Ad
related to: virginia firearms rights restoration
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gun owners must report lost or stolen firearms to police within 48 hours. [38] An assault weapons ban that was pushed by Virginia Governor Northam did not pass after significant protest by gun-rights advocates. [39] [40]
A number of amendments have been proposed to revamp the requirements for restoration of rights. In 2017, the Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment to permanently disenfranchise violent felons, [10] with the Virginia General Assembly being empowered to decide what constitutes a violent felony, [11] but this died in the Virginia House of Delegates Privileges and Elections committee. [12]
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has called this restoration of rights "perhaps the most significant policy action" of McAuliffe's administration, [4] and Style Weekly named Thomasson to its 2017 Top 40 Under 40 list, highlighting her work in the matter as a "singular achievement". [8] The policy has also bred controversy.
The Virginia NAACP on Tuesday called on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish clear and publicly available criteria for restoring the voting rights of convicted felons who have served their time ...
The Virginia NAACP said Monday that Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration lacks clear standards for restoring voting rights to convicted felons who served their sentences, leaving many frustrated ...
The state's toughened voting rights restoration policy requires people convicted of a felony to get their gun rights restored before they can become eligible to cast a ballot again, Tennessee’s ...
Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.
Thousands of gun-rights activists, many openly carrying guns, gathered in Richmond to reject sweeping measures to limit the spread of firearms in the state. Gun-rights supporters chant 'We will ...
Ad
related to: virginia firearms rights restoration