Most bills aimed at preventing gun violence end up as party-line votes. But one bill is moving forward with rare bipartisan support. When Democratic Senator Russet Perry, a Democrat from Loudoun County, presented her bill on auto sears, there was a moment of confusion in the committee room. Wait a minute, what’s an auto sear? Majority Leader Scott Surovell said senators were scrambling to figure out what the freshman senator’s bill was about.