Newest Gun Control Bill in Virginia

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(01-29-2024, 06:18 PM)GMDino Wrote: 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. 

It's different from speeding or endangerment laws in the sense that the speeder's actions are directly putting other people in danger. Leaving your gun in the open in the car depends on a bad actor seizing that opportunity and breaking into the car and stealing the weapon for harm to come onto another person.

I suppose another analogy would say I go to a state park with a cooler full of booze (perfectly legal here in CT). Should I be legally permitted to leave that cooler full of booze unsupervised for an extended period of time in a park frequented by underaged adults? Or would leaving it out in the open unattended reach the level of irresponsibility that merits a fine? Sure, no harm will come to anyone as long as nobody comes along and commits a larceny. But I'm also wildly irresponsibly creating that opportunity.

The laws already in place are laws against breaking and entering into cars and committing larceny.