An NRA Range Safety Officer course will be offered in Powhatan, on October 15, 2011. The course will be held at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 2480 Batterson Rd., Powhatan, VA 23139 . To register go to: http://www.nrainstructors.org/SignupStudent.aspx?id=72087.
The course will run from 08:00 to 6:00 PM. The registration fees are, $30 for IWLA members, Scout leaders and Junior Coaches; $50 for all others.
There is also a Registration fee with NRA;.$26 for NRA member and $36 for non-members. NRA Registration paperwork will be completed in the class. Please bring a check or credit card and NRA membership number to complete the registration with NRA when they complete the course.
No Firearms in class.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Range Safety Officer Course in Richmond Area
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Range Safety Officer Course
Congratulations Tom Garrett
Congratulations to Tom Garrett, the Republican nominee for State Senate in the 22nd District. Tom was endorsed by VSSA, NRA, and VCDL. Now the hard work begins. If you live in the 22nd Senate District, please consider helping Tom during the fall campaign.
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Campaign 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
@NPRNews: Gun Makers Set Sights on Female Buyers
NPR's All Things Considered ran this story yesterday that talks about how females are an emerging market for firearms. This is something VSSA has known for a number of years. For instance, the Arlington-Fairfax IWLA club holds an NRA Women on Target(WOT) clinic every April and it is always a sell out. Another VSSA affiliate, Rappahanock Pistol and Rifle Club, also holds WOT clinics and they too see huge crowds. Women more and more are interested in self-defense so it is a natural market that gun shops and shooting ranges are reaching out to.
In one brand-new shooting range at Eagle Gun in Concord, N.C., shots from Sharon Skoff's handgun boom behind glass that separates the range from the rest of the shop.Firarm manufactures are responding to the interest women are showing in firearms and self defense by making products that are easier for women to use. NPR spoke with NRA spokeswoman Rachel Parsons:
"I just refuse to be a victim if I possibly can in life," Skoff says. "I actually went and got my concealed permit a couple months ago so I can carry."
The latest data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation shows gun store owners reported a 73 percent increase in female customers in 2009 from the year before. Parsons says the trend is even being reflected by the number of guns made just for women.Kudos to NPR for run a story free from gun ban lobby talking points. Hat tip to NRANews.
"You see firearms being developed that have smaller grips to fit a woman's hand," Parson says. "Maybe they're pink, or maybe they have pearl grips. And they're a little bit less intimidating."
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women and guns,
women on target
Sussex County Shooting Range Restrictions Finally Defeated
Thanks to phones calls and emails from gun owners, the Sussex County Board of Supervisors finally defeated the county planning commission's efforts to restrict gun ranges out of existence. The motion to pass the proposal died on a vote of 3-3. The motion needed four votes to pass. The supervisors voting with the rights of gun owners were:
Blackwater District
Wayne M. Harrell
406 Jasper Lane
Post Office Box 1
Waverly, Virginia 23890
Home: (804) 834-2603
Courthouse District
T. Wayne Birdsong
116 Nicholson Drive
Wakefield, Virginia 23888
Home: (757) 899-3806
Wakefield, Virginia 23888
Home: (757) 899-3806
Wakefield District
C. Eric Fly Sr.,
Vice Chairman
38411 Rocky Hock Road
Wakefield, Virginia 23888
Cell: (757) 647-8190
This two-year battle now finally appears to be over. However, this is an election year and local boards, commonwealth attorneys, and other local officials are up for reelection in addition to the House of Delegates and State Senate. That is why it is important to know where all candidates stand on your rights. One vote the other way would have doomed shooting ranges in Sussex County.
Thank you for taking action on such short notice. Please be sure to contact the three members of the board that voted pro-freedom and thank them for their vote.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Infowars.com: Napolitano Hints Gun Shops May Be Breeding Ground for Terrorists
Paul Joseph Watson reports over at Infowars.com that in her continuing attack on Americans as the most likely terrorists in the country, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has personally introduced another Public Service Announcement (PSA) in the agency's "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign.
This seems to be the pattern in the federal government to focus on groups they believe are extremists and are of a domestic nature rather than preparing for attacks by Islamic extremists. Such groups include Sovereign Citizen groups and are the focus of many anti-terrorism training provided by the Department of Justice for local law enforcement. Common terms heard in their presentations are "Right Wing," "Patriot Groups," "Anti-government," and specific group names including "Sovereign Citizen." Does "patriot groups" include Tea-party groups?
While some domestic groups may have individuals that are interested in doing harm, the emphasis on white Americans seems to be more of a move to be "politically correct" and avoid charges of "racially profiling." Watson notes:
Despite causing controversy last month with a video that portrayed white middle class Americans as the most likely terrorists, the Department of Homeland Security has released yet another PSA that depicts an attempt to bomb a subway station not by Al-Qaeda Muslims, but well-dressed white people.Watson reports in the story that she "hinted" that gun stores could be a "prime breeding ground for terrorists" and references her accompanying statement to the video release. I read the document to which he linked and I'm not quite sure where he made that connection. Napolitano referenced the recent incident where the owner of a gun store near Ft. Hood called authorities when an individual in his store was acting suspicious, as an example of an "alert individual" preventing a possible attack. The individual in question was later arrested and and appeared to be planning an attack on Ft. Hood. Be that as it may, Watson's larger point is on target; that DHS seems more intent on targeting Americans as the source of terrorism instead of jihadists.
This seems to be the pattern in the federal government to focus on groups they believe are extremists and are of a domestic nature rather than preparing for attacks by Islamic extremists. Such groups include Sovereign Citizen groups and are the focus of many anti-terrorism training provided by the Department of Justice for local law enforcement. Common terms heard in their presentations are "Right Wing," "Patriot Groups," "Anti-government," and specific group names including "Sovereign Citizen." Does "patriot groups" include Tea-party groups?
While some domestic groups may have individuals that are interested in doing harm, the emphasis on white Americans seems to be more of a move to be "politically correct" and avoid charges of "racially profiling." Watson notes:
As we highlighted last month, a longer PSA recently produced by the DHS overwhelmingly went to significant lengths to portray white Americans as the most likely terrorists, despite the fact that the 126 people who were indicted on terrorist-related charges in the United States over the last two years were all Muslim.So, does Napolitano believe we have more to fear from ourselves than jihadists?
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domestic terrorists,
Janet Napolitano,
terrorists
Sussex County Supervisors to Vote on Range Proposal Tonight
The Sussex County Board of Supervisors will meet tonight and on the agenda is a vote on the Planning Commission's proposed shooting range ordinance that would put a number of onerous restrictions on proposals to open new shooting ranges. There will not be public comment on the proposal before the vote. While it will be helpful to show your opposition by attending the meeting, the most important thing you can do is to call and/or email the supervisors and voice your opposition to the planning commission's recommendation.
Under consideration is a proposal that would require the following for all new ranges:
- A CPR specialist must be present when the range is in use.
- An industrial grade first aid kit mustl be maintained on site.
- A minimum liability insurance policy of $100,000 per individual and $500,000 for each occurrence.
- A zoning permit will be required before operating a range and a mountain of bureaucratic red tape to apply.
- A "licensed civil engineer" must design and construct the range in addition to numerous plans and documentation to be filed with the Planning Department.
- Signs must be placed at 100 feet intervals along the range's boundary with the words "Firing Range" and "Do Not Enter" on each sign.
- The range must be at least 500 feet from the highway and any property line.
- Any buildings on the range must be at least 300 feet from any highway right-of-way and any property line.
Please tell the supervisors that these requirements are unnecessary and will have the effect of discoraging new shooting ranges. In additions, eventhough existing ranges are grandfathered, they will most likely have to comply with the new requirements if they make improvements to existing ranges.
If you live in Sussex, or shoot at a range in Sussex county, please contact the Board of Supervisors and urge the to oppose the ordinance. Board contact information can be found below.
The Board of Supervisors meeting will be held at 7:30 PM at the General District Courtroom of the Sussex Judicial Center:
15088 Courthouse Road
Sussex, VA 23884
If you live in Sussex, or shoot at a range in Sussex county, please contact the Board of Supervisors and urge the to oppose the ordinance. Board contact information can be found below.
Blackwater District Wayne M. Harrell 406 Jasper Lane Post Office Box 1 Waverly, Virginia 23890 Home: (804) 834-2603 | Courthouse District T. Wayne Birdsong 116 Nicholson Drive Wakefield, Virginia 23888 Home: (757) 899-3806 |
Henry District Rufus E. Tyler Sr. 25359 Blue Star Highway Jarratt, Virginia 23867 Home: (434) 246-4246 Office: (434) 634-2490 or (804) 834-3522 | Stony Creek District Charlie E. Caple, Jr. 12038 Palestine Road Stony Creek, Virginia 23882 Home: (434) 246-2602 |
Wakefield District C. Eric Fly Sr., Vice Chairman 38411 Rocky Hock Road Wakefield, Virginia 23888 Cell: (757) 647-8190 | Waverly District Harris L. Parker, Chairman 300 Barkley Place P.O. Box 616 Waverly, Virginia 23890 Home: (804) 834-3136 |
The Board of Supervisors meeting will be held at 7:30 PM at the General District Courtroom of the Sussex Judicial Center:
15088 Courthouse Road
Sussex, VA 23884
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
VSSA Endorses Garrett in the 22nd Senate District
VSSA today announced the endorsement of Louisa County Commonwealth Attorney Tom Garrett for the Republican Nomination for the 22nd State Senate District. Garrett faces several candidates in a primary on August 23rd, 2011. VSSA urges all gun owners and sportsmen in the 22nd Senate District to vote on August 23rd, and to vote for Tom Garrett.
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Campaign 2011,
Tom Garrett
Times Dispatch: McEachin Misfires on Restaurant Carry
The Richmond Times Dispatch (RTD) had this editorial today where they don't mince words in telling Richmond State Senator Donald McEachin that he is wrong in saying the numbers related to a decrease in crimes committed in restaurants one year after restaurant carry became law "doesn't disprove anything."
The drop may be mere coincidence. But contrary to McEachin's doubts, it does indeed disprove something: It disproves the dire pronouncements of those who opposed the measure during the years it was being debated.Not only does the editorial take McEachin to task, they also call out Virginia Beach Police Chief Jake Jacocks, Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms, the Virginia Center for Public Safety, and Salon magazine for having made predictions of disaster if the restaurant ban was repealed.
This is not surprising. Time and again, the public has been warned that broadening the scope of gun rights will lead — automatically, as it were — to an increasing incidence of bloodshed. It happened when Florida passed its concealed-carry law, and when other states followed suit. It happened when the Supreme Court upheld an individual right to carry firearms, and again when the high court applied that ruling to cities beyond the District of Columbia. Time and time again, the prediction has been proven wrong.
The RTD editorial concludes that while the deterrence effect of allowing citizens more freedom on carrying firearms is a very hard thing to prove, one this is clear: More guns do not lead to more crime.
Virginia's experience with its concealed-carry law fits a long-running pattern. Unfortunately, most gun-control advocates probably will wave away any data that do not support their dubious hypothesis, just as McEachin has. That is a long-running pattern, too.
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concealed carry,
restaurant ban
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
1500 Sign Up to Support Sunday Hunting
Thanks to Matt O'Brien of Legalize Virginia Sunday Hunting for All for this guest blog post.
If you have any further questions or comments please do hesitate to contact Matt O'Brien with "Legalize Virginia Sunday Hunting for All" at 757 412-7892.
The grass roots facebook organization "Legalize Virginia Sunday Hunting for All" made a showing with a booth at this past weekend's Virginia Outdoor Sportsman Show. The support shown by attendees was overwhelming, the line to sign the Sunday hunting petitions was at times 3 deep with over 1,500 signatures received. 14 volunteers ensured that booth was manned for all three days of the show with a significant amount of support provided by Outdoorsman Taxidermy and Wild Game Processing Co. in Powhatan, VA.
Redd Branson (the booth organizer) and Matt O'Brien (group creator) |
The same comments could be heard over and over again:
The intent of the booth at the show was not to argue the point with attendees but to make them aware that a grassroots effort has formed."I made it a point to come to your booth to see you when I saw you on the show vendor list."
"Where do I sign? We need to get this done."
"Heck yeah, I can't get in the woods as it is."
"I work 5 and 6 days a week. The ban is ridiculous"
There were a small minority of comments from those opposed with things like:
"It is the lords day and we shouldn't hunt on the lord's day."
"You should be with your family on Sunday."
"Animals need a day of rest."
"I don't want it, but if it passes I'm sure I will hunt it."
If you have any further questions or comments please do hesitate to contact Matt O'Brien with "Legalize Virginia Sunday Hunting for All" at 757 412-7892.
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Sunday Hunting
Monday, August 15, 2011
Another Story on Flood of Post Heller Cases
This one comes from the Washington Post. And, no surprise here, they quote Brady Campaign propaganda but nothing from the pro-rights side of the story.
Cases lining up to ask Supreme Court to clarify Second Amendment rights - The Washington Post
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Chicago vs McDonald,
DC vs Heller,
gun rights
Last Chance to Sign up for Deer, Bear, and Other DGIF Quota Hunts
From today's DGIF Email Blast:
This Friday, August 19, 2011, is the last day to apply for any of the 200 series or 300 series Quota Hunts! This is your last chance to sign up for one of the deer, bear, or multi-species Quota Hunts hunts.The fastest and easiest way to apply is on the internet. All you need is a valid email address. Click on the link below:
Available Hunts (Applications due August 19th):
- 201 Hog Island WMA Deer Hunts (Archery)
- 202 Hog Island WMA Deer Hunts (Shotgun & Muzzleloader)
- 203 The Nature Conservancy, North Landing River
- 204 Mockhorn Island WMA Deer Hunts (Muzzleloader)
- 205 Back Bay Natl Wildlife Refuge, False Cape St. Park Deer & Hog Hunt
- 206 Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Archery)
- 207 Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Muzzleloader)
- 208 Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Firearms)
- 209 Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (Firearms)
- 210 James River National Wildlife Refuge (Archery)
- 212 Lone Star Lakes Park (Hunter's Choice)
- 213 Lone Star Lakes Park (Hunter's Choice)
- 214 Lone Star Lakes Park (Muzzleloader/Archery)
- 301 Cavalier WMA Hunts
- 302 Featherfin WMA
- 303 Merrimac Farm WMA
- 501 Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Bear Hunt
Once you create a VA Quota Hunts online account, you can:
- Apply for a variety of other quota hunts
- Pay using a credit card (we also accept check and money order)
- Check the status of the hunts you applied for,
- And if you win a hunt, download all the necessary documents and permits.
About
Quota hunts provide hunters unique opportunities to access public lands that otherwise may be closed to hunting (such as our most popular hunt, the Radford Army Ammunitions Plant Deer Hunt.) Hunters can participate in random drawings to hunt waterfowl, white-tailed deer, black bear, quail, rabbits, turkeys, and feral hogs.For rules and regulations, or for a complete list of hunts including ones new for the 2011-2012 season, consult the Virginia Hunting Guide or visit http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/hunting/quotahunts/
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Quota Hunts,
Virginia DGIF
Gun Crimes Drop at Virginia Restaurants
As gun owners supporting repeal of the "Restaurant Ban" knew would be the case, one year after repeal, we now have proof that Virginia's restaurants that serve alcohol in addition to food did not turn into shooting galleries as the gun ban crowd predicted. This news comes courtesy of an analysis by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. In fact, crime at restaurants declined in the last year.
The number of major crimes involving firearms at bars and restaurants statewide declined 5.2 percent from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, compared with the fiscal year before the law went into effect, according to crime data compiled by Virginia State Police at the newspaper's request.
But this is no surprise to law abiding gun owners. The gun ban lobby predicted "blood in the streets" when "shall issue" concealed carry was passed in 1995 and of course that never materialized either.
Only two fatal shootings occurred during the last fiscal year — one outside a Petersburg nightclub and the other at a Radford restaurant — but neither involved concealed-gun permit holders. And only two of the 18 aggravated assaults reported could be linked definitively to concealed-carry holders.But the naysayers apparently will never be persuaded.
State Sen. A. Donald McEachin, D-Henrico, who was a strong opponent of the law, said it's not clear what conclusions can be drawn from just a year's worth of data.
"Most folks obey the law, and that's a good thing," said McEachin, who remains staunchly opposed. "But I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that just like drinking and driving doesn't mix, guns and drinking don't mix."
Never mind the fact that those who carry concealed in restaurants cannot consume alcohol while carrying. But don't let the facts get in the way of hyperbole.
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concealed carry,
restaurant ban
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Great Article on the Camp Perry Championships
The News-Herald, a paper serving northern Ohio, has this article today about the shooting championships currently going on at Camp Perry. The video below is part of the article.
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Camp Perry
NRA-ILA Intern Opportunity
Suzanne Anglewicz posted the following on the NRA-U Facebook page:
The National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is now accepting applications for the Fall Intern Program. This paid internship is for a qualified student interested in helping promote NRA-ILA’s political and legislative activities on behalf of the Second Amendment.
An internship with NRA-ILA will provide an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience with various firearms issues, grassroots organizing, election action, as well as policy and advocacy work. Interns will work extensively with NRA-ILA Grassroots Staff on various outreach and campaign-related projects.
Applicants should have a passion for the Second Amendment, strong persuasive writing and verbal skills, attention to detail, and possess knowledge of grassroots organizing. Individuals with campaign experience preferred.
Applications must be submitted no later than August 15, 2011. Please send resume and cover letter to Suzanne Anglewicz at sanglewicz@nrahq.org or fax to (703) 267-3918.
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NRA-ILA
Thoughts on Campus Carry Conference
This year's conference was well attended. Both Amanda Carpenter, a victim of rape while on campus in Reno,NV, and Nicole Goeser, who saw her husband killed in a Tennessee bar which at the time was a gun free zone, both made compelling arguments for ending gun free zones. In summing up her remarks, Amanda asked the question to those who oppose campus carry, "How does taking away my right to self defense make you safer?" Amanda had a carry permit at the time she was assaulted, but was banned by law from carrying on campus. Nicole was very active in the drive to repeal the restaurant ban in Tennessee and works at the Tennessee legislature.
Following their comments, there was what was billed as a debate between Dr. John Lott and Virginia Tech shooting survivor and current Brady Campaign staffer Colin Goddard. It was less of a debate and more of a statement of positions with an opportunity for rebuttal of the other's comments. Lott had the facts and numbers at his disposal. Goddard relied pretty much on what is his standard line when talking about increasing background checks to cover private sales. He said during his comments that he was the victim of a background check that lacked important information. Goddard was a last minute addition to the conference which had originally scheduled Paul Helmke. Helmke has left the Brady Campaign. Lott was gracious in his closing, thanking Goddard for stepping in at the last minute.
It was an informational afternoon. But the folks attending don't need to be convinced of the necessity for campus carry, those who oppose the effort need to be educated. Maybe a few of them watched on C-Span.
Also participating in the conference were academics Nelson Lund at George Mason University, Bob Cottrol of George Washington University, and Jim Purtilo of the University of Maryland. Video of the conference is still available on the C-Span web site. Click here to view the archived video.
Amanda Carpenter tells her story to the conference |
Nicole Goeser followed Amanda and was equally compelling |
Following their comments, there was what was billed as a debate between Dr. John Lott and Virginia Tech shooting survivor and current Brady Campaign staffer Colin Goddard. It was less of a debate and more of a statement of positions with an opportunity for rebuttal of the other's comments. Lott had the facts and numbers at his disposal. Goddard relied pretty much on what is his standard line when talking about increasing background checks to cover private sales. He said during his comments that he was the victim of a background check that lacked important information. Goddard was a last minute addition to the conference which had originally scheduled Paul Helmke. Helmke has left the Brady Campaign. Lott was gracious in his closing, thanking Goddard for stepping in at the last minute.
Dr. John Lott makes the case for ending gun free zones |
Colin Goddard admits at the start that the audience is on the opposite side of him on the issue |
Also participating in the conference were academics Nelson Lund at George Mason University, Bob Cottrol of George Washington University, and Jim Purtilo of the University of Maryland. Video of the conference is still available on the C-Span web site. Click here to view the archived video.
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Campus Carry
Monday, August 8, 2011
Cuccinelli: College Boards of Visitors Should Deal With Students
This AP story written by report Bob Lewis ran yesterday. It is another in a number of articles that have run since the Virginia Tech incident last Thursday that deal with the issue of firearms on campus. He does a good job of covering the issue and whether Virginia Tech should be dealt with differently due to having experienced the events of April 2007. Lewis talked with the mother and gun control activist of one of the students that survived the shooting.
Now a fulltime gun-control advocate, Haas on Thursday asked the question that the day's false alarm at Virginia Tech begged so soon after Cuccinelli's pro-gun legal guidance on UVa's policy: Does the Republican attorney general with his eyes on an eventual gubernatorial run believe Virginia Tech has the right to ban guns from its campus?But he also spoke with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli defended his ruling that said a college or university cannot ban firearms by policy but can by regulation, which carries the force of law.
"It's unacceptable, allowing the carry of guns on campus, concealed or otherwise. It puts the community into a panic," Haas said.
"The law can be adjusted by the General Assembly and the governor and, to a certain extent, by the universities themselves acting as agencies using their regulatory power," he said. "But the law doesn't change because it gets more or less sensitive in one place or another."He also had this to say regarding who should be allowed to carry on college campuses:
"Faculty and staff should be able to fully exercise their concealed-carry rights. Period," Cuccinelli said. "But I am of a mind to let boards of visitors deal with their own student bodies."
For students, it's largely a moot point because concealed weapons permits are issued only to residents 21 and older, Cuccinelli said. "So nobody's going to roll out of high school and have a concealed-carry permit."
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Campus Carry
Daily Press Gets It Wrong As Usual
I stumbled across this article from Saturday's Daily Press. While it is under the "News" tab on the web site, there is no reporting value to it whatsoever, so it must be opinion masquerading as news. The author, Tamara Dietrich, writes about Thursday's Virginia Tech lock down where three young people attending a camp on campus reporting seeing an individual carrying what appeared to be a handgun covered by something like a handkerchief. Dietrich, after getting that part right, descends into irrelevance. She shows she has no concept of the law when it comes to concealed carry.
It becomes clear that her problem is not that someone may have dared to walk on a college campus with a handgun, it is the fact that Virginia allows its law abiding citizens to carry firearms at all, open or concealed.
First, let's recap what the three children said they saw: a man holding what appeared to be a gun, covered with some type of cloth.Well, no, if the firearm could be seen, it was not concealed. She goes on to suggest that maybe the law should describe what the meaning of concealed is. Most people understand that concealed means it cannot be seen. Apparently the journalism school Ms. Dietrich attended did not teach her basic English.
In other words, a man carrying a concealed handgun.
And if that man also happened to have a concealed carry permit, he was breaking no laws.
It becomes clear that her problem is not that someone may have dared to walk on a college campus with a handgun, it is the fact that Virginia allows its law abiding citizens to carry firearms at all, open or concealed.
...Maybe Hanger should ask Cuccinelli to clarify pertinent stuff like this. It's the least he can do, since he's also responsible for last year's law allowing those with concealed carry permits to take concealed handguns into establishments that serve alcohol, so long as they don't drink.Ms. Dietrich can write anything she wants for the Daily Press. But the paper should at least be honest and classify something so blatantly opinion as such.
It's an idiotic law, since Virginia already allows law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms into establishments that serve alcohol and drink as much as they want.
All a permit-holder has to do, then, is take out his handgun, set it on the table and order up a double. ("Idiotic" and "law" aren't mutually exclusive, are they?)
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anti-gun media,
concealed carry,
Open carry
Carrying Firearms on College Campuses
A day after Virginia Tech was on complete lock down after three young people attending a special program on campus reported seeing what they thought was a man carrying a firearm covered by a handkerchief, the Richmond CBS affiliate ran this story.
VSSA will be attending today's forum on college carry that will take place at the National Press Club from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM.
VSSA will be attending today's forum on college carry that will take place at the National Press Club from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM.
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college campus concealed carry
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Henrico Could Become Home to Nation's Largest Indoor Gun Range
WTVR TV6 is reporting that the old Colony House Furnature location on West Broad Street near Willow Lawn Shopping Center is being converted into what could be the nation's largest indoor shooting range.
The Henrico Citizen is reporting the Colonial Shooting Academy is set to open next February in the 6000 block of West Broad Street. It will be located in the old Colony House Furniture building near Willow Lawn.You can find out more at the web site: http://www.colonialshooting.com/.
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shooting ranges
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Why 2012 May Be the Best Time to Be Active in a Campaign
Via Bitter at Snowflakes in Hell:
The economy is certain to be issue #1 on the mind of voters but gun owners are a powerful force at the polls. We already see how the administration is acting administratively to try and get around Congress on gun control. Can you imagine what a second Obama term could mean to our rights?
Hat tip to Bitter and Snowflakes in Hell.
If you’ve never volunteered for a campaign before, I strongly suggest 2012 as the year to start. Why?I couldn't agree more. Gun owners need to be very engaged in Campaign 2012. Their are NRA-ILA Election Volunteer Coordinators (EVC) in every state. If there is not an EVC in your area, consider signing up to take on the job.
Because when Rick Santorum is polling within 2 points of Barack in a state like Pennsylvania, you know that knocking on doors and making calls is going to result in awesome rants against the administration. If anything, you’ll be assured good laughs.
The economy is certain to be issue #1 on the mind of voters but gun owners are a powerful force at the polls. We already see how the administration is acting administratively to try and get around Congress on gun control. Can you imagine what a second Obama term could mean to our rights?
Hat tip to Bitter and Snowflakes in Hell.
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Campaign 2012
Monday, August 1, 2011
The Next Legal Battlefield - Bearing Arms in Public
Today's Wall Street Journal has this article that discusses the next court battle in the right to keep and bear arms - bearing arms in public.
With the 2012 Presidential Election approaching, it is more important now that a pro-rights candidate is elected. It is thought that whoever wins next year may make as many as three Supreme Court appointments by the end of their term in office.
"Whether the right to bear arms extends to outside the home is the next battlefield," said Adam Winkler, a law professor at UCLA and a Second Amendment expert. "And if that right does exist, courts then have to wrestle with a whole host of other issues, like how far it extends and what kinds of permitting regimes are permissible."Two suits filed recently in Illinois are among a small group that could provide the U.S. Supreme Court its next opportunity to further clarify the Second Amendment. Part of the need for clarification is due in part to the two cases recently heard by the court; Heller and McDonald, which dealt with the D.C. and Chicago gun bans respectively.
Since the Supreme Court rulings, gun advocates have filed scores of challenges on all sorts of laws at the federal, state and local levels. They have sued over age restrictions on carrying guns outside the home, restrictions to "concealed carry" rules in national parks, and requirements that people show "good cause" and take a firearms course in order to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon out of the home.Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman told the WSJ that it will take years of litigation for courts to hammer the meaning out of what Scalia meant in Heller when he said nothing in the opinion should cast doubt on laws barring the carrying of firearms in "sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."
With the 2012 Presidential Election approaching, it is more important now that a pro-rights candidate is elected. It is thought that whoever wins next year may make as many as three Supreme Court appointments by the end of their term in office.
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Campaign 2012,
concealed carry,
Open carry
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