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You won’t find a more radical gun control plan than Terry McAuliffe’s. (Photo: Public Domain)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe wants to crack down on gun owners by declaring \u201cgun violence\u201d a \u201cpublic health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McAuliffe is running neck and neck with his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, and the results of this race could have far-reaching effects on the gun-owning community in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A loss would undoubtedly result in an \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban, which failed to garner enough support last year to pass the Democrat-controlled legislature. McAuliffe also plans to ban standard capacity magazines, homemade firearms, and openly carried firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most concerning, however, is his apparent desire to take a page from the COVID-19 handbook and use a \u201cpublic health crisis\u201d to ram down gun control policies without the approval of the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McAuliffe wants to use this alleged public health emergency to create a \u201cVirginia Office of Gun Violence Prevention\u201d to \u201ccollect and synthesize research, develop a statewide framework for preventing gun violence, and coordinate with other state and local agencies to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Former Virginia Gov. McAuliffe\u2019s Antigun Ignorance Is Showing \u2013 Again!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Background check laws would also be \u201cstrengthened\u201d under McAuliffe\u2019s plan<\/a>. The Virginia General Assembly passed a universal background check law last year, but McAuliffe wants to go even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow that Virginia has required background checks on all gun sales, we must expand the law to cover transfers of ownership. It\u2019s simple. If you want to give a gun to a friend, the person receiving it should have to undergo a background check,\u201d McAuliffe writes. He also plans to \u201cfurther explore the possibility\u201d of waiting periods and a permit-to-purchase requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the would-be governor wants to close the \u201chate crime loophole\u201d by prohibiting those who commit these crimes from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. McAuliffe claims that 185 hate crimes were reported in 2019 but does not say how many of those reports were verified, prosecuted, or convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Keane of the National Shooting Sports Foundation sounded the alarm<\/a> about McAuliffe\u2019s \u201cpublic health\u201d scheme for Virginia gun policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: \u2018Games Are Being Played\u2019: Anti-Gun Groups Try to Block Pro-Gun Rally in Virginia<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMcAuliffe\u2019s gun control plan doesn\u2019t sound like much of a plan. It is an excuse to infringe on Virginians\u2019 constitutionally protected gun rights of those who obey the law and ignores failing policies that defunded police and let criminals run rampant with no accountability,\u201d Keane says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upcoming election will be the greatest test so far of the Second Amendment sanctuary movement that swept the state after the Democrats gained complete control of the Assembly in 2019. As GunsAmerica reported<\/a> at the time, gun owners descended on their town and county council meetings and turned 91 of 95 counties into Second Amendment sanctuaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the latest polling, McAuliffe holds a slim 3.4-point lead over Youngkin, well within the margin of error for most polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Virginia gun owners show up to the polls in force, they could sway this election in Youngkin\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voting opens on Nov. 2, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

***Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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