All the gun bills considered in the Senate Courts of Justice last Wednesday will have to be **reheard/revoted on** again!
There is both danger and opportunity in this. A couple of bad bills got through that I would like to try killing again. And, of course, the pro-gun bills could be put in jeopardy.
Senator Mark Obenshain sent this alert out:
"An inadvertent breach of Senate Rules basically nullified everything the
Courts of Justice Committee took up in a six hour marathon meeting on
Wednesday, and we're still trying to sort out the carnage. The bills have to be
taken up again, and some hard-fought victories will be revisited.
One of those now-jeopardized victories dealt with repealing Virginia's
constitutionally suspect "one gun a month" law, which interferes with the
right of law-abiding citizens to purchase firearms. I certainly hope that, when
we take the bill up again, we'll get another favorable committee vote -
but I'd certainly rather not be doing this all over again. Plenty of people
are upset right now, and understandably so. But that's life in the Senate of
Virginia: never a dull moment."
I will keep everyone posted as this mess works its way through the systems. This is the first time I've seen this happen.
