I stand with the Virginia Citizens Defense League on these bills.

I stand with the Virginia Citizens Defense League on these bills.

Every one of you have taken an oath to defend the constitution of the United States of America. You also took an oath to uphold the constitution of Virginia. By passing these bills, you have broken your oath. The people of the great state of Virginia will remember this.

Citizens of all races bought there firearms in a legal manner.Now with a stroke of a pen possibly made illegal..Oppressing and infringement laws are a racist act..The legislators are infringing on rights of different ethnicities, color,culture.The majority of the authors who wrote the bills are white..Some have come from other countries where there rights were oppressed. Now in turn they are the oppressors of American citizens..Citizens are brothers and sisters..And you decide Are the legislators racist in writing these bills..? Sad to see..This will be in record for future generations to see..Let's hope they learn from history and not repeat it .

I oppose HB1527, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272, and SB323.

I would like to provide some context as to who I am because It provides important context to my opinions and statements below. I have been a Virginia resident for 28 years in Fairfax and Arlington counties, and a public servant for 23 years. I am an independent voter and believe that no party adequately represents the full spectrum of my beliefs. I believe that it is the diversity of thought and experience in the different communities in Virginia what keeps VA purple AND What keeps it strong. We are blessed to have people we disagree with as our neighbors because it keeps our minds open and agile, and reinforces empathy for our fellow citizens. Our country and our neighbors are suffering deeply right now because the political pendulum is swinging so hard that it cannot be tolerated by our neighbors, and then when it swings in the other direction it cannot be tolerated by us. Pushing this pendulum to swing harder and faster and farther is what will tear our society apart. I voted for Governor Spanberger and Representative Walkinshaw in the last election because I wanted to defend the diversity that strengthens us as a country and also protect my family members in marginalized minority groups. I hoped I wasn’t voting for another extremist, or another person who was take the pendulum and swing it as hard as they could in the other direction. I definitely didn’t vote for nor do I support the more extreme elements of the proposed firearms legislation. Tax of anywhere near $500 on suppressors is inherently discriminatory to low income individuals. The absurdly restrictive terms on the transfer or sale of grandfathered firearms leaves no options for them to liquidate their collection before their death when they would those funds for their continued care through aging and then it puts an undue burden on the estate of the firearms owner after their death. Allowing for in-state transfer and sale without further import of the restricted items seems a much more balanced and reasonable approach. Capacity of up to 20 rounds is extremely common. Those extra rounds do not markedly decrease the lethality of a pistol or a rifle. It does not change a firearm from semiautomatic to a automatic. If someone had malicious intent to use a firearm, it takes less than one second to swap a magazine. This legislation significantly impacts the large sport shooting community in Virginia. In order to be competitive in national competitions you need to train with higher capacity magazines or you will not be nearly as competitive. It also makes it impossible to obtain new firearms to stay competitive as the sport advances. Many of the characteristics that have been deamed “assault-style” are extremely common in hunting scenarios, keep the hunter safe in dangerous conditions, and protect their hearing and the peacefulness of the area in which they’re hunting. I firmly believe in the fallibility of humans and their propensity towards greed and power. The Second Amendment was given to us by our forefathers to ensure the consent of the governed. This amendment goes too far to neuter the balance of power between governing forces and the people that are governed. This legislation will also further polarize the conservative constituents of Virginia. Do not legislate against something they deeply value unless you wish for them to legislate against something that you deeply value. I do not support this legislation.

Good morning, My name is Andrew B, a GWOT veteran and federal contractor. I am deeply disappointed in the legislation proposed by delegates. The Constitution is not a suggestion; it guides our nation. The Second Amendment protects the First and serves all citizens, Democrats and Republicans alike. This should not be partisan. HB1524 is unconstitutional. You cannot arbitrarily prevent citizens from carrying firearms in public. Bruen established that restrictions require historical precedent, which this bill lacks. As written: “A well regulated Militia… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” SB 27 creates vague liability standards for firearm manufacturers and dealers through undefined “reasonable controls,” allowing lawsuits based on subjective interpretations. Lawful businesses already comply with extensive federal and state regulations governing sales, record keeping, and background checks. This bill risks penalizing companies even when compliant. It could expose lawful businesses to costly litigation for criminal misuse by third parties, something they cannot realistically control. This may reduce lawful access to firearms and harm Virginia businesses without demonstrably improving public safety. Public safety efforts should focus on enforcing existing laws rather than creating new liability burdens on lawful commerce. SB 272 would restrict lawful citizens, including concealed handgun permit holders, from carrying firearms inside public college buildings, removing self-defense options where police response may still leave individuals vulnerable. Those intent on violence will ignore restrictions, leaving law-abiding citizens disarmed while doing little to deter crime. Virginia should improve campus security and enforcement rather than restrict lawful carry. SB 323 risks criminalizing citizens who legally manufactured or possess firearms or components previously permitted under state and federal law. The bill imposes serious penalties on responsible owners while criminals are unlikely to comply with serialization or manufacturing restrictions. Criminal misuse should be addressed by enforcing laws against violent offenders rather than creating new crimes that primarily affect law-abiding citizens and hobbyist builders. Legislation should target criminal behavior directly, not burden lawful ownership. For these reasons, I respectfully ask you to oppose SB 323. — Sic Semper Tyrannis —

Good morning, My name is Andrew B, a GWOT veteran and federal contractor. I am deeply disappointed in the legislation proposed by delegates. The Constitution is not a suggestion; it guides our nation. The Second Amendment protects the First and serves all citizens, Democrats and Republicans alike. This should not be partisan. HB1524 is unconstitutional. You cannot arbitrarily prevent citizens from carrying firearms in public. Bruen established that restrictions require historical precedent, which this bill lacks. As written: “A well regulated Militia… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” SB 27 creates vague liability standards for firearm manufacturers and dealers through undefined “reasonable controls,” allowing lawsuits based on subjective interpretations. Lawful businesses already comply with extensive federal and state regulations governing sales, record keeping, and background checks. This bill risks penalizing companies even when compliant. It could expose lawful businesses to costly litigation for criminal misuse by third parties, something they cannot realistically control. This may reduce lawful access to firearms and harm Virginia businesses without demonstrably improving public safety. Public safety efforts should focus on enforcing existing laws rather than creating new liability burdens on lawful commerce. SB 272 would restrict lawful citizens, including concealed handgun permit holders, from carrying firearms inside public college buildings, removing self-defense options where police response may still leave individuals vulnerable. Those intent on violence will ignore restrictions, leaving law-abiding citizens disarmed while doing little to deter crime. Virginia should improve campus security and enforcement rather than restrict lawful carry. SB 323 risks criminalizing citizens who legally manufactured or possess firearms or components previously permitted under state and federal law. The bill imposes serious penalties on responsible owners while criminals are unlikely to comply with serialization or manufacturing restrictions. Criminal misuse should be addressed by enforcing laws against violent offenders rather than creating new crimes that primarily affect law-abiding citizens and hobbyist builders. Legislation should target criminal behavior directly, not burden lawful ownership. For these reasons, I respectfully ask you to oppose SB 323. — Sic Semper Tyrannis —

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB272, and SB323 as they violate constitutionally protected rights, both federally and for the state of Virginia.

I opposed the following bills

HB1459: SUPPORT HB1524: OPPOSE, both the VA and US constitutions protect the right to carry any legally owned firearms. Both the VA and US constitutions protect the right to own center-fire rifles, center-fire pistols, and shotguns that accept a magazine of greater than 10 rounds SB27: OPPOSE, this unconstitutionally, unfairly, and unjustly empowers anyone to hold the firearms industry responsible for actions of others outsides of the industry's control. SB38: OPPOSE, the language prohibiting persons under 21 is unconstitutional. The language prohibiting a cohabitant is also unconstitutional. SB86: SUPPORT SB173: OPPOSE, this violates Virginians' constitutional rights. Virginians have the right to carry a firearm for their personal protection anywhere that lacks sufficient security to assume responsibility for the safety of any disarmed persons and that lacks safe storage of firearms carried to and from such location. SB272: OPPOSE, this violates Virginians' constitutional rights. Virginians have the right to carry a firearm for their personal protection anywhere that lacks sufficient security that assumes responsibility for the safety of any disarmed persons and that lacks safe storage of firearms carried to and from such location. SB323: OPPOSE, Virginians should be free to build or customize personally owned firearms without serial numbers. SB337: OPPOSE, this language seems to attempt to legislate based only the current circumstances surrounding national guard deployments in the US. This could hinder an Adjutant General from acting responsibly and prudently under possible future circumstances currently unforeseen.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323.

These proposed bills do not address the root causes of violence. They do not stop criminals, who by definition ignore the law, and they do not deter those who already intend to do harm. Instead, they place new burdens on the very people who follow the rules. Law-abiding citizens become the target of regulation, while criminal behavior remains unchanged. This approach mistakes control for safety. It assumes that restricting the rights of responsible people will somehow restrain those who have no regard for the law in the first place. History and common sense both show otherwise. When rights are limited in the name of protection, what is actually reduced is trust between citizens and their government. These measures also expand the power of the state in ways that deserve serious concern. Broad authority, vague enforcement, and increased penalties aimed at ordinary people create opportunities for abuse rather than justice. Liberty is not preserved by weakening it in the hope that criminals will suddenly obey it. If the goal is public safety, then the focus should be on violent offenders, mental health, and meaningful enforcement of existing laws. These bills do none of that. They erode constitutional rights, punish compliance, and leave the real problem untouched.

Oppose SB27 Firearms Manufacturers already have Federally mandated steps in the accountability, security, transport, ship, transfer of firearms from the manufacturer to the legally licensed FFL holders (Businesses that sell Firearms and salesmen. These laws exist and they are enforced on a Federal Level: The National Firearms Act of 1968 has had amendments that regulate and implement laws and restrictions on firearms sales and even ownership. The National Firearms Act of 1934. - The National Firearms Act of 1968 (Gun Control Act of 1968 ) - The Clinton Executive Orders - The Lautenberg Amensment 1996 - The HUD/Smith and Wesson agreement -The Brady Law -The School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act - Bump Stock Ban 26 March 2019 Background Checks: - Online sales of firearms are legal and there is a requirement in the NFA that those firearms are shipped directly to a local licensed FFL Dealer from the licensed FFL dealer that firearm was purchased from. Firearams are not shipped to a purchaser's personal home address. The local licensed FFL dealer will then perform a background check on the buyer prior to handing over the firearm to the purchaser. The purchaser is also responsible for paying a transfer fee to the local FFL Dealer to facilitate the transaction. - Background checks are required and performed at gun shows. - Background checks are performed on all in store firearms purchases. In 2005, Congress passed the bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to prevent and curb never-ending series of lawsuits against manufacturers and retailers of firearms to hold them financially responsible for crimes committed using the weapons manufactured or sold by those entities.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323. These do not provide safety to the community at all.

I oppose hb1524, sb27, sb38, sb173, sb272, and sb323!

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272, and SB323.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323

HB1524 is written with the intent to prevent individuals with ill intent from open carrying firearms to intimidate, but is written so broadly that it will ban possession of modern firearms outside the home. How is a legal owner supposed to bring a ‘assault weapon’ to the range, to a competition, or any other lawful activity? If it can not be carried on or about your person, then it can’t be brought outside the home. There is no exception for unloaded guns, no exception for cased firearms. This poorly written bill should be tabled and rewritten. SB27 is intended to allow individuals to sue gun companies for the illegal actions of others. This essentially makes SLAPP suits legal against gun companies in particular. Suing a business for the actions of a third party is a terrible precedent to set. If it is acceptable to do here, why is it not acceptable to sue other companies when their products are misused?

I oppose!

I oppose hb1527, sb 27,sb38, sb173, sb272,sb323.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323 as they infringe upon my Second Amendment rights.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323. I oppose HB1524 because it interferes with church security teams. It does not make any exception for concealed weapons or conceal carry permit holders. Also because this law does not propose anything that would stop criminals. Someone okay with committing murder isn't going to care about a misdemeanor. This law will just jam up lawful gun owners who otherwise have not committed any crime if they decide to stop by the grocery store after the range on the way home. I oppose SB38. I oppose SB173. During testimony in the Senate we heard from nurses and doctors about all the dangerous people they have to deal with and violence that can happen at the hospital. Law abiding citizens who have conceal carry permits should not be prohibited from being able to protect themselves at these places. I oppose SB272. More gun free zones is not going to solve anything. Virginia Tech and the Government building in Virginia Beach were gun free zones until deranged gunmen decided they weren't. Mass shooters specifically target these areas because they know nobody will be able to fight back. Mass shooters are only stopped when they are met with force. All this law does is stop victims of mass shootings from being able to protect themselves while incentivizing mass shooters to attack these places. I oppose SB323 because it bans possession of legally owned firearms that people have already. Also the whole "Ghost Gun" thing is way overblown. "Ghost Guns" include guns people make at home without serial numbers yes, but also it includes guns with destroyed or defaced serial numbers. Criminals have been destroying serial numbers on firearms for forever but the "Ghost Gun" paranoia is new thing and now law enforcement reports the combined total of which privately made firearms are a small fraction as they always have been. Nothing in this law is going to stop a criminal making their own gun and committing crimes with it. This is only going to harm lawful gun owners who wish to make their own guns at home.

I vehemently oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323. I am a law abiding gun owner, and these bills place extreme burdens on me and my constituents, making us into criminals overnight. I urge you to kill these unconstitutional bills.

As a law abiding citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I oppose any law infringing upon my right to keep and bear arms. The laws listed above as well as previous laws already passed in the Senate/House are in direct conflict of public safety and only serves as a means to disadvantage law abiding citizens from their right to not only personnel protection but also the foundation of a citizen’s responsibility to gatekeep and deter government overreach.

I strongly oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272, and SB323.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323

I am opposed to HB1524,SB27,SB38,SB173,SB272, and SB323. I’m sure none of you care what your constituents think, but I offer my disapproval of these unconstitutional proposals.

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323

I oppose HB1524, SB27, SB38, SB173, SB272 and SB323.

HB1524 - I most strongly oppose this proposal. As a middle-aged woman, I rely on concealed carry of a pistol for my personal and family's safety. The bill's removal of a concealed carry holder's exemption puts honest, tax-paying voters at risk. Where is the problem? Concealed carry licensees are among the most law-abiding populations. While I vote Democratic, the anti-gun legislation being proposed by my party has convinced me that I cannot continue to vote for a party that will place my personal safety at risk. While I support many gun control efforts to keep firearms away from dangerous people, removing firearms from the general population is not what I voted for. Do not make a criminal out of me. SB27 - I strongly oppose this legislation. SCOTUS recently ruled that Mexico cannot sue Smith & Wesson for the actions of those who use the company's firearms for illegal activities. What makes the VA Assembly think it can overturn federal law and make businessmen and regular citizens engaged in a legal business or transaction civilly or criminally responsible for the criminal/negligent actions of others? Again, while I voted for the Democrats on my ballot last November, I did not vote for laws to restrict where firearms are available. My safety and my family's safety are obviously not the focus of this legislation and I will respond accordingly in November. I do not understand the attacks the Democrats are waging against their law-abiding, voting constituents. Thank you for the opportunity to express my strongest opposition to these two legislative proposals.

With respect to SB 27, we already have a federal law preventing frivolous law suits against firearms manufacturers. The Proctection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act supercedes this. Not only is this unconstitutional, but it's bound to get struck down in court. Costing Virginia tax payers millions in the process, a complete and utter waste of time, energy, effort, and tax payer dollars to defend a law that is clearly intended to allow for partisan political lawsuits of the sort the PLCAA was specifically written to prevent.

Why are you discriminating against people of different races and ethnicity. ,? And for a person who is poor? Imposing the bills will make it expensive ,less affordable for someone to purchase a firearm for self defense..

Why discriminate against the constituency whom voted you into office? Vote against the bills..

Firearms were used to free slaves, And self defense..This mantra of self defense carries on ..A hundred years later..You would attempt to limit a constituents right to self defense.. Illegal discrimination ..Do the right thing Vote against the bills..

This critique is true. Will one of you legislators have the courtesy to step out of the groupthink and vote against the gun bills ..? The challenge is to have the guts to do it..Firearms are used for self defense..Freeing citizens from slavery. Sport shooting creates tax revenue and jobs.

The authors of the bills know they cannot ban guns outright..Create hardship bills so a constituent will not want to carry..Delegate, because you possibly do like firearms ..Is it your role ,to treat constituents in a discriminating way..? Against a class of citizens..? Liberals own gun too Not just conservatives..Vote against the bills.

The so called “gun safety” bills are not about reducing “gun violence” or any violence. Their purpose is to “lawfully” harm or criminalize gun owners across the commonwealth who have never been a problem. For that reason, I oppose these bills.

I oppose all of these bills

The second amendment is a right not a privilege that can be taken away or will be taken away. Our right or sovereign under the constitution second amendment shall not be in French. Why don’t y’all work on making punishments more harsh for the criminals that rape people moles, children murder, and so on. Instead of trying to make hard-working, taxpaying citizens criminals

Good morning, As a lifelong Virginia resident I can’t believe what bills are even being considered. My name is Chandler Cobb and I currently reside in Isle of Wight County in Smithfield, VA. I’m a Christian, a disabled Veteran, a husband, and I am against any bills that take away our God-given, govt protected, Second Amendment rights. I’ve been a concealed weapons licensee for over 20 years and have never had to fire my weapon in defense of myself or another. That is the story with 99% of Virginian concealed weapons license holders. We also prevent harm without having to fire a single round. The recent Supreme Court precedent set in Bruen and Heller, makes every anti-second amendment bill written UNCONSTITUTIONAL and will eventually be overturned by SCOTUS. Please do not support any bills that take away our rights. These bills will do absolutely nothing nothing to make VA safer and will actually make us less safe. Legal gun owners in this country and this state follow the laws, but criminals don’t care what laws you write banning firearms as they don’t follow laws. These bills only hurt us law abiding concealed weapons license holders and gun owners in VA. Furthermore, there are millions of standard capacity magazines and AR15 sporting rifles and handguns that carry standard capacity magazines. You all are making instant criminals out of not only every Virginian, but anyone driving through our great state. I ask you all to vote NO on EVERY gun bill that infringes on our rights and that’s any bill adding regulations and restrictions on the firearms millions of us own. Thank you and God bless, Chandler Cobb Soli Deo Gloria~ Sic Semper Tyranis~

I stand with the VCDL's position on the firearms related bills. I oppose all Gun Control.