As we celebrate Resurrection Day tomorrow, most of us won’t be gathered in our churches to celebrate. In some places we won’t even be able to do celebrations reminiscent of drive-in movies where we gather in our cars and listen to the sermon on our car radios (with the windows up even). That is an unnecessary restriction that some states have imposed and that the citizens of those states are tolerating. We really need to rethink this.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, The Washington Examiner<\/a> reported yesterday that Governor Northam of Virginia has signed several pieces of gun control legislation into law.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed several pieces of gun control legislation into law, including mandating background checks on every gun sale, ordering reporting of lost and stolen firearms, and reinstating the state’s former one-handgun-purchase-a-month policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Following Virginia Democrats’ takeover of both chambers of the state legislature in the 2019 elections, the party put forth a slew of gun control measures to be considered in the 2020 legislative session.<\/strong><\/p>\n The signing of the slate of bills comes nearly three months following the rally of over 20,000 gun rights activists<\/a> in the Virginia Capitol to protest the legislation. The gun laws will go into effect on July 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article mentions two of the laws that did not pass:<\/p>\n Two major gun control bills, the assault weapons ban<\/a> and magazine capacity limits<\/a>, were proposed and debated while Virginia lawmakers were in session but, ultimately, failed to pass both chambers of the state legislature. However, supporters of the bills have advocated to bring them back in the next session.<\/strong><\/p>\n Northam also proposed amendments to legislation currently being debated in the Virginia state legislature\u2019s upper and lower chambers.<\/strong><\/p>\n Senate Bill 35<\/a> and House Bill 421<\/a> would enable municipalities to regulate firearms in public buildings, parks, recreation centers, and during permitted events. Senate Bill 479<\/a> and House Bill 1,004<\/a> would bar individuals subject to protective orders from possessing firearms, require them to turn over their firearms within 24 hours, and would require them to certify to the court that the weapons were turned in.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states:<\/p>\n A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.<\/strong><\/p>\n That right was put in there to protect Americans from an overreaching government.–not to make sure they could go hunting. We are at the point where government overreach is here. Hopefully the laws signed by the Governor will be overturned by the Supreme Court, but the laws like this need to be stopped long before they get to the Supreme Court. I am hopeful that the people of Virginia will embrace their history and remove this Governor from office in the next election.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we celebrate Resurrection Day tomorrow, most of us won’t be gathered in our churches to celebrate. In some places we won’t even be able to do celebrations reminiscent of drive-in movies where we gather in our cars and listen … Continue reading