Gun rights group to challenge Vermont’s 72-hour waiting period in court
The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs plans to sue the state of Vermont over the recently passed bill H.230, specifically the 72-hour waiting period.
Paul Dame: Annie, get your gun
If you pay for a firearm on Friday, you can take it home the same day. But if you wait until Saturday July 1st, you will be subject to a new 3-day waiting period that even some Democrats admitted was probably unconstitutional.
NRA highlights Vermont as another example of gun laws causing more crime
The National Rifle Association has put out a commentary highlighting Vermont’s slew of new gun laws over the past decade as an example of why gun restrictions not only fail to reduce crime, but they cause crime rates to go up.
12 defensive uses of guns that don’t fit Hollywood’s narrative
Almost every major study has found that Americans use their firearms in self-defense between 500,000 and 3 million times annually, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged.
Attorneys general file amicus brief in support of handgun age requirement
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a joint amicus brief alongside 21 other attorneys general, including the attorney general of Vermont, to support the federal government’s prohibition of handguns and ammunition to those 21 and older.
Obama praises Australia for confiscating citizens’ guns
“In Australia, you had one mass shooting 50 years ago and they said, ‘No, we’re not doing that anymore.’ That is normally how you would expect a society to respond when your children are at risk,” former President Barack Obama said.
McClaughry: Gun registration, the first step
A Democrat legislator has proposed a bill requiring mandatory licensing, registration and insurance of firearms in Vermont.
Steve MacDonald: Vermont, which exists because of a militia, just banned them
Make no mistake. This law will develop a case of mission creep in successive legislatures as progressive gun grabbers in Montpelier find new and exciting definitions for “legal activity” and “civil disorder.” You can count on it.
School safety bill limping toward uncertain finish this legislative session
On Wednesday afternoon lawmakers again discussed a school safety bill that, according to the Senate Education Committee’s chair, is getting some inconvenient pushback in the final stretch of this legislative session.
Gun storage, waiting period bill passes Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate on Tuesday passed H.230, a gun control bill featuring a 72-hour waiting period for firearms transfers and required gun storage.
Chris Bradley: A vote for H.230 is a vote that ignores the Constitution
One the one hand we have Vermont’s attorney general indicating that all is kosher. On the other we have the Defender General’s Office saying that almost nothing in H.230 would pass constitutional muster. Finally we have Legislative Counsel at “we just don’t know.”
Eric Davis: H.230 would kill off Vermont gun shows, prevent self protection
H.230 has almost nothing to do with reducing suicides and everything to do with further restricting the rights of law-abiding Vermonters to obtain and keep a firearm for personal protection.