2nd amendment news; specifically VA but applies elsewhere

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Virginia Dem who joined GOP to reject gun control bill says 2nd Amendment activists made a difference

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OK on the surface a Dem voting with the Reps is a good thing but read the fine print on WHY he voted the way he did:

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"I had two problems with the weapons ban bill we voted on yesterday," he said

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the first problem was that the categories of weapons and component parts that were impacted were too broad.

Secondly, he said that the retroactive portion of the bill was unfair.

"In other words, if you went out and legally purchased a weapon or legally purchased a particular part, just simply by owning that you could become a class VI felon or class I misdemeanant. And that, to me, it's not fair, it's not due process, and that was what really bothered me the most," he told Hegseth.

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So if they "clean" this up he would probably vote with the Dems even if the changes didn't really change the overall meaning or enforcement requirements.

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Democratic Sen. L. Louise Lucas audibly referred to the defectors as a "bump of wimps" from the dais

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A bump of wimps?

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However, Petersen said that listening to his constituents and pro-Second Amendment activists were very "helpful" and mattered to his decision-making process.

"I probably would have voted the same way anyhow, but it was important to hear from people," he concluded

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Never shut up guys, NEVER SHUT UP!!!! Remember starting a conversation works

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