Democratic Lawmaker Wants to Make Virginia Schools Ammunition-Free

Democratic Lawmaker Wants to Make Virginia Schools Ammunition-Free
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Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
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A new law proposed by a Virginia legislator would make it illegal for individuals to possess not only firearms but also ammunition on school grounds.

Democrat Kaye Kory, a Virginia House delegate, is sponsoring House Bill 318, which would amend an existing state law that prohibits firearms on the property of “any public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school, including buildings and grounds.” Under the proposed law, possessing ammunition at those locations would become a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by a $2,500 fine and up to a year in prison.