Newest Gun Control Bill in Virginia

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(01-29-2024, 05:29 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: See, and this is the part that I think people aren't necessarily seeing. As you pointed out, it is irresponsible to the point of stupidity to leave a firearm visible in an unattended vehicle. However, it is charging someone for potentially being a victim.

It isn't a 100% comparison, but let's look at this in line with sexual assault. Yeah, yeah, there are laws against public nudity because we are a prudish country. But say the law against public nudity was stated to exist because a woman running around with her tits out would just entice rapists? It would be like an invitation for someone to come along and sexually assault her because she made it available to them. If that was the reasoning for the law we would rightfully say it was victim blaming and fining a woman $500 because her exposed breasts could potentially lead to her being sexually assaulted would be something that many on the left would, rightfully, cry foul over.

Now, the comparison isn't perfect because if someone sexually assaults a woman they aren't then taking the tits and selling them or committing another crime against someone else with them, however the idea of victim blaming remains the same. As with many attempts at gun control there are already laws in existence to criminalize the behavior being targeted, we just aren't seeing the resources put in place to both prevent the crimes and investigate them afterwards. And I am not just talking about law enforcement, I am also talking about teaching people how not to be so ***** stupid as to leave a firearm in the open in an unattended vehicle.

Personally I didn't disagree with the analogy with rape.  I think it's a bad one but I get the idea.

Is it different from speeding?  If you speed and don't have an accident/get caught you're fine.  If you speed and get in an accident/get caught they throw speeding on top of whatever else you have to pay.  

As I said this bill probably does nothing more than encourage gun owners to be careful and fines them if they are not. 

If there is a better way, or a law already in place (which wasn't mentioned in the OP) then this isn't needed and it's a solution looking for a problem.