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VT: Senate Judiciary Committee Acting on Gun Bills This Week
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However, NRA members should respectfully ask that the committee NOT advance S.22 by Sen. Phil Baruth, the architect of last year’s S.55. This bill would create a 48-hour waiting period for all firearms sales and require that when a firearm is not in a person’s immediate possession or control, the firearm must be locked in a safe storage depository or rendered incapable of being fired. This legislation would kill gun shows and decimate local businesses. This legislation would have virtually no impact on public safety or suicide prevention. |
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"In addition, the storage provision of the bill would render firearms useless in self-defense situations."
Which has already been declared unconstitutional in D.C. v. Heller, and binds the states and their subdivisions via McDonald v. Chicago.
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“3) …the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.” - D.C. v. Heller (2008) |
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