The move was made during a reconvened session of the Virginia House of Delegates, and Democrats took aim at vetoed bills ranging from prohibiting the possession of semiautomatic firearms to the banning of firearms on college campuses and hospitals, according to a report.
HB 1607 would prohibit the importation, sale, manufacturing, purchasing, or transferring of assault weapons, a term gun rights advocates have long pointed out has no real definition.
Youngkin vetoed the bill last month, but Del. Dan Helmer recited common Democratic rhetoric that these semiautomatic firearms are made for war.
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“These firearms were designed for the battlefield, not for our streets,” said Helmer, a veteran. “They are too terrified of Donald Trump to act.”
Republican Del. Nick Freitas, a combat veteran and Green
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