Virginia: Gun Control on Senate Floor Today

Dear [Lawmaker],

As a fellow Virginian and your constituent, I urge you to OPPOSE gun control on the floor today. These bills do nothing to address crime in the Commonwealth, and only penalize law-abiding gun owners and businesses.

Senate Bill 27 creates sweeping new standards of “responsible conduct” for members of the firearm industry, including manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. The bill requires these businesses to establish and implement vague and subjective “reasonable controls” over the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, and marketing of firearm-related products. Further, it establishes a broad civil cause of action, allowing the Attorney General, local government attorneys, or private individuals to sue firearm businesses for injunctions, damages, and costs. This is a direct attack on the firearm industry and are designed to regulate the industry out of existence through litigation—despite longstanding federal protections.

Senate Bill 749 bans certain semi-automatic firearms, including many semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns, and arbitrarily limits magazine capacities. This bill is an attempt to redefine and ban firearms that are in common use by law-abiding citizens—plain and simple gun confiscation by definition.

Senate Bill 272 limits who can carry firearms at public institutions of higher learning.

Senate Bill 348 creates mandatory storage requirements for homes where minors and/or prohibited persons also reside.

Again, I urge you to OPPOSE these bills.

Thank you for all that you do for the Commonwealth.

Sincerely,
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