Member Hal Macklin attended the veto session of the Legislature today and
reported to me the results of what happened to the three remaining gun bills that
were still up in the air.
As you know, HB 1106, Delegate Athey's bill to allow handgun to be
locked in a container or compartment within a person's reach, had
been vetoed.
Delegate Armstrong, who voted anti-gun on this bill, misstated
Virginia law when he addressed the Floor, implying that the bill
didn't change current law. YES IT DOES. Not in a huge way, but it
was a step forward.
Fortunately Delegate Morgan Griffith spoke up and set the Floor
straight on Virginia law.
The veto override FAILED to get enough votes. 67 votes were needed
in the House and only 61 Delegates voted to override that veto.
Here are the Delegates who voted against Virginia gun owners. If any
of these are your Delegate, contact him or her and politely let him
or her know your feelings on his or her vote (all we needed was FIVE
of these people to vote correctly - and there are at least that many
who should have done so). Many of these are Democrats who consider
not embarrassing the Governor to be more important than your right to
self-defense. Others are Republicans who don't understand their own
party platform. That niggling 'freedom thing' is not clearly
understood by both Democrats and Republicans on this list:
Alexander, Amundson, Armstrong, BaCote, Barlow, Brink, Bulova,
Caputo, Dance, Ebbin, Eisenberg, Englin, Hall, Howell, A.T., Hull,
Jones, D.C., Lewis, Marsden, McClellan, McEachin, Melvin, Miller,
Moran, Plum, Poisson, Rust, Scott, J.M., Shannon, Sickles, Spruill,
Toscano, Tyler, Valentine, Ward, Ware, O., Watts
Here are those who voted correctly and should be thanked for doing so:
Abbitt, Albo, Athey, Bell, Bowling, Byron, Callahan, Carrico, Cline,
Cole, Cosgrove, Cox, Crockett-Stark, Dudley, Fralin, Frederick, Gear,
Gilbert, Griffith, Hamilton, Hargrove, Hogan, Hurt, Iaquinto, Ingram,
Janis, Joannou, Johnson, Jones, S.C., Kilgore, Landes, Lingamfelter,
Lohr, Marshall, D.W., Marshall, R.G., May, McQuigg, Morgan, Nixon,
Nutter, O'Bannon, Oder, Orrock, Peace, Phillips, Purkey, Putney,
Rapp, Reid, Saxman, Scott, E.T., Sherwood, Shuler, Suit, Tata,
Waddell, Wardrup, Ware, R.L., Welch, Wittman, Mr. Speaker