1.0The Coalition to Stop Gun Violencehttps://www.csgv.orgAndrew Patrickhttps://www.csgv.org/author/andrew/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.csgv.org/virginia-assault-weapons-ban-house-passage/">Virginia Assault Weapons Ban House Passage</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.csgv.org/virginia-assault-weapons-ban-house-passage/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Virginia Assault Weapons Ban House Passage” — The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>“Virginia has seen its share of gun tragedies -- from high profile mass shootings to the everyday gun violence that terrorizes communities and neighborhoods. The availability of assault weapons, high capacity magazines, and deadly accessories increases the body count of shootings and leads to horrific tragedies. Today’s vote is an important step in getting these types of weapons out of civilian hands and off the streets of the commonwealth. “Semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to maximize lethality; they are intended to kill as many human beings as possible as quickly as possible. Perpetrators of mass shootings often use these types of weapons coupled with high-capacity magazines, which increase lethality by giving the shooter more firepower without having to reload. They are used for hunting human beings.https://www.csgv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4x10.png70002800