Vermont may be the most liberal state- except for this
An effort to keep guns from criminals and people who have been judged seriously mentally ill has passed a hurdle in the state Senate.
Lawmakers voted 20-8-2 to advance the bill Wednesday afternoon. The Senate will have one final chance to vote on the bill — possibly Thursday — before the House of Representatives considers the issue.
The legislation has a good chance of advancing in the House if the measure arrives as written, said Dylan Giambatista, spokesman for House Speaker Shap Smith, D-Morristown.
The bill would create a state law that prohibits people convicted of certain violent crimes from possessing a gun — as they already are prohibited by federal law and in most other states — and that allows Vermont prosecutors to handle those cases.
Federal prosecutors lack the time and resources to pursue Vermont gun-possession cases other than high-level offenses, said Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, after hearing federal representatives in committee testimony.
Also in the bill, a provision states that people who have been through a court process and deemed "in need of treatment" would be reported to a national background-check database. Those people would have a legal process to have their names removed after 18 months outside state custody if they could prove they had recovered.
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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2015/03/25/senate-advances-trimmed-down-gun-bill/70441982/
Will it pass in the House? I doubt it. Vermonters are weirdly fierce when it comes to their guns.
