Tag Archives: Joe Morrissey

• Mark Holmberg Reports / Politics

  Gun-toting lawmaker once lost two assault-style firearms

  But 20 years earlier, his lack of gun control made headlines when he lost an Uzi assault-style rifle and a high-capacity Tec-9 pistol.
• Politics

  Delegate Joe Morrissey’s smoking bill snuffed out

  The General Assembly bill (HB1366) would have have made it illegal to smoke in your car while a child younger than 13 years old was in the vehicle too.
• Politics

  Va. lawmaker brandishes assault rifle

  Delegate Joe Morrissey says assault weapons do not belong on Virginia’s streets and should only be used on a battlefield.
• Politics

  Should smoking in cars with kids be banned?

  A state lawmaker has proposed a bill that would make it against the law to smoke in a vehicle when there is a child under the age of 13 inside.
• Politics

  Pick up your butts, bill takes aim at Virginia smokers

  Under the bill, anyone caught littering with cigarette butts would be fined up to $100.
• News

  Delegate wants to change Petersburg red-light cameras

  Delegate Joe Morrissey is concerned that the city is using the cameras not for safety but to raise revenue.
• News / Politics

  Va. lawmakers say no room now for partisan politics

  Lawmakers say the public’s opinion on the recent shootings in Newtown have spurred them to make changes here in the Commonwealth.
• Mark Holmberg Reports

  Woman charged with starving her son to death freed from jail

  Her supporters say she is a victim. An interoffice memo from the Medical Examiner’s office shows the child died of starvation and neglect.
• News

  Report shows 407 guns linked to NY crime were purchased in Va.

  A report released by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found that 407 guns linked to crimes in New York were originally purchased in Virginia.
• News

  Joe Morrissey’s law license reinstated

  The Virginia Supreme Court reinstated the law license of state delegate Joe Morrissey Friday in a 4-3 decision.
• News / Politics

  Bill to repeal one-gun-a-month law clears House of Delegates

  RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill to repeal Virginia’s one-handgun-a-month law Wednesday. CBS 6…
• Mark Holmberg Reports / News

  Will reversing motorcycle law be dangerous?

  Some proposed laws aimed at improving motorist safety have been shot down in the Virginia General Assembly.