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Virginia Democrat Led Committee Pass Bill Making All Suppressors Illegal
  Posted February 9th, 2020 02:10 pm

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Democrats on Virginia's House of Delegates Public Safety Committee passed legislation Friday making it a felony to possess a suppressor in the state after July 1, 2020.

The felony applies to all suppressors, including those legally purchased through the federal background check and registered with the ATF.

The Washington Examiner reports the ban is expected to pass in the full Democrat-controlled House of Delegates. The opportunity to stop the ban will occur in the Senate, where a few Democrats have expressed hesitancy to support bans on firearms or certain accessories.

For example, on January 29, 2020, Breitbart News reported Virginia State Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D) made clear he will not support a magazine or firearm bans. He indicated his focus in solely on strengthening laws that deal with access to firearms, not laws that prohibit certain firearms or related hardware.

The bill that bans suppressor possession also bans "high capacity" magazines, making it precisely the type of legislation Lewis said he would not support.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/09/va-democrats-pass-bill-making-suppressor-possession-a-felony/
Virginia Democrat Led Committee Pass Bill Making All Suppressors Illegal