VA SB83 Firearms, Toy Gun brandishing, etc., at a LEO Penalty

Posted by: Gnome

VA SB83 Firearms, Toy Gun brandishing, etc., at a LEO Penalty - 12/26/19 03:16 PM

VA SB83

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]
Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

Summary
Brandishing a firearm; law-enforcement officer; penalty. Provides for a six-month mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction of a person for pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or air-operated or gas-operated weapon or object similar in appearance at someone who the person knows or has reason to know is a law-enforcement officer in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another.

https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB83/2020
Posted by: mikesxpress

Re: VA SB83 Firearms, Toy Gun brandishing, etc., at a LEO Penalty - 12/29/19 02:38 PM

Or the officer just continues to shoot them like they do now and saves the rest of some tax dollars.
Posted by: v8unleashed

Re: VA SB83 Firearms, Toy Gun brandishing, etc., at a LEO Penalty - 12/29/19 02:51 PM

How do you "hold" a weapon "at" another person?
Posted by: v8unleashed

Re: VA SB83 Firearms, Toy Gun brandishing, etc., at a LEO Penalty - 12/29/19 05:12 PM

It is already the law. It's called assault. Stupid Republicans thinking they have to "do something" in an effort to appease those who will not be appeased by anything but complete subjugation.