Virginia lawmakers reach bipartisan deal on gun issues

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:54pm EST
Related: U.S., Election 2016,

Virginia lawmakers reach bipartisan deal on gun issues

RICHMOND, Va. | By Gary Robertson

Virginia lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal on Friday that would rescind the attorney general’s decision to stop honoring permits for concealed weapons issued by 25 states in exchange for concessions from Republican supporters of gun ownership rights.

The move last month to undo reciprocity agreements with more than two dozen states with requirements that fall short of Virginia's infuriated many gun-rights advocates, who argued it infringed the constitutional rights of gun owners.

In return for reinstating the agreements, Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe said the leaders of the Republican-dominated legislature had agreed to a requirement to make state police available for voluntary background checks for private sales at all gun shows.

The issue of gun control has become heated in recent years after a series of mass shootings at schools, shopping malls and other public venues across the country. Advocates of tighter controls say the government must do more to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while opponents say new restrictions would violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-guns-idUSKCN0V72O2

[Oilwellian]

1. Here's what the locals think

RICHMOND — As politicians basked in a rare moment of bipartisanship Friday after striking a deal on a highly contentious issue, gun-safety advocates voiced disappointment and called on Gov. Terry McAuliffe to reconsider rolling back last month's decision to stop recognizing concealed carry permits from 25 states.

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In a second news conference, advocates against gun violence who appeared with McAuliffe at a rally in Capitol Square last week, said they weren't satisfied with the compromise.

Andy Parker — a high-profile advocate whose daughter, Roanoke-area journalist Alison Parker, was gunned down during a live TV report last year — asked the governor to reconsider a deal that he said would "gut" the concealed carry decision that Attorney General Mark Herring announced last month.

"You should not be willing to recognize concealed carry permits from states with weaker standards in exchange for the NRA's support of very watered-down gun safety bills," said Parker, who called the governor a friend.

Asked about the sense of betrayal among some allies, McAuliffe said the deal may not be everything he wants, but he has to "make decisions that are in the best interest of the commonwealth."

"You have to compromise constantly," McAuliffe said. "You do it in business. You do it in politics. You do it in life. This is a big, big win for Virginia."

Roanoke Times

Fuck Third Way Terry.

[pocoloco]

2. Terry may have listened to Blumberg and got his ass in a crack!

The watered down bill gives him a way out and to save face
from all the pressure!