‘Let’s Talk Honestly About Guns’

There’s lots of misinformation going around about guns. Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Augusta) addressed this issue in his latest newsletter, Emmett’s Virginian Voice.

After several years of Republican losses, Virginia’s General Assembly is now in the hands of a Democrat majority, something Sen. Hanger noted:

“Let me be clear, the Republicans no longer control the majority vote. We can fix a bad bill in the courts if it is not Constitutional or we can work to mediate the bills and focus on training and mental health measures that do not adversely impact gun owners. 2A supporters must be part of this conversation or we will lose ground; I am committed to this.”

Here is the entire section on guns in the newsletter. Bold emphasis has been added by me:

“Let’s talk honestly about guns and the current political climate here in Richmond. There is a lot of false information out on social media and a less than credible organization even paid good money for a robo-call to lie about my position and scare constituents into thinking the police will be knocking down their doors at 3am…

“Let’s start with the facts. I fully support the Second Amendment and my voting record proves it.

“This Session I voted against the reinstatement of ‘one gun a month’ and I voted against the repeal of the local pre-emption law.

“The pre-emption law is actually on the books because I patroned it back in 2002 (SB593) and it protects our rights prohibiting localities from issuing stricter gun laws than what the General Assembly allows.

I also voted against SB240 the ‘red flag’ bill.

I do not support the assault rifle ban HB961 and it has been defeated this year in the Virginia Senate. Be sure to thank our more moderate Democrats who voted with Republicans to kill the assault rifle ban: Senators Creigh Deeds, John Edwards, Chap Petersen, and Scott Surrovell.

I do support universal background checks because it addresses screening of people and not restrictions on gun ownership. SB70, Universal Background Checks, has been amended in a way that is helpful and will do no harm to gun owners. The majority of people I have talked to (Republicans included) support background checks on all commercial sales as a way of screening people who should not legally own firearms. If we want to make sure our 2A rights are upheld we must work to screen people that should not have guns. That is our responsibility as gun owners.

“And I voted for SB 14 to ban trigger activators (bumpstocks). I have voted for this legislation before and see no necessity to use such a device in day-to-day life. President Trump has already issued an Executive Order to ban them at the federal level as well.

“Let me be clear, the Republicans no longer control the majority vote. We can fix a bad bill in the courts if it is not Constitutional or we can work to mediate the bills and focus on training and mental health measures that do not adversely impact gun owners. 2A supporters must be part of this conversation or we will lose ground; I am committed to this.

“I had the nicest visit last week from several ardent gun rights supporters. They thanked me for my efforts to amend the proposed gun bills since we couldn’t kill them.

“They acknowledged the current Senate versions are by far less objectionable than the current House bills and they said that in reading the amended Senate bills, they are clearly better.

“They understood my point that IF these bills are going to pass – and they are because we don’t hold the majority – then we must put them in the best posture possible to shore up our rights.

“I will continue to advocate for gun rights and I will work to make sure our rights are preserved and mental health issues are addressed.

We can either be part of the effort to amend these bills the very best we can or we will end up with a much more liberal version and even stricter gun control laws.

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