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Three bills that passed the West Virginia Legislature this session are designed to protect the rights of gun owners and manufacturers – and all three of them have now been signed into law.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey continued his bill signing tour Friday with a three-for-one stop at Cacapon Resort State Park in Berkeley Springs.
There he signed three bills. The first was House Bill 2067, which prevents victims or their families from suing gun manufacturers when their products are used in a criminal way.
“Another tactic from the left, subject of our second bill, is pressuring big financial institutions to de-bank companies who are in the firearm bill business. We are not going to let that happen in West Virginia,” Morrisey said.
With that, the governor signed House Bill 3342, which prohibits banks from discriminating against a firearm entity or trade association.
The third bill he signed was Senate Bill 270, which prevents gun licensing and sales from being suspended in a state of emergency – something other states attempted during the COVID-19 pandemic.