MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Vermont Legislature on late last week passed a bill that requires a 72-hour waiting period for the purchase of guns and includes other provisions aimed at reducing suicides and community violence.
The Vermont House concurred with a Senate amendment by a vote of 106 to 34. But Republican Gov. Phil Scott "has significant concerns about the constitutionality of the waiting period provision," his spokesman Jason Maulucci said Friday.
The legislation also creates a crime of negligent firearms storage and expands the state's extreme risk protection orders so that a state's attorney, the attorney general's office or a family or household member may ask a court to prohibit a person from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon.
Supporters say it's time to take action against gun violence and the rate of suicide in Vermont.
– Associated Press
Remember when VT, was supposedly gun heaven? About the actual laws - it's an empirical question if they are constitutional (that depends on what a judge thinks that day), would help preventing suicides and other crimes. The red flag laws - well - we know that some rampages have thrown off warning signs, and some have been stopped. Another empirical interaction of rights vs. violence prevention.
Given more than half gun deaths are suicides, we do need to deal with that beyond cliches. I posted a sticky about the NSSF approach with others at the top of this subforum.
The Vermont House concurred with a Senate amendment by a vote of 106 to 34. But Republican Gov. Phil Scott "has significant concerns about the constitutionality of the waiting period provision," his spokesman Jason Maulucci said Friday.
The legislation also creates a crime of negligent firearms storage and expands the state's extreme risk protection orders so that a state's attorney, the attorney general's office or a family or household member may ask a court to prohibit a person from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon.
Supporters say it's time to take action against gun violence and the rate of suicide in Vermont.
– Associated Press
Remember when VT, was supposedly gun heaven? About the actual laws - it's an empirical question if they are constitutional (that depends on what a judge thinks that day), would help preventing suicides and other crimes. The red flag laws - well - we know that some rampages have thrown off warning signs, and some have been stopped. Another empirical interaction of rights vs. violence prevention.
Given more than half gun deaths are suicides, we do need to deal with that beyond cliches. I posted a sticky about the NSSF approach with others at the top of this subforum.