Post by Logan on Jan 30, 2016 2:03:12 GMT -6
Gun-safety activists decry Virginia governor’s ‘gift to the gun lobby’
RICHMOND — Gun-safety activists reacted angrily on Friday to a deal Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) struck with Republicans to recognize most out-of-state concealed-handgun permits. They fanned out across the Capitol, placed hundreds of calls and wrote to the governor who won office two years ago bragging about his “F” rating from the National Rifle Association.
“Governor McAuliffe should reconsider this dangerous gift to the gun lobby,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, which in the fall poured more than $2 million into two state Senate races at McAuliffe’s request.
The gun agreement, which still needs General Assembly approval, would reverse Democratic Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s decision last month to sever reciprocity rights of gun owners in 25 states with standards looser than Virginia’s.
Herring was conspicuously absent from a bipartisan event heralding the deal. The governor’s office told him that it was in the works about a week ago and kept him updated on negotiations, but Herring was not involved, his spokesman Michael Kelly said.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gun-safety-activists-feel-betrayed-by-mcauliffes-gift-to-the-gun-lobby/2016/01/29/72603778-c6a2-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html
RICHMOND — Gun-safety activists reacted angrily on Friday to a deal Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) struck with Republicans to recognize most out-of-state concealed-handgun permits. They fanned out across the Capitol, placed hundreds of calls and wrote to the governor who won office two years ago bragging about his “F” rating from the National Rifle Association.
“Governor McAuliffe should reconsider this dangerous gift to the gun lobby,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, which in the fall poured more than $2 million into two state Senate races at McAuliffe’s request.
The gun agreement, which still needs General Assembly approval, would reverse Democratic Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s decision last month to sever reciprocity rights of gun owners in 25 states with standards looser than Virginia’s.
Herring was conspicuously absent from a bipartisan event heralding the deal. The governor’s office told him that it was in the works about a week ago and kept him updated on negotiations, but Herring was not involved, his spokesman Michael Kelly said.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gun-safety-activists-feel-betrayed-by-mcauliffes-gift-to-the-gun-lobby/2016/01/29/72603778-c6a2-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html