Within Weeks Of Joining The Virginia State Senate, Jen Kiggans Admitted She Was Abandoning Her Campaign Promise To Reach Across The Aisle In Order To Vote Against Gun Control Legislation

Kiggans Admitted She Was Abandoning Her Campaign Promise To Reach Across The Aisle By Voting Against Three Gun Control Bills That Eventually Passed

Kiggans Admitted She Was Abandoning Her Campaign Promise To Reach Across The Aisle By Voting Against Three Gun Control Bills That Eventually Passed. “As I said many times on the campaign trail, we must find ways to reach across the aisle and find compromise. However, listening to the debate that happened later in the week concerning three ‘gun bills’ reminded me that there are major party differences, especially concerning interpretation of the Constitution […] I voted ‘no’ to all three above bills after listening to both sides arguments and agreeing that these three bills were in violation of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, would have hurt law-abiding gun owners, and most importantly would not have prevented the shootings in Virginia Beach nor elsewhere. All three passed due to the Democratic majority.” [Jen for VA via Wayback Machine, Facts From The Floor, 1/20/20]

Kiggans Voted Against Requiring Universal Background Checks In Firearm Transfers, Including At Gun Shows

Kiggans Voted Against Requiring Background Checks In Firearm Transfers From Licensed Firearm Dealers, Including At Gun Shows. In February of 2020, Kiggans voted against S.B. 70, which “Requires a background check for any firearm sale and directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a background check from licensed firearms dealers. A person who sells a firearm to another person without obtaining the required background check is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that a purchaser who receives a firearm from another person without obtaining the required background check is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill removes the provision that makes background checks of prospective purchasers or transferees at firearms shows voluntary. The bill also provides that the Department shall have three business days to complete a background check before a firearm may be transferred.” The bill passed state Senate 23-17 and became law on April 10th, 2020 [Virginia General Assembly, SB 70, 3/7/20]

Kiggans Voted Against Giving Local Virginia Governments Ability To Regulate Carrying Guns Or Ammunition In Government Buildings And Public Places

Kiggans Voted Against Giving Local Virginia Governments Ability To Regulate Carrying Guns In Government Buildings And Public Places. In April of 2020, Kiggans voted against SB 35, which “Authorizes any locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. Provisions limiting the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others are also repealed. The bill also provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a gun buy-back program shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering such firearm requests in writing that such surrendered firearm be sold.” The bill passed the Senate 21-18 and became law on April 22th of 2020. [Virginia General Assembly, SB 35, 4/22/20]

Kiggans Voted Against Limiting Purchase Of Handguns To One Per Month

Kiggans Voted Against Limiting Purchase Of Handguns To One Per Month With Exemptions For Law Enforcement, Private Sales, Licensed Concealed Carriers, And Other Exemptions. In April of 2020, Kiggans voted against S.B. 69, which “Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from this provision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Department of State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced background check, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state and local correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies, (v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi) persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms.” The bill passed state Senate 21-19 and became law on April 9th, 2020. [Virginia General Assembly, SB 69, 3/7/20]