Summary as introduced:
Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of a National Instant Criminal Background check to determine a person’s eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm under state or federal law. The bill also limits the requirement for a Virginia-specific criminal history record information check to the purchase of handguns only. Under current law, the Virginia-specific criminal history record information check applies to all purchases of any firearm in the Commonwealth.
I'm a little rusty on the instant background check.
I was under the impression that Va opted out of the National Instant background check in lieu of the State instant background check.
If that is the case, then I'm sure there will be people jumping for joy saying, we're getting long guns without the check...
The problem is, we're partially opting into the Federal check.
I need to do a little research but after scraping a little topsoil off of this bill, I think I uncovered the Septic Tank.:uhoh: