Along with the attempt to codify abortion we wrote about yesterday, there is another radical bill being proposed by Democrats in Virginia.
An assault weapons ban has been filed by Fairfax area Delegate Dan Helmer in the House and Charlotteville area Senator Creigh Deeds.
HB 2 seeks to “make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for anyone to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport or transfer an assault firearm.”
The Bill’s text defines an assault weapons ban as “a semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material with anfixed magazine capacity in excess of 10 rounds”
Helmer also carried a similar bill in the 2023 legislative session.