Pretty common anti-gun rhetoric there ...
• Require a background check prior to the transfer of a firearm between private parties;
Most states operate the same way for long arms (rifles and shotguns). On a quick search I have been unable to locate the specific statute addressing this for Vermont. It is, however, illegal in all states to knowingly transfer a firearm to someone who is legally not allowed to possess one, or to a person whom you know intends to commit a crime.
• Prohibit the transfer or possession of assault weapons, 50 caliber rifles, or large capacity ammunition magazines;
As stated previously, an "assault weapon" is one you hit someone with. Most cap and ball weapons as .50 caliber or more. A shorter magazine makes things more dangerous rather than safer for self defense ... you have to reload more often.
• Require firearms dealers or purchasers to obtain a state license;
Again, most states don't. Firearms dealers are Federally licensed and have to comply with Federal Law with respect to record keeping, background checks, and sales records.
• Require the reporting of mental health commitments or adjudications for firearm purchaser background checks;
It's on the federal form. This is usually pushed forth as an issue because crazy people are perceived as scarier and more violent than "normal" people. They aren't.
• Limit the number of firearms that may be purchased at one time;
Most places don't. It's a commercial transaction. I can buy as many boxes of ceral at one time as I want.
• Impose a waiting period on firearm purchases;
Most states either don't have or have dropped waiting periods. In the face of an imminent threat or natural disaster, or unnatural one (riots), you're screwed rather than benefitted by this law. Sometimes it's called a "cooling off" period. Think about it. If you're pissed off enough to want to kill someone, will you really be that much calmer three to five days from now?
• Regulate unsafe handguns (“junk guns” or “Saturday night specials”)
They aren't "unsafe." They are inexpensive. They do exactly what they are made to do. You pull the trigger and it goes bang. "
Saturday Night Special" is a name given to these sorts of weapons when in the 1800s they were banned to prevent blacks from owning firearms.
• Allow local governments to regulate firearms;
Local governments can't enact a law that contradicts state law. That applies to ALL laws, not just firearms law.
• Require any permit or license for the carrying of concealed firearms.
Yay for them." Vermont Carry" is much desired in the pro-gun lexicon. Alaska has it too. No wild west gunfights. How about that? The move, incidentally, is to refer to it as "Constitutional Carry."