Anti-hunting initiatives in Vermont’s Senate included bills to eliminate foothold trapping, ban the hunting of coyotes with dogs, and restructure the state’s administration of wildlife laws.
The logic being used to ram several anti-hunting bills through the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee would suffice to ban all hunting rights of all kinds, and allow a small minority of partisan influencers to essentially erase state and federal constitutional guarantees.
S.30 as written does nothing for people’s safety. Criminals will get guns illegally, anytime, all the time, whenever they want them, all around Vermont.
We continue to oppose any state level expansion of the NICS delay period, and we continue to request the repeal of the large capacity magazine ban as ineffective “feel good” legislation passed by the legislative supermajority to appease demands to “just do something” without facing the roots of crime like addiction and drug trafficking in the state.
Redic says “Balint seems to think the only people who purchase guns are criminals or domestic abusers. She wants to take away a woman’s ability to protect herself and her family from domestic violence.”
I believe going from three to effectively 30 days is excessive and unreasonable for law-abiding citizens who wish to purchase a firearm for their own personal safety or for other lawful and constitutionally protected purposes.
We need everyone to contact the governor and ask him to please veto S.30, an unnecessary and dangerous bill, crafted by anti-gun lobbying groups to further erode Vermont’s 200-year traditions of freedom and safety.
The Vermont Republican Party stands firmly against further infringement on the rights of innocent gun owners. But we need your help to get the governor to veto this bill.
What I am about to relate is one of the most disheartening, if not one of the most outright disgusting things I have ever seen in my eight-year tenure as a lobbyist. Let me explain.
S.30, an act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings, passed in the state Senate on February 3 2022, by a vote of 21-9.
At least 5.4 million people purchased firearms for the first time in 2021, with roughly 30% of all gun purchases going to first-time buyers, according to the NSSF.
The Vermont House of Representatives on Friday voted 93-47 to ban guns from hospitals, require background checks that could delay gun purchases for 30 days, and let health care providers alert police if they believe a patient might commit an act of gun violence.