‘Not now, not ever’: Virginia State Police dispel rumor of law leading to gun confiscation
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(WSET) — The Virginia State Police agency is speaking out after they said online discourse suggested that guns could be taken away from Virginians door-to-door.
Superintendent Col. Jeffrey S. Katz, Governor Spanberger’s pick to lead the VSP, spoke out to say the agency is aware of concerns made online that “proposed firearms-related legislation will ultimately lead to the door-to-door confiscation of people’s firearms.”
Katz said he wants to address the rumor directly.
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“There is no legislative proposal seeking to do this, and there will not be,” he said. “VSP works each day to enhance public safety and protect civil liberties. Those liberties were not granted by government and will not be impeded by government. Not now, not ever. Activity of this nature is, by its very nature, un-American.”
Though Governor Spanberger currently has multiple pieces of legislation on her desk related to firearms, including an assault weapons ban bill, none of them lead to the kind of situation Katz is referring to.
Spanberger has until Monday to sign bills on her desk.
