A Virginia bill designed to ban sales of large-capacity magazines similar to those used by the Virginia Beach gunman died in committee in January on a party-line vote. The GOP blocked a major push for gun control after the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, where 33 people died. Virginia Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. (R-James City) said it was too soon after the Virginia Beach killings to talk politics. Police have not said how many rounds were inside the Virginia Beach shooter’s extended magazines. Another bill that died in the Virginia House in January would have allowed localities such as Virginia Beach to ban firearms from government buildings such as the one where the attack on Friday occurred.

Source: Washington Post June 01, 2019 21:44 UTC