A bill to reduce suicides by instituting gun storage laws, setting a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, and expanding Vermont’s extreme risk protection order statute is working through the legislature and has picked up some changes.
One of the bill’s primary opponents is cautiously optimistic, but with three weeks left in this legislative session, he is not making any firm predictions.
“There’s still plenty of time for shenanigans,” Chris Bradley, secretary and treasurer of the Vermont State Rifle and Pistol Association, told The Epoch Times.
“The purpose of this legislation is to prevent death by suicide by reducing access to lethal means of firearms,” Bill H.230 reads….