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A number of amendments have been proposed to revamp the requirements for restoration of rights. In 2017, the Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment to permanently disenfranchise violent felons, [10] with the Virginia General Assembly being empowered to decide what constitutes a violent felony, [11] but this died in the Virginia House of Delegates Privileges and Elections committee. [12]
Gun owners must report lost or stolen firearms to police within 48 hours. [38] An assault weapons ban that was pushed by Virginia Governor Northam did not pass after significant protest by gun-rights advocates. [39] [40]
The Virginia NAACP on Tuesday called on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish clear and publicly available criteria for restoring the voting rights of convicted felons who have served their time ...
Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.
The Virginia NAACP said Monday that Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration lacks clear standards for restoring voting rights to convicted felons who served their sentences, leaving many frustrated ...
Thousands of gun-rights activists, many openly carrying guns, gathered in Richmond to reject sweeping measures to limit the spread of firearms in the state. Gun-rights supporters chant 'We will ...
Between 1996 and 2008, 28 states changed their laws on felon voting rights, mostly to restore rights or to simplify the process of restoration. [17] Since 2008, state laws have continued to shift, both curtailing and restoring voter rights, sometimes over short periods of time within the same state.
By the end of McAuliffe's term, over 169,000 individuals had their rights restored under this revised policy. [ 7 ] [ 11 ] The Richmond Times-Dispatch has called this restoration of rights "perhaps the most significant policy action" of McAuliffe's administration, [ 4 ] and Style Weekly named Thomasson to its 2017 Top 40 Under 40 list ...