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First a correction to the previous alert:

HB 305 should have been HB 995:

HB 995 - Delegate Nutter - allows a person who has a CHP or who has current or retired military officer identification and who is purchasing an 'assault weapon' to be exempt from needing to prove citizenship (with a birth certificate, voter registration, passport, etc.) - VCDL Strongly Supports this bill

I have been getting several comments about this bill being discriminatory because it only exempts military officers and not rank-and-file members of the military.  I believe the reason for the officers-only wording is that rank-and-file military members don't necessarily have to be U.S. citizens, but officer must.

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Here are some new bills:

HB 1600 - Delegate BaCote - a perennial bill that allows libraries to ban guns - VCDL Strongly Opposes this bill

HB 1669 - Delegate McClellan - another perennial bill that closes the non-existent "gun show loophole."  It is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to destroy gun shows and register private firearms - VCDL Strongly Opposes this bill

HB 1699 - Delegate Athey - cleans up conflicting/inconsistent wording dealing with a person who has been acquitted by reason of insanity from certain charges to petition to have his gun rights restored upon discharge from treatment - VCDL Supports this bill