A buddy of mine sent me some information about Virginia that I wanted to confirm before posting.
From the Washington Examiner:
Virginia governor’s call for 18-person gun ban force comes under fire
If I may say, that sounds like a very predictive headline.
Virginia’s pop-up gun sanctuary movement has turned its attention to fighting the governor’s call for a $4.8 million, 18-officer team to enforce his proposed “assault weapons” ban.
Two key groups issued an alert this week to push gun owners to four budget hearings Thursday around the state, asking them to quiz state legislators if they will vote to ban or confiscate weapons.
“We understand that this is short notice. But it would have a significant impact if many of our members could show up and make a 3-minute statement and ask questions of the legislators in attendance,” said the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
“We see in the governor’s proposed budget that he wants $4 million and 18 new law-enforcement positions to enforce a ban on commonly-owned firearms,” said Erich Pratt, Gun Owners of America senior vice president.
I wanted to confirm this allegation. It is (mostly) true.
From the 2020 Executive Budget Document, Part B: Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security:
By my count, that is 28 people, 18 for direct assault weapon ban enforcers, and 10 for bureaucrats for background checks, and other gun legislation enforcement.
The total cost is around $7.5 million dollars for two years.
Consider this information of the state of Virginia’s gun sanctuary movement:
For starters, the sanctuaries have spread dramatically. They’re up to 93 jurisdictions — covering roughly 40 percent of the population, by my quick spreadsheet tally. That’s huge, though the biggest victory, in Prince William County, is likely to be overturned when the county board flips to the Democrats, and some of these places have passed vague resolutions in support of the Constitution rather than the more aggressive language proposed by the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
Here is a map:
So my first question is: “how will 18 law enforcement officers and 10 bureaucrats police that much ground and 40% of the population?”
My next question is: “does that budget number include the cost of body bags, funerals, and survivor benefits for the widows and orphans?”
There is no way only 18 LEOs are going to be able to avoid serious “resistance” if in some of those rural counties.
My last question is: “who will be the 18 people that apply for the job of being one of the guys who go door to door to enforce an assault weapon ban?”
I can’t answer these questions, but nevertheless, it’s on the budget.
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