Virginia's Democratically controlled House passes seven gun control measures
RICHMOND — Democrats in the House of Delegates on Thursday passed seven of the eight gun-control measures advocated by Gov. Ralph Northam, a significant step for an issue that Republicans had blocked for decades.
In debate ahead of the votes, lawmakers showed flashes of the emotion that has supercharged the gun-control issue in Virginia in recent weeks.
Republicans from rural areas said the actions betrayed their way of life and the wishes of thousands of armed gun rights protesters who descended on Richmond last week. Invoking the heritage of the American Revolution and a society “forged from wilderness,” Del. Les Adams (R-Pittsylvania) warned that the bills “are strongly resented by our people.”
But Democrats noted that voters gave them a 55-45 majority in the House in the November elections, partly on the promise of gun control. They used that muscle to push the votes through in less time than it took Republicans to adjourn last summer’s 90-minute special session on gun control, where no votes were taken.
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Go Virginia!
