacement permit within ten business days. The replacement permit will have the same expiration date as the original permit.
House Bill 2386: Sponsored by Delegate Jackson Miller (R-50), HB 2386 would change concealed handgun permit to concealed weapons permit.
Oppose:
House Bill 1600: Sponsored by Delegate Mamye BaCote (D-95), HB 1600 would undermine Virginia’s state preemption statute and create a patchwork quilt of confusing laws by allowing certain localities to create their own ordinances regulating the carrying of firearms in libraries owned or leased by the locality.
House Bill 2005: Sponsored by Delegate Jim LeMunyon (R-67), HB 2005 would require every firearm dealer and private seller that operates at a gun show to post and distribute a 8 ½ x 14 sheet of paper developed by the Virginia State Police that lists the federal and state statutory laws dealing with firearms. The dealer and private seller must also make copies of the materials for distribution.
House Bill 1813: In what can only be described as political pandering at its worst to the senseless tragedy in Arizona, Delegate Patrick Hope (D-47) introduced HB 1813, a bill that would prohibit the possession of a firearm while in the Capitol of Virginia or any other building owned by the Commonwealth or used predominately for the conduct of business by the General Assembly. Not surprisingly, Delegate Hope is seeking to exempt himself and the rest of the General Assembly from the effect of HB 1813. Read More ...
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