2013 VSSA Annual Meeting Wrap-up

The 2013 Annual Meeting held at the NRAHQ this past Saturday was a big success.  The staff at NRAHQ were great hosts and the meal prepared by the NRA Chef and staff was great too.  The private tour of the NRA National Firearms Museum was very well received by all who participated.   Bill Poole, NRA Training Director, provided us with insightful information as to the direction NRA is heading with regard to assisting our youth to  become thoughtful and beneficial members of the firearms community.  Keynote speaker, Jim Land, NRA Secretary, provided  inspiration as to how we can become better NRA members by continuing to act as the adults in the room in all aspects of our communication with both the general public, and the political opponents.

VSSA had two raffle drawings at the meeting - the Chuck Marshall Memorial Raffle, and our Annual Meeting Raffle.  The winners were:

• Dan M. of Lorton, VA,  won the Socom 16 donated by Chuck Marshall's estate benefiting the VSSA War Chest legislative fund
•  Gregory E. of Gainesville, VA,  won the S&W .40 M&P Shield First Prize in the Annual Meeting Raffle 
• Wilfred W. of Stafford, won the Special Edition Henry Golden Boy 2nd Prize
• Thomas C. of Blacksburg,  won the $100 gift Bass Pro Shops Gift Card 3rd Prize

Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to all who participated in the raffles.  This year's Annual Meeting raffle was one of our most successful in recent memory.

VSSA Annual Meeting Set for September 28 at NRA HQ

VSSA will hold its Annual Meeting on September 28 at NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, VA.  The event begins at 4:00 PM with an opportunity to shoot at the NRA Range as well as guided tours of the National Firearms Museum.  At 6:00 PM attendees will enjoy dinner in the NRA Cafe ($15.00 for members and $20.00 for non members/guests) and the meeting will begin at 7:30 PM.  In the very near future, VSSA will announce this year's guest speaker but we are working to get a high level member of the NRA staff including NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris Cox or NRA Executive Director of General Operations Kyle Weaver.

Chis Cox needs no introduction to longtime VSSA and NRA members.  Chris is a dynamic speaker and will surely have interesting information to share with our members should he be available to speak.  If Cox is unavailable, Weaver will also make a great speaker.  A native of Halifax County here in Virginia, he will be able to talk about grassroots gun owners and their importancemean to protecting our rights.  You can read more about Kyle Weaver here.  VSSA will announce the speaker as soon as we receive confirmation.

As part of this year's meeting, VSSA also has the Annual Meeting Raffle.  This year the first prize is the Smith and Wesson M&P Shield in .40 S&W.

Second prize is the Limited Edition Henry .22 Lever Action Rifle with the VSSA Logo lazer engraved in the stock, and third prize is a $100 Bass Pro Shop Gift Card.

The Annual Meeting mailing including election ballots and dinner reservation forms will be in member's mailboxes soon but you can download raffle tickets now by clicking here.