Democrats just took control of the Virginia state Legislature and have a batch of gun-control proposals.
The mother of Heather Heyer, the Virginia woman killed at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in 2017, owns a gun and thinks some proposed gun restrictions in Virginia might go too far.:"We don't need your help."on Monday as the crowd gathered."I believe in common sense gun measures, but not extreme measures."
Democrats just took control of the state Legislature and have a batch of gun-control proposals. They include limiting handgun purchases to one a month, universal background checks on gun sales, allowing localities to ban guns in some public areas and a"red flag" bill that would allow authorities to temporarily take guns away from anyone deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others.
Other proposals include rules around reporting lost or stolen firearms and a ban on"assault firearms," though some moderate Democrats have expressed concerns over that bill.
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