{"id":1920016,"date":"2023-04-27T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermont-senate-could-soon-vote-on-gun-control-bill-aimed-at-preventing-suicide\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:57:33","slug":"vermont-senate-could-soon-vote-on-gun-control-bill-aimed-at-preventing-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermont-senate-could-soon-vote-on-gun-control-bill-aimed-at-preventing-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Senate Could Soon Vote on Gun Control Bill Aimed at Preventing Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvermont-senate-could-soon-vote-on-gun-control-bill-aimed-at-preventing-suicide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1920016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0427\/3915b379-af50-454a-9d2c-3ab3a6193bfd\/audio.mp3?length=3807405&#038;duration=317\"><\/div>\n<p>Gun storage laws, waiting periods for gun purchases, and Vermont\u2019s extreme risk protection order statute are all part of a bill aimed at reducing suicides. The bill has undergone some changes and is currently being reviewed by the State Senate Judiciary Committee. While one of the bill\u2019s primary opponents is cautiously optimistic, he is not making any firm predictions. \u201cThere\u2019s still plenty of time for shenanigans,\u201d says Chris Bradley, secretary and treasurer of the Vermont State Rifle and Pistol Association.<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s purpose is to prevent death by suicide by reducing access to lethal means of firearms. The bill\u2019s principal sponsor, Democratic State Representative Alyssa Black, did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12163\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Four-Year-old-Shots-Wife-of-164231557-1200x799.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tA police firearm is shown in this file photo. The national debate about gun control has focused on limiting access to firearms, but safe use and storage of legally owned guns is an ongoing issue. (Martin Bureau\/AFP\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The bill has already undergone significant changes. Initially, it required all firearms to be stored separately from ammunition in a locked container or with a lock or other device that renders the firearm inoperable. However, this requirement was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision. That language has been removed from the bill, along with penalties for failure to store a gun safely. The bill would still hold a gun owner accountable for crimes or accidents due to irresponsible storage.<\/p>\n<h2>Support for Safe Storage<\/h2>\n<p>Chris Bradley and his organization support the safe storage of firearms. \u201cThere would be civil actions probably far more severe for anything happening if you don\u2019t store [firearms] safely,\u201d he says. While they still oppose red flag laws, Bradley is glad to see one change in the bill. Current Vermont law requires that extreme risk protection orders be taken before a judge by a state\u2019s attorney or attorney general. The judge could issue an order if it is determined that there is \u201cclear and convincing\u201d evidence. The law also requires the person subject to the order to be notified under due process.<\/p>\n<h2>Tougher Standard Set<\/h2>\n<p>The bill would have allowed a family or household member to petition the court for a 14-day emergency order that a judge could issue after a \u201cpreponderance of the evidence.\u201d The respondent would not have to be notified before t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gun storage laws, waiting periods for gun purchases, and Vermont\u2019s extreme risk protection order statute are all part of a bill aimed at reducing suicides.<\/li>\n<li>The bill has undergone some changes and is currently being reviewed by the State Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/li>\n<li>Chris Bradley, secretary and treasurer of the Vermont State Rifle and Pistol Association, supports the safe storage of firearms.<\/li>\n<li>The bill would still hold a gun owner accountable for crimes or accidents due to irresponsible storage.<\/li>\n<li>The bill would have allowed a family or household member to petition the court for a 14-day emergency order that a judge could issue after a \u201cpreponderance of the evidence.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With three weeks left in this legislative session, it remains to be seen what changes will be made to the bill. Stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill to reduce suicides by instituting gun storage laws, setting a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, and expanding Vermont\u2019s extreme risk protection order statute is working through the legislature and has picked up some changes. One of the bill\u2019s primary opponents is cautiously optimistic, but with three weeks left in this legislative session<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1615,"featured_media":1920018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[14714,4154,7012,12820,3740,6530,14967,4474],"class_list":["post-1920016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-aimed","tag-control","tag-gun","tag-preventing","tag-senate","tag-suicide","tag-vermont","tag-vote"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1920018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}