{"id":121391,"date":"2020-01-13T17:48:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T22:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=121391"},"modified":"2020-01-13T17:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:21:01","slug":"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everytown for Gun Safety is not happy with the National Rifle Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bloomberg-funded, gun-control organization bashed the nation\u2019s gun lobby for giving away 1,000 MagPul 30-round magazines Monday at the Virginia statehouse. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The giveaway was in protest to a bevy of legislation Democrats hope to pass in the coming weeks and months that will restrict one\u2019s right to keep and bear arms in Old Dominion. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn an attempt to intimidate lawmakers and subvert the will of voters, the NRA gave away dangerous high-capacity magazines \u2013 similar to those used in the country&#8217;s deadliest mass shootings \u2013 to random civilians at the Virginia statehouse today,\u201d said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EMERGENCY AIRLIFT: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Magpul_HQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">@Magpul_HQ<\/a> sent us 1,000 30 Round PMAGs to hand out tomorrow in Richmond to NRA members who show up to fight Northam\u2019s extreme gun ban!<br \/><br \/>We\u2019ll see everyone TOMORROW at the General Assembly Building in Senate Sub-Committee Room #1 on the 5th Floor at 8am! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/valeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">#valeg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wovch0bTuU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">pic.twitter.com\/wovch0bTuU<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NRA (@NRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRA\/status\/1216550061221588992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">January 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moms Demand Action is an offshoot of Everytown.&nbsp; It, along with Mayors Against Illegal Guns, merged to form Everytown in 2013. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NRA&#8217;s outrageous behavior underscores precisely why its agenda has been rejected at the ballot box in Virginia and across the country,\u201d Watts added. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the mag giveaway was a stick in the eye of the gun prohibition lobby, anti-gun legislators in the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced four bills today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/democrats-take-up-firearms-bills-in-virginias-newly-gun-free-capitol\/2020\/01\/13\/1c5e1d82-35b0-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">moving forward would<\/a>: allow law enforcement to confiscate firearms from someone accused of being a threat to themselves or others (a \u201cred-flag\u201d bill), criminalize private transfers (universal background checks), give municipalities the power to ban firearms from certain events, and prohibit citizens from buying more than one handgun in any 30-day period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gov. Ralph Northam (D) was quick to applaud lawmakers on social media for advancing the bills to the Senate floor for a full vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/virginia-bill-would-shut-down-non-govt-owned-shooting-ranges\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">Virginia Watch: Bill Would Shut Down Non-Gov\u2019t Owned Shooting Ranges, Including NRA Facility<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in decades, commonsense gun safety measures are finally advancing in the Virginia legislature,\u201d Northam tweeted. \u201cThis is the first step in the process\u2014Virginians are demanding real action on gun violence, and they are watching.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the first time in decades, commonsense gun safety measures are finally advancing in the Virginia legislature. This is the first step in the process\u2014Virginians are demanding real action on gun violence, and they are watching. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/biJryNFFI5\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">https:\/\/t.co\/biJryNFFI5<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1216774179103657990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">January 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>If there\u2019s good news to come out of Richmond, it\u2019s that what is arguably the most controversial bill, Senate Bill 16, was withdrawn from consideration at the 11-hour, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whsv.com\/content\/news\/Senate-committee-strikes-assault-weapons-bill-advances-other-proposed-gun-laws-566941011.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\" title=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\">WHSV<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by Sen. Richard Saslaw, SB 16 would expand the definition of so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and ban their possession as well as the selling or transfer of any ammunition feeding device capable of holding more than 10 rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SB 16 may be dead, for now, in the Senate but its twin in the House of Delegates, House Bill 961, is still alive and kicking; though it has yet to be referred to a committee for review. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much more to come on the Virginia front.&nbsp; So, stay tuned for updates! &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn an attempt to intimidate lawmakers and subvert the will of voters, the NRA gave away dangerous high-capacity magazines \u2013 similar to those used in the country&#8217;s deadliest mass shootings \u2013 to random civilians at the Virginia statehouse today,\u201d said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":40086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,216,240],"tags":[132,607,309],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nra"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Moms Demand Action slammed the NRA for its Magpul magazine giveaway at the Virginia statehouse today as legislators were considering new gun control bills.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Everytown Slams NRA for \u2018Outrageous\u2019 30-Round Mag Giveaway At Virginia Statehouse As Committee Advances 4 Gun-Control Bills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIn an attempt to intimidate lawmakers and subvert the will of voters, the NRA gave away dangerous high-capacity magazines \u2013 similar to those used in the country&#039;s deadliest mass shootings \u2013 to random civilians at the Virginia statehouse today,\u201d said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/everytown-slams-nra-mag-giveaway-virginia-4-gun-control-bills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-13T22:48:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T21:21:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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