Gun control proposal will get a vote after lawmakers attach it to budget bill
“My head is spinning,” the executive director of the Gun Owners Action League said.
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“My head is spinning,” the executive director of the Gun Owners Action League said.
The Senate has yet to put forward its own version of the bill.
The measure would strengthen the state's assault weapons ban, limit where guns can be carried and crack down on unregistered "ghost guns." It also would expand the state's "red flag" law, which allows a judge to suspend the gun license of someone deemed at risk to harm themselves or others.
The bill, according to the Speaker's office, "cracks down on the sale of ghost guns; strengthens the Commonwealth’s red flag laws; updates the definition of assault weapons; and limits the carrying of guns into schools, polling places, government buildings and the private residences of others."
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