On Friday, February 6th, the Senate passed Senate Bill 763, which imposes an 11% excise tax on the sale of all firearms and ammunition “by a dealer in firearms, firearms manufacturer, or ammunition vendor,” and designates all funding from the tax go into a so-called “Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund.”
Please contact your Delegate and urge them to OPPOSE SB 763 when it arrives in the House!
Additionally, Senate Bill 749, the semi-auto and magazine ban without a grandfather clause for magazines, is eligible for a final vote in the Senate and can be brought to the floor at any time. Please contact your Senator and urge them to OPPOSE SB 749 by using the TAKE ACTION button below!
Senate Bill 749 bans certain semi-automatic firearms, including many semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns, and arbitrarily limits magazine capacities. With the removal of the grandfather clause for magazines, anyone in possession of magazines that exceed the arbitrary limit will become a criminal overnight. This bill is an attempt to redefine and ban firearms that are in common use by law-abiding citizens—plain and simple gun confiscation by definition.
Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox for updates as the legislative crossover deadline approaches.
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