Rifles of any description are rarely used in violent crime. Such a ban would not decrease violent crime and is unconstitutional. McAuliffeвЂ™s plan calls for a ban on popular semi-automatic firearms like the AR-15 and magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds. The proven inefficacies of the former governorвЂ™s gun control proposals, and indifference to robust criminal justice measures, make clear that his plan is about indulging the ugly cultural prejudices of his radical anti-gun base rather than confronting violent crime.Д«an on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms and their magazines This is an important rhetorical trick for gun control advocates, as such framing invites further restrictions on law-abiding Virginians instead of measures to control the violent criminals who commit violence with firearms.

In advocating for severe gun controls, McAuliffe characterized the misuse of firearms as a вЂњpublic healthвЂќ matter rather than a criminal justice issue. None of this has stopped Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe from pushing an extreme gun control agenda. Moreover, Gallup polling shows that less than 0.5-percent of Americans consider guns to be the most important problem facing the country. National data on gun buyers in 2020 suggest that half of new gun owners are women and that new owners are more diverse than the general population. From 2019 to 2021 there was a 21-percent increase in the number of resident Right-to-Carry permits. NICS Checks in the commonwealth were up more than 60-percent from 2019 to 2020. Virginians are increasingly exercising their Second Amendment rights.

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