Williamsburg update

has a proposal by the city's attorney to repeal in its entirety their law forbidding the firing of BB guns in the city. The city attorney's memo cited the fact that the General Assembly had passed a law that forbids them from maintaining such a law. Oh boo hoo. Too bad they are not free to continue to suppress freedom to the same extent which was their previous option. Of course in her memo she foisted the lie that their so-called common sense law was designed and implemented for the sake of public safety. Darn kid, you'll shoot yer eye out.

Reluctantly Williamsburg is doing the right thing. Well, sort of. They're going to enact a new statute that will prohibit firing a pneumatic gun if the projectile crosses onto adjoining property.

We're winning in the General Assembly. If we can retake the state senate and get rid of saslaw and his death star committee we can make even more progress.

6L6GC said:

We're winning in the General Assembly. If we can retake the state senate and get rid of saslaw and his death star committee we can make even more progress.

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Doubt we will see Saslaw gone quite yet, but he can be made ineffective by taking the Senate and thereby removing him as the majority leader = No More Deathstar Committee!!!!

6L6GC said:

Reluctantly Williamsburg is doing the right thing. Well, sort of. They're going to enact a new statute that will prohibit firing a pneumatic gun if the projectile crosses onto adjoining property.

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You can read the text of the new Willaimsburg Code here:
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?94098-Count-City-Ordinances-Stop-amp-ID-CHP-Reqs-Airguns-amp-Park-Bans&p=1612030&viewfull=1#post1612030

Grapeshot said:

Doubt we will see Saslaw gone quite yet, but he can be made ineffective by taking the Senate and thereby removing him as the majority leader = No More Deathstar Committee!!!!

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Even with a change in leadership, the "Death Star Committee" may remain as a useful fixture. It gives the party in power the ability to quickly dispatch any bills not to their liking.

2a4all said:

Even with a change in leadership, the "Death Star Committee" may remain as a useful fixture. It gives the party in power the ability to quickly dispatch any bills not to their liking.

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Stacking committees has been an acknowledged technique of leadership in both houses, but in this case this Senate sub-committee violates the Senant's own rules by its very existence.

A "pocket veto" works much the same way - just don't assign a bill to any committee or sub-committee at all. Personally I don't like to see that much power in any politician's hands.