VSSA
Legislative Alert!!!
New
Gun Laws Effective July 1, 2007
House Bill 2653, sponsored
by Delegate Lingamfelter (R-31), prohibits gun dealer
entrapment schemes, such as those orchestrated by NYC Mayor Bloomberg;
House Bill 2106, sponsored
by State Delegate Charles Carrico (R-5), makes it
clear that no locality may require fingerprints for the renewal of
Right-to-Carry permits;
House Bill 2308, also
sponsored by State Delegate Scott Lingamfelter,
provides that counties may adopt model hunting regulations as provided by the
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF); and
House Bill 2547, also
sponsored by Delegate Carrico, clarifies that
localities may not regulate possession of firearms on public roadways, except
for the purposes of hunting.
***Please note –
Lifetime concealed handgun permits did not become effective this year. The General Assembly did not provide the
additional appropriation to the State Police as required by the 2006
legislation. Concealed Handgun Permits
continue to require renewal every five years, but renewals do not require
fingerprinting.
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