Virginia House of Delegate's members of the House Militia, Police and Public Safety committee killed a bill that would require criminal background checks on all firearm purchased at gun shows. Currently, private, unlicensed firearms dealers are exempt from a law requiring background checks before purchases. Local House of Delegates members including Morgan Griffith, R-Salem and Charles Poindexter, R-Franklin voted to kill the bill proposed by Governor Tim Kaine and supported by families of the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting. The committee is comprised of rural law makers, may of whom have received campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association.
Tell us what you think of the House committee's decision.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
House of Delegates Kills Bill to Close Gun Loophole
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The basic issue is one of regulation of sales between individuals. The secondary issue is that of applying these regulations to "locations" and the third element is that of giving individuals access to backround checks as well as the mechanics of enforcement. The methods are simply not clearly established to give such regulation ANY opportunity of success. Responsible individuals do not want to sell to the insame nor to the criminal but until a reasonable method of control is found such legislation simply falls too near an infringement on the right to own firearms. There is no "loophole" and any efforts to "close" it is an infringement and I for one oppose such efforts.
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