Now a different business, NOVA Armory wants to open in Arlington County and Delgates Patrick Hope, Alfonso Lopez, Richard Sullivan and Mark Levine along with Senators Barbara Favola, Janet Howell and Adam Ebbin have written a letter to the property owner decrying the opening of the business.
The letter recalls the years in the 1990s when Virginia was known as the “gun-running capital of the East Coast” and warns that Nova Armory, the business that aims to locate at 2300 N. Pershing Dr., is “already marketing aggressively” to residents of other states.The legislators think because the business is so close to Route 50 with easy access to Interstate 95 that this gives the potential for "nefarious and illegal activities." The letter echoes back to the so-called "iron pipeline" from Virginia to points north where criminals supposedly illegally pay Virginia residents to buy guns and create "black market to sell firearms for cash or drugs, or become a magnet for robbery as was recently the case in a firearms store in McLean, Virginia.” But that appears to be cover for their anti-gun bigotry based on this line from the letter:
Last week, the Arlington County Board also decried the plans of Nova Armory to open what the store described as a “high-end” retailer of sporting and self-defense weapons. Residents of the Lyon Park neighborhood, across Route 50 from Joint Base Ft. Myer-Henderson Hall, have raised objections to its opening. The store will be across the street from a private preschool and day care center.
“The selling of firearms, while legal, does not reflect the Arlington community’s values,” the legislators said.The Post reports that some residents from the Lyon Park community where the store will be located have started a petition opposing Nova Armory, supposedly collecting more than 3,000 signatures so far. A petition supporting the business has topped 500 signatures. One of those supporters told the Post:
“As an Arlington resident and homeowner, I welcome this new business to the County,” wrote petition-signer Dan Alban. “A lawful firearms retailer poses no particular danger to nearby residents or businesses, and baseless hysteria about the proximity of guns is an inadequate justification for prohibiting a legitimate business from operating in the County. Legitimate businesses and other organizations should not be prevented from opening because they are unpopular or controversial.”We'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.
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I can remember when Arlington was a much different place demographically back in the 1960's and 1970's, before it became so ethnically 'diverse', PC-whipped, a haven for damnyankee carpetbaggers fleeing the frozen and high-cost-of-living north, and downright wussified. Those were the days when there were gun shops that nobody protested against, country music bars and restaurants that had bands on weekends, safe neighborhoods and bearable traffic. I remember a great little neighborhood bar where I and my Air Force buddies who were stationed at South Post Fort Myer use to hang out; Goldie's Lyon Park Grill, at the corner of Pershing Drive and Washington Blvd. It was a lot like "Cheers" where everybody knew your name. I pass by that building on my way to work, and it was, until recently, a law office. As fast as the old Arlington is disappearing, I doubt it'll be there much longer.
I can remember when Arlington was a much different place demographically back in the 1960's and 1970's, before it became so ethnically 'diverse', PC-whipped, a haven for damnyankee carpetbaggers fleeing the frozen and high-cost-of-living north, and downright wussified. Those were the days when there were gun shops that nobody protested against, country music bars and restaurants that had bands on weekends, safe neighborhoods and bearable traffic. I remember a great little neighborhood bar where I and my Air Force buddies who were stationed at South Post Fort Myer use to hang out; Goldie's Lyon Park Grill, at the corner of Pershing Drive and Washington Blvd. It was a lot like "Cheers" where everybody knew your name. I pass by that building on my way to work, and it was, until recently, a law office. As fast as the old Arlington is disappearing, I doubt it'll be there much longer.
I can remember when Arlington was a much different place demographically back in the 1960's and 1970's, before it became so ethnically 'diverse', PC-whipped, a haven for damnyankee carpetbaggers fleeing the frozen and high-cost-of-living north, and downright wussified. Those were the days when there were gun shops that nobody protested against, country music bars and restaurants that had bands on weekends, safe neighborhoods and bearable traffic. I remember a great little neighborhood bar where I and my Air Force buddies who were stationed at South Post Fort Myer use to hang out; Goldie's Lyon Park Grill, at the corner of Pershing Drive and Washington Blvd. It was a lot like "Cheers" where everybody knew your name. I pass by that building on my way to work, and it was, until recently, a law office. As fast as the old Arlington is disappearing, I doubt it'll be there much longer.
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