Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 18:50:43 GMT -6
Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam breaks tie to defeat gun bill expanding concealed carry rules
RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday broke a 20-20 tie to defeat a bill that would let eligible Virginians carry concealed weapons without a permit.
Sen. Richard Black, R-Loudoun, proposed the measure. Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, voted with the 19 Democrats to create the tie.
The vote came days after Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, and Speaker of the House Bill Howell, R-Stafford, hailed a bipartisan agreement on gun policy.
Black has said that his measure, Senate Bill 48, makes "the Second Amendment the only concealed carry permit you need."
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/lt-gov-ralph-northam-breaks-tie-to-defeat-gun-bill/article_6255e5b0-48fb-57d3-87a8-e87a446306cf.html
RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday broke a 20-20 tie to defeat a bill that would let eligible Virginians carry concealed weapons without a permit.
Sen. Richard Black, R-Loudoun, proposed the measure. Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, voted with the 19 Democrats to create the tie.
The vote came days after Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, and Speaker of the House Bill Howell, R-Stafford, hailed a bipartisan agreement on gun policy.
Black has said that his measure, Senate Bill 48, makes "the Second Amendment the only concealed carry permit you need."
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/lt-gov-ralph-northam-breaks-tie-to-defeat-gun-bill/article_6255e5b0-48fb-57d3-87a8-e87a446306cf.html