The bill overrides the AG's authority to grant or rescind reciprocity. The suggestion to remove the Governor's protective detail, if it's offered up, would be a separate bill.CleverNickname wrote:This is a bill in the VA legislature. Last I checked, bills had to be signed by the governor. I'm really sure the governor is going to sign a bill that removes his protective detail. I guess the legislature could override the veto, but if they have enough votes to override a veto, presumably they'd also have enough votes to override a veto of some legislation that could actually fix the reciprocity problem (which this bill is supposedly trying to coax the governor into doing). For example, the VA legislature could pass a bill that recognizes all out-of-state licenses, like many other states do.
This bill gets the bill's author in the news and provides pro-gun people with a little chuckle, but does absolutely nothing to actually fix the problem.
Virginia has a veto proof House but not a veto proof Senate.
