Unfortunately, instead of seeking support for laws addressing the real underlying factors of gun violence, Biden is pushing politically divisive measures that would turn the right to keep and bear arms on its head without meaningfully making the nation any safer.
The Vermont Supreme Court has sided against a constitutional challenge to a 2018 state law banning standard capacity magazines, and now Vermont gun rights advocates may focus on a separate legal challenge — and one Second Amendment advocate says the issue could be headed for the federal courts.
Proposed legislation would make it a felony to give false information when purchasing a weapon, promote “smart-gun technology” that allows only authorized gun owners to fire a gun, mandate universal background checks, and require gun owners to purchase liability insurance.
An analysis of federal gun background-check data reveals more than 2 million guns were purchased in January, which equates to a year-over-year increase of 80% and the second-highest number of gun purchases in a single month on record.
The lawmaker behind a new gun law proposal tried Friday to persuade colleagues that Vermont needs a law to prevent gun owners from carrying firearms inside establishments such as hospitals, child care facilities and public buildings. Gun rights advocates say the law is unnecessary.
A bill sponsored by Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, to prohibit carrying guns in some public places lacks support in the Senate Judiciary Committee, committee member Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia, confirmed Thursday.
In the second episode of “The Ericka Redic Show,” Ericka Redic discusses why gun control laws, such as S.30, won’t prevent crime.
A bill sponsored by Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, to prohibit carrying guns in some public places won’t prevent gun violence, is already covered by other laws, and could end up harming the people it’s meant to protect, Vermont Public Defender General Matthew Valerio told a Senate committee.
Bills introduced into the Vermont Senate would set a 48-hour waiting period for most firearms transfers, allow health care providers to notify police when a patient may harm self or others with a gun, and ban carrying firearms in some public places, Eric Davis of Gun Owners of Vermont reports.
Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling, Capitol Police Chief Matt Romei and Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete held a press conference Monday afternoon to discuss an announcement that an armed gathering of protesters is expected at state houses across the country, Jan. 17. Here’s what reporters learned.
The details of the Montpelier Police Department post were confirmed by Capitol Police Chief Matt Romei in an email to Vermont Daily on Monday.
Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, two of President-elect Joe Biden’s Thursday cabinet picks, have a history of advocating for gun control.