In January, Virginia GOP killed bill to ban sales of large-capacity magazines

NOTE:  During the 2019 Minnesota legislative session, the GOP-controlled state senate would not allow sensible gun law bills to come to the floor.

A Virginia bill designed to ban sales of large-capacity magazines similar to those used by the Virginia Beach gunman died in committee in January on a party-line vote.

The fate of the legislation, SB1748, was so widely expected that the outcome drew virtually no public attention. For more than 20 years, Republicans and a few rural Democrats in the General Assembly have killed almost every measure aimed at restricting gun ownership.

The GOP blocked a major push for gun control after the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, where 33 people died. They chose instead to respond to that shooting by joining Democrats to enact mental-health reforms.

View the complete June 1 article by Robert Mc Cartney on The Washington Post website here.