By Patrick Hurston
In recent days, there has been a lot of discussion regarding the fate of Senate Bill 1071, the Creating Public Defense and Provisioning Act, also known as “the Machine Gun Bill.” This bill, which was introduced in the Senate on the last possible day Senate bills could be introduced, was a poorly drafted piece of legislation provided by a gun rights group who, to my knowledge, had never been active in the West Virginia Legislature prior to this bill. After consultation with several attorneys and with membership of West Virginia’s two leading and long-standing gun rights groups – the National Rifle Association and the West Virginia Citizens Defense League – I was convinced this bill as it was submitted to us would be unable to pass the House of Delegates, and would face numerous legal challenges to its implementation upon passage.
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