Monkey See Monkey Do  by Tom Reynolds

SCOPE often writes how one blue state follows another blue state when it comes to laws restricting our 2nd Amendment protected rights.  We have excellent examples of that with bills recently passed by the Virginia legislatures.

Virginia’s SB749 has been approved by the legislatures and is awaiting the expected signature of Virginia’s radically Left governor.*  Below shows the similarities between SB749 and existing law in New York State.

Notes:

Virginia’s SB749 is shown in black, starting with VA-    

NY States existing law is shown under Virginia’s in red, starting with NYS-

In a few cases, one state does not have a comparable law so it is shown only with the heading VA- or NYS- and nothing after it.

The following comes from the sections dealing with the definition of Assault Rifles.  There are similar sections dealing with other Assault Weapons such as pistols, shotguns, etc., but you will get the point!

VA- Any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

NYS A person is guilty of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree when that person knowingly possesses an assault weapon.

VA- Assault firearm means

NYS- Assault weapon means

VA- A semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol with a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 15 rounds;

NYS-

VA- A semi-automatic center-fire rifle that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine…and that has one or more of the following characteristics:

NYS- A semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least one of the following characteristics:

VA- A folding, telescoping, or collapsible stock;

NYS- A folding or telescoping stock

VA- A thumbhole stock or pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the rifle;

NYS- A thumbhole stock.  A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon

VA- A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand;

NYS- A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand

VA- A grenade launcher 

NYS- A grenade launcher

VA- A threaded barrel capable of accepting: 

NYS- A threaded barrel designed to accommodate:

VA- A muzzle brake, 

NYS- A muzzle break

VA- A muzzle compensator, 

NYS- A muzzle compensator

VA- a sound suppressor 

NYS-

VA- A flash suppressor

NYS- A flash suppressor

VA-

NYS A  bayonet mount

VA-

NYS A grenade launcher

New York State likes to be first with new restrictions on our 2nd Amendment rights, but keep your eye on other states.  If another blue state comes up with a new approach to encroaching on 2A, you can be sure New York State will follow. 

*Virgina’s new Governor Abigail Spanberger gave the Democrat’s response to Trump’s State-of-the-Union speech.  She started saying she would report “plainly and honestly.”  Her first point was to attack Trump’s tariff’s as raising the cost of living for Americans.  She omitted that she has introduced more than 50 proposals, new rules and taxes: dog walking and grooming tax; guns and ammunition tax; new income tax brackets; storage facility tax; dry cleaning tax; home repair tax; electric leaf blowers’ tax; electric landscaping equipment tax; tax on deliveries made by Amazon, Uber Eats, FedEx and UPS orders.  She was elected as posing as a moderate!