Virginia governor signs gun law compromise measures

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Politics | Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:42pm EST

Virginia governor signs gun law compromise measures

BY IAN SIMPSON

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Friday signed compromise gun legislation that recognizes concealed-carry permits from all states while making it illegal for someone under a permanent protective order to possess a firearm.

McAuliffe, a Democrat, struck the deal with the Republican-controlled legislature last month. Some lawmakers and gun rights groups had objected to Attorney General Keith Herring's decision in December to stop honoring concealed-handgun permits from 25 states.

"Virginians elect their leaders to work together to get things done, and today I am proud to say we did just that," McAuliffe said in a statement.

McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, called the package the biggest step forward on gun safety in more than two decades.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-guns-idUSKCN0VZ2VU

[Duckhunter935]

1. I am sure our resident

Controllers will be here any minute to praise these reasonable measures.

[Eleanors38]

2. Heh-heh

[DonP]

3. But, but he was a hero just two weeks ago!

He stood up to that evil NRA "for the children".

And now he's signing bills the VCDL helped draft?

Quick, we need a primary challenger who is a "Real Dem"!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. "Quick, we need a primary challenger who is a "Real Dem"!"

I've seen Bloomberg praised in these pages.

[DonP]

5. Hell, we had a control fan that was praising Scott Walker

Walker banned CCW in a state court house when Wisconsin passed CCW and he got a big "attaboy" from one gun control fan, long since Tombstoned.

For the control minded, anything else they do just doesn't matter, like Bloomberg's racist stop and frisk laws, those are fine and easily overlooked.

As long as they make even a vaguely anti-gun statement, they are instant heroes to the factose intolerant.