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<p>GOVERNOR'S VETO</p>

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<ul><p>Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of
Virginia, I veto House Bill 585, which criminalizes home-based firearm dealers
who maintain their place of business at their residence within one and a half
miles of an elementary or middle school.</p>

</ul><ul><p>By all appearances, this legislation targets one individual in
Prince William County, to whom the Prince William Board of County Supervisors
granted a home-based firearms license. </p>

</ul><ul><p>The legislation's specificity, coupled with the circumstances
preceding its passage, comprises a bill of attainder. Consequently, it is
unconstitutional under Virginia's Bill of Rights.</p>

</ul><ul><p>Home-based firearm dealers are already subject to comprehensive
federal, state, and local regulations. The imposition of this restriction on a
lawful commercial activity appears unconstitutional, retaliatory, and
arbitrary.</p>

</ul><ul><p>Accordingly, I veto this bill. &nbsp;</p>

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