HOUSE BILL NO. 1545
Offered January 10, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17.1-805.1, relating to discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; act of domestic terrorism enhancement.
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Patron-- Samirah
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 17.1-805.1 as follows:

§ 17.1-805.1. Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; act of domestic terrorism.

A. For purposes of this section, an act of domestic terrorism includes any violation that is an act of violence as defined in § 19.2-297.1 or any felony violation of § 18.2-52, 18.2-52.1, 18.2-53, 18.2-53.1, 18.2-56.1, 18.2-57, 18.2-83, 18.2-108.1, 18.2-121, 18.2-127, 18.2-128, 18.2-138, 18.2-186.4, 18.2-279, 18.2-282, 18.2-282.1, 18.2-289, 18.2-300, 18.2-308.1, 18.2-308.2, 18.2-308.2:01, 18.2-312, 18.2-423, 18.2-423.01, 18.2-423.1, or 18.2-423.2, with the intent to (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a local, state, or federal government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) disrupt the conduct or workings of a local, state, or federal government.

B. In addition to any increases in the midpoint of an initial recommended sentencing range calculated in accordance with § 17.1-805, the midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for any act of domestic terrorism shall be further increased by 200 percent in all cases.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

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If they wanted to pass these gun laws before 1/20, they could likely pull it off.

A simple majority is all that is required for quorum in each house, and 4/5ths majority of those voting is all that is required to pass emergency legislation. They could show up at midnight with no Republicans in attendance, satisfy the quorum requirements and the 4/5th of those voting requirement, and push these bills through with immediate effect.

Translation: You need a simple majority of those voting, and a minimum of 2/5ths of the total members, to pass anything. For emergency bills you can skip some steps, but then require 4/5ths of those voting.

Let's do the numbers:

HOUSE: 55 D, 45 R
Minimum present for quorum: 51
Minimum votes for 2/5ths: 40
Minimum votes for emergency bill if only Democrats are present (assuming all 55 D's are there): 44

SENATE: 21 D, 19 R
Minimum present for quorum: 21
Minimum votes for 2/5ths: 16
Minimum votes for emergency bill if only Democrats are present: 17

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By these rules almost every one of the sanctuary BoS meetings could have ended in the arrest of many on domestic terrorism charges.  Heck - they could legally arrest every single person at the Rattlesnake Rally that wore any sort of tac gear and had a grumpy look or chanted a slogan that the Commies didn't like.

Please pass this.  Please be serious about it.  **PLEASE** start arresting normal Joes and Janes that are just expressing their opinions with passion and forcefulness.  Please be that stupid.

§ 18.2-282. Pointing, holding, or brandishing firearm, air or gas operated weapon or object similar in appearance; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to point, hold or brandish any firearm or any air or gas operated weapon or any object similar in appearance, whether capable of being fired or not, in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another or hold a firearm or any air or gas operated weapon in a public place in such a manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another of being shot or injured. However, this section shall not apply to any person engaged in excusable or justifiable self-defense. Persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor or, if the violation occurs upon any public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school, including buildings and grounds or upon public property within 1,000 feet of such school property, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

B. Any police officer in the performance of his duty, in making an arrest under the provisions of this section, shall not be civilly liable in damages for injuries or death resulting to the person being arrested if he had reason to believe that the person being arrested was pointing, holding, or brandishing such firearm or air or gas operated weapon, or object that was similar in appearance, with intent to induce fear in the mind of another.

C. For purposes of this section, the word "firearm" means any weapon that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel single or multiple projectiles by the action of an explosion of a combustible material. The word "ammunition," as used herein, shall mean a cartridge, pellet, ball, missile or projectile adapted for use in a firearm.

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I actually hope they do something as underhanded as this.  It would completely finish their work of alienating every single voter outside of Fairfax and it would fire up their opposition to nuclear level.  Seriously - there would be rioting in the streets.

Do it bitches.  Please.  Do something that stupid.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1545
Offered January 10, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17.1-805.1, relating to discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; act of domestic terrorism enhancement.
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Patron-- Samirah
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 17.1-805.1 as follows:

§ 17.1-805.1. Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; act of domestic terrorism.

A. For purposes of this section, an act of domestic terrorism includes any violation that is an act of violence as defined in § 19.2-297.1 or any felony violation of § 18.2-52, 18.2-52.1, 18.2-53, 18.2-53.1, 18.2-56.1, 18.2-57, 18.2-83, 18.2-108.1, 18.2-121, 18.2-127, 18.2-128, 18.2-138, 18.2-186.4, 18.2-279, 18.2-282, 18.2-282.1, 18.2-289, 18.2-300, 18.2-308.1, 18.2-308.2, 18.2-308.2:01, 18.2-312, 18.2-423, 18.2-423.01, 18.2-423.1, or 18.2-423.2, with the intent to (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a local, state, or federal government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) disrupt the conduct or workings of a local, state, or federal government.

B. In addition to any increases in the midpoint of an initial recommended sentencing range calculated in accordance with § 17.1-805, the midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for any act of domestic terrorism shall be further increased by 200 percent in all cases.

2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

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All that is needed to make that possible is a high resolution copy of the image with the rally date removed.

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POSSIBLY USEFUL PERSEC INFO FOR ATTENDEES:

If you have concerns about getting your electronic footprint being swept (cell phone ping, GPS, credit cards, car key fob, etc), the smartest thing is obviously to leave your phone, car key fob and all credit cards at home or stored somewhere.

This is not an option for many including me. I picked this 2x pack of Faraday bags up and they work well from my testing. These will obviously block electronic signals to and from the phone.

Amazon Link

One of the revelations from Snowden (I believe) is that every iPhone has a FM radio in it, and it is used to both broadcast a unique radio 'fingerprint' and 'read' the fingerprints around you. Genius but sneaky. These bags should stop that. Snowden on Joe Rogan also talked about how the Google Streetview vans also read wifi networks everywhere and attach GPS coordinates to them. So your phone can have zero connection to a cell tower and no GPS signal, but they can triangulate your location based on the Wifi SSIDs that the phone is seeing. Again, genius but sneaky. A good Faraday cage/bag will prevent that.

HOWEVER, smart phones have a TON of onboard memory and I assume my phone has the ability to record audio with no signal, and then upload it later automatically. I tested the bags and they do NOT stop the microphones in the phone from picking up sound. I had the phone in a bag, in a pant pocket, and recorded a voice memo of a conversation. The playback of the voice memo was much more faint but easily still discernible. FWIW I put the phone in a bag into a Pelican 1050 and it was faint but still discernible.

If you feel like you want to minimize your electronic footprint as I do, you'll want to wrap the phone in something like foam or rubber to minimize sound getting to it. Think a swimmer's rubber skullcap and you're on the right path -> BUT TEST IT FIRST BY MAKING A VOICE MEMO AND MAKING SURE IT WORKS!!!

The covert audio recording is of particular interest to me as people will be having conversations and discussions face-to-face on various topics in Richmond. The Faraday bags are cheap and work for limiting ELINT/SIGINT, but please be smart about audio too as there is ZERO reason to serve as a human sensor for something that may be easily twisted/misconstrued later by tyrants. PERSEC but I am very knowledgeable about digital audio/video editing software and cutting up a recording of your voice to form a different sentence is child's play.

If anyone has better suggestions, I would welcome some practical/easy solutions.

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Sounds like an unnecessary handling of arms.

Article IV. Legislature
Section 11. Enactment of laws
No law shall be enacted except by bill. A bill may originate in either house, may be approved or rejected by the other, or may be amended by either, with the concurrence of the other. No bill shall become a law unless, prior to its passage:
(a) it has been referred to a committee of each house, considered by such committee in session, and reported;
(b) it has been printed by the house in which it originated prior to its passage therein;
(c) it has been read by its title, or its title has been printed in a daily calendar, on three different calendar days in each house; and
(d) upon its final passage a vote has been taken thereon in each house, the name of each member voting for and against recorded in the journal, and a majority of those voting in each house, which majority shall include at least two-fifths of the members elected to that house, recorded in the affirmative.
Only in the manner required in subparagraph (d) of this section shall an amendment to a bill by one house be concurred in by the other, or a conference report be adopted by either house, or either house discharge a committee from the consideration of a bill and consider the same as if reported. The printing and reading, or either, required in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this section, may be dispensed with in a bill to codify the laws of the Commonwealth, and in the case of an emergency by a vote of four-fifths of the members voting in each house, the name of each member voting and how he voted to be recorded in the journal.

Article IV. Legislature
Section 13. Effective date of laws
All laws enacted at a regular session, including laws which are enacted by reason of actions taken during the reconvened session following a regular session, but excluding a general appropriation law, shall take effect on the first day of July following the adjournment of the session of the General Assembly at which it has been enacted; and all laws enacted at a special session, including laws which are enacted by reason of actions taken during the reconvened session following a special session but excluding a general appropriation law, shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following the month of adjournment of the special session; unless in the case of an emergency (which emergency shall be expressed in the body of the bill) the General Assembly shall specify an earlier date by a vote of four-fifths of the members voting in each house, the name of each member voting and how he voted to be recorded in the journal, or unless a subsequent date is specified in the body of the bill or by general law.

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It'd be cool to get several thousand of the Silent Brigade stickers (or print it on business cards). Remove the rally date from the image.

Start leaving them everywhere. Restaurants, stores, doctors offices, gas stations, parks, schools....

A gentle reminder that gun owners have overwhelming numbers.

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It is a strange situation when Antifa is calling out the existence of common ground.

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I think going inside and speaking is pointless, I wouldn't bother. You aren't going to say anything to them that will change their mind without it also being labeled a threat, they hate you -- simple as that.

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And if they do that they will almost guarantee an armed conflict.  
They wont, they will wait and pass it with a simple majority.

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What might help is to hand out copies of the Constitution and more importantly to be on camera doing it at every opportunity.

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I think going inside and speaking is pointless, I wouldn't bother. You aren't going to say anything to them that will change their mind without it also being labeled a threat, they hate you -- simple as that.

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If they wanted to pass these gun laws before 1/20, they could likely pull it off.

A simple majority is all that is required for quorum in each house, and 4/5ths majority of those voting is all that is required to pass emergency legislation. They could show up at midnight with no Republicans in attendance, satisfy the quorum requirements and the 4/5th of those voting requirement, and push these bills through with immediate effect.

Translation: You need a simple majority of those voting, and a minimum of 2/5ths of the total members, to pass anything. For emergency bills you can skip some steps, but then require 4/5ths of those voting.

Let's do the numbers:

HOUSE: 55 D, 45 R
Minimum present for quorum: 51
Minimum votes for 2/5ths: 40
Minimum votes for emergency bill if only Democrats are present (assuming all 55 D's are there): 44

SENATE: 21 D, 19 R
Minimum present for quorum: 21
Minimum votes for 2/5ths: 16
Minimum votes for emergency bill if only Democrats are present: 17

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It isn’t their first post on this topic, and some of us have been saying for the last month that antifa is on our side on this issue, even if not on most others.

It’s not surprising at all. Just like it’s not surprising that DSA Delegate Lee Carter opposes many gun control bills.

Something something politics, something something strange bedfellows ...

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It isn’t their first post on this topic, and some of us have been saying for the last month that antifa is on our side on this issue, even if not on most others.

It’s not surprising at all. Just like it’s not surprising that DSA Delegate Lee Carter opposes many gun control bills.

Something something politics, something something strange bedfellows ...