唐纳德·特朗普总统在推特上表达了他对枪支控制改革通过后弗吉尼亚参议院第二修正案遭到攻击的担忧。
总统表示，这不会得到选民的欢迎，并危及现任民主党人马克·华纳在2020年弗吉尼亚选举中保住美国参议院席位的机会。
弗吉尼亚参议院周四通过了三项枪支管理法案，该法案将禁止在某些活动中在公共场所持有枪支，限制每月购买手枪，并要求对枪支转让进行背景调查。
根据弗吉尼亚议会，参议院第35号和第69号法案以21票赞成、19票反对通过。
SB70以23票对17票通过。它获得了共和党参议员西沃恩·邓南特(亨利科)和埃米特·亨格(奥古斯塔)的支持。这些法案现在将由众议院审议。
特朗普坚称民主党将因此失去在弗吉尼亚州的一个美国参议院席位。
“你的第二修正案在大弗吉尼亚联邦受到了非常严重的攻击。这就是当你投票给民主党人时会发生的事，他们会拿走你的枪。共和党将在2020年赢得弗吉尼亚。谢谢你，德姆斯！”特朗普周五发推特。
据首都新闻服务社报道，弗吉尼亚参议院多数党领袖迪克·萨斯劳(Dick Saslaw)表示，守法公民仍然可以每年购买多支手枪，他们的权利没有受到侵犯。
弗吉尼亚参议员阿曼达·蔡斯说，她担心法律会建立无枪区，阻止守法公民携带枪支。据首都新闻服务社报道，她引用了2017年拉斯维加斯58人的大屠杀作为在无枪区开枪的例子。
根据枪支暴力档案在2014年1月至2019年11月期间，枪支暴力导致美国85，000人死亡。如下图所示，由Statista在此期间，有2000多起大规模枪击事件。仅在2019年，就有15，208人死于枪支暴力。
2014年1月至2019年11月17日的枪支暴力统计数据。
福克斯国家主机孙铁麟·拉赫伦警告说，民主党人可以期待“内战”如果他们继续试图通过枪支管制措施，那将是一场“大起义”。
她发表上述言论之前，弗吉尼亚州州长拉尔夫·诺森周三宣布进入紧急状态，原因是“可靠情报”显示，在周一抗议改革的支持枪支权利集会期间，可能会发生暴力事件。
“我采取这一行动是为了保护弗吉尼亚人免受可信的暴力威胁，”诺森在周四法庭裁决维持临时禁令后发表声明说。“这些威胁是真实的——正如今天早上新纳粹分子在讨论携带枪支前往里士满的计划后被捕的报道所证明的那样。”
2019年11月18日，俄克拉荷马州邓肯市沃尔玛停车场发生枪击案后，一把手枪躺在地上，作为证据。一名持枪歹徒在俄克拉荷马州沃尔玛外面的停车场杀死了两个人，然后开枪自杀。
根据弗吉尼亚议会的网站，受影响的法案有:
参议院法案35以下内容:地方对火器的管制；允许的事件。通过法令授权任何地方禁止在允许的活动或需要许可证的活动期间在公共场所拥有或携带火器、弹药或部件或其任何组合。该法案包含技术修正案。
参议院法案69以下内容:购买手枪；手枪购买的限制；惩罚。禁止任何非持牌枪械交易商在30天内购买一把以上手枪，并将此类罪行定为1级轻罪。
参议院法案70:火器转让；犯罪历史记录信息检查；惩罚。要求对任何火器转让进行背景检查，并指示国家警察局(该局)为转让者建立一个从有执照的火器经销商处获得这种检查的程序。转让人在未获得所需背景调查的情况下将枪支出售给另一个人，即犯有6级重罪。该法案还规定，受让人在没有获得所需背景调查的情况下从另一个人那里获得枪支，即犯有第一类轻罪。
TRUMP CLAIMS 'SERIOUS ATTACK' ON SECOND AMENDMENT IN VIRGINIA WILL COST DEMOCRATS A U.S. SENATE SEAT IN 2020
President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to voice his concerns over a perceived attack on the Second Amendment in the Virginia Senate as gun control reforms were passed.
The president suggested this would not sit well with voters and jeopardize incumbent Democrat Mark Warner's chances of retaining his U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 Virginia election.
Three gun regulation bills were passed by the Virginia Senate on Thursday, which will prohibit firearm possession in public spaces during certain events, limit monthly handgun purchases and require background checks for firearm transfers.
According to the Virginia General Assembly, Senate Bills 35 and 69 passed along party lines, with 21 'Yes' to 19 'No' votes.
SB70 passed with a vote of 23-17. It gained support from Republican Senators Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) and Emmett Hanger (R-Augusta). The bills will now be considered by the House of Delegates.
Trump insisted that Democrats would lose one of their U.S. Senate seats in Virginia as a result.
"Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia. That's what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!" Trump tweeted on Friday.
According to Capital News Service, Majority Leader of the Virginia Senate Dick Saslaw said that law-abiding citizens will still be able to purchase multiple handguns per year and their rights are not being infringed.
Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase said she was concerned the laws would create gun-free zones and prevent law-abiding citizens from carrying guns. She referenced the 2017 Las Vegas massacre of 58 people as an example of a shooting in a gun-free zone, according to Capital News Service.
According to Gun Violence Archive, gun violence killed 85,000 people in the U.S. between January 2014 and November 2019. As shown in the graphic below, provided by Statista, just over 2,000 were mass shootings during this time period. In 2019 alone, 15,208 deaths were caused by gun violence.
Gun violence statistics from January 2014 to November 17, 2019.
Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren warned that Democrats can expect "civil war" and a "major uprising" if they continued to try to pass gun control measures.
Her comments came after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency on Wednesday over "credible intelligence" that violence could occur during a pro-gun-rights rally protesting reforms planned for Monday.
"I took this action to protect Virginians from credible threats of violence," said Northam in a statement after a court ruling on Thursday upheld the temporary ban. "These threats are real—as evidenced by reports of neo-Nazis arrested this morning after discussing plans to head to Richmond with firearms."
A handgun lays on the ground marked as evidence after a shooting in a Walmart parking lot on November 18, 2019 in Duncan, Oklahoma. A gunman killed two people in a car in the parking lot outside an Oklahoma Walmart before fatally shooting himself.
According to the Virginia General Assembly's website, the bills affected are:
Senate Bill 35: Control of firearms by localities; permitted events. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in a public space during a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. The bill contains technical amendments.
Senate Bill 69: Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Senate Bill 70: Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a check from licensed firearms dealers. A transferor who sells a firearm to another person without obtaining the required background check is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that a transferee who receives a firearm from another person without obtaining the required background check is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
