The Virginia House of Delegates approved an assault weapons ban on a party line vote Friday. Fairfax County Democratic Del. Dan Helmer’s bill would end the sale and transfer of assault firearms manufactured after July 1, 2024. It also prohibits the sale of certain large capacity magazines. “This bill would stop the sale of weapons similar to those I and…

The Virginia House of Delegates approved an assault weapons ban on a party line vote Friday.

Fairfax County Democratic Del. Dan Helmer’s bill would end the sale and transfer of assault firearms manufactured after July 1, 2024. It also prohibits the sale of certain large capacity magazines.

“This bill would stop the sale of weapons similar to those I and many of the other veterans carried in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Helmer said.

  • Fades@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    5 months ago

    and you can just hold the trigger

    you ABSOLUTELY cannot, that’s been the case for a very long time now.

    5 rounds …is all someone should ever need for hunting so if you’re hunting or just for whatever reason in an area with bears or the like, 5 rounds is all you need? The bear gonna give you time to swap mags?

    there are plenty of other things like that, it’s not simply just a ‘here’s what you need to kill a deer and that’s all you get’

    I’m not a hunter, I don’t kill or even eat animals; the motivation behind owning firearms doesn’t begin or end with hunting.

    It’s the mag size and the speed it can be discharged at that matters.

    Nobody is out there with full auto. period.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      11·
      5 months ago

      Five rounds with five finger presses is all somone should ever need for hunting.

      Looks like they may have edited it, they also hate normal ol’ semi. Can’t please the Anti-Self Defense people.