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A red flag law expert testifying in front of a US Senate subcommittee on Wednesday said the FedEx mass shooting that took place in Indianapolis two weeks ago shows the devastating effect of a failure when a state s red flag law is not fully invoked.
Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, made the comments alongside testimony from four other witnesses hours before President Joe Biden was expected to urge lawmakers to adopt more restrictive gun control laws in his first address to Congress.
Senators heard from the witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution as they mull over the prospect of creating federal grants that encourage states to enact red flag laws like those seen in Indiana and Connecticut.
April 14, 2021 4:46 PM by FCNP.com
By Hyung Jun Lee, Capital News Service
RICHMOND The Virginia Senate rejected the governor’s amendments to a bill that restricts the gun rights of anyone convicted for assault and battery of a family member.
Under House Bill 1992, introduced by Del. Kathleen Murphy, D-Fairfax, anyone convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member would be prohibited from owning, purchasing or transporting firearms for a period of three years.
Gov. Ralph Northam proposed increasing the probation period from three years to five years. The governor also wanted to expand the bill to include individuals who were living together or who had cohabitated within 12 months.
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Republican Congressman Bob Good of Lynchburg has introduced a bill he calls the SHUSH Act, which would deregulate silencers at the federal level and preempt state laws.
Phillip Van Cleve at the Virginia Citizens Defense League says this would allow people to get suppressors without getting a background check, which he says is unnecessary. There s a couple of things that are wrong with it. It s not the gun. It s an accoutrement. It s not the gun. It s an add-on to a gun, Van Cleve adgues. Number two, they re easy to make. You can literally stick a Coke bottle or whatever on the end of it and you can get one or two shots out of the end of it that are highly suppressed.