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#1 ·
Crossover day lull has come and gone.

Time for Virginia Pro-RKBA members to get busy.

From a VA-ALERT.

VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.

[First person singular pronouns (I, my, mine, etc) reference Philip Van Cleave, President VCDL]


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1. Legislative Update
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At least two pro-gun bills are going to be heard next week. If other
bills come up, I will advise. Both bills are in the Senate Committee
on Local Government:

HB 108, Delegate Cole, requires localities to auction off guns
purchased in a "buy-up" program - STRONGLY SUPPORT

HB 109, Delegate Cole, repeals the authorization for counties to tax
handguns and collect purchaser information - STRONGLY SUPPORT

The committee meets at 2 PM on Tuesday, February 23rd in Senate Room B.


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2. Legislative ACTION ITEMS
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Here are four bills that we need to urge our Senators to support.
Just click on the link below each one to send a pre-written, but
editable, message to YOUR Senator automatically.

HB 79, Delegate Ware, prohibits Circuit Courts from disseminating CHP
application information:

VCDL's "Write Your Legislators" Tool

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HB 49, Delegate Lingamfelter, repeals One Handgun A Month:

VCDL's "Write Your Legislators" Tool

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HB 171, Delegate Pogge, prohibits some employers from banning handguns
in locked private vehicles in parking lots (LET'S ALL HIT THIS ONE,
whether you personally benefit or not - we will continue to work to
improve the law in the future):

VCDL's "Write Your Legislators" Tool

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HB 1070, Delegate Athey, allows CHP holders to carry in an emergency
shelter:

VCDL's "Write Your Legislators" Tool
Let's get busy.:argue:
 
#2 ·
Va Restaurant ban repeal is finally within sight

See action link below, if you live in Virginia.

From a VA-ALERT.

VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.

[First person singular pronouns (I, my, mine, etc) reference Philip Van Cleave, President VCDL]


Good news from the House Militia, Police and Public Safety
subcommittee #1 tonight!

1. SB 334, Senator Hanger, repeals the restaurant ban, passed out of
subcommittee UNCHANGED 4 to 0! This is exactly what we hoped it would
do. We need to make sure this bill passes the House Floor UNCHANGED
and, if it does, the restaurant ban repeal will head to the Governor's
desk! See ACTION ITEM below.

2. SB 408, Senator Vogel, allows non-CHP holders to have a loaded gun
in a locked container or compartment in a vehicle or boat, passed
UNCHANGED out of subcommittee by 3 to 1! Like SB 334, above, if it
passes the House UNCHANGED, it will head to the Governor's desk for
signing.

3. SB 501, Senator Lucas, makes it so that out-of-state DUIs count
against someone getting a CHP for 3 years, same as an in-state DUI.
Because some states simply don't have DUI laws similar to Virginia,
the subcommittee sent the bill to the House Courts of Justice to see
if any language could be worked out.

4. SB 580, Senator Marsden, which makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for
someone under the age of 18 to have an airsoft gun that can fire a
projectile at over 250 feet-per-second on K-12 school property, DIED
because no one would second a motion to pass the bill!

Thanks for killing this bill goes to EM Mike Stollenwerk, as he found
out late today that Fairfax County, which Marsden represents, ALREADY
has an ordinance that makes carrying an air gun on K-12 school
property a Class 3 misdemeanor (kudos to Mike for that discovery). I
presented that evidence to the subcommittee and said that SB 580
wasn't needed.

The subcommittee agreed.

You would think that Senator Marsden would be glad to hear that
Fairfax County already had an ordinance in place (as opposed to having
to wait until July 1 for a change to Virginia law to take effect), but
he didn't seem happy when his bill got tanked.

Marsden had supported the restaurant ban repeal as a Delegate and had
led many to believe he would be a moderate on guns and would support
the restaurant ban repeal if he became a Senator. But on the Senate
Floor two weeks ago, he voted against the repeal (and all the other
pro-self-defense bills for that matter), arguing that because the
Senate had just passed a bill allowing guns in locked compartments and
containers in vehicles (SB 408), the restaurant ban repeal was no
longer needed.

Tonight, in a form of poetic justice, VCDL argued that because Fairfax
County had that air gun ordinance, it was Senator Marsden's SB 580
that wasn't needed.

In the end, the restaurant ban repeal passed the Floor of the Senate
without Marsden's support, but Marsden's SB 580 wasn't so lucky in the
House.

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ACTION ITEM

Between Lobby Day and all of you sending emails when needed, Virginia
gun owners are a force to be reckoned with! Let's keep that forward
momentum.

We need to let the House know that we want Senator Hanger's restaurant
ban repeal, SB 334, and Senator Vogel's handgun in locked compartments
and containers in vehicles, SB 408, to both pass the House UNCHANGED.

That is important, because if either are changed, then there is
another chance that the Senate's anti-gun leadership could kill the
changed bills.

A win on the restaurant ban repeal is finally within sight - we must
NOT drop the ball now!

Here is the link. Click, fill in your name and address, and send the
message to your Delegate.

VCDL's "Write Your Legislators" Tool



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And now for the Senate -- HB 854, Delegate Morefield's "Castle Doctrine" bill is up.

From a VA-ALERT.

VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.

[First person singular pronouns (I, my, mine, etc) reference Philip Van Cleave, President VCDL]


It is time to tell your Senator to support HB 69, Delegate Carrico's
bill to protect sales of firearms made in Virginia and sold in
Virginia from federal intrusion, and HB 854, Delegate Morefield's
"Castle Doctrine" bill.

Click on this link to send the message:

VCDL's "Write Your Legislators" Tool
 
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