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ACTION ITEM: Major Campaign to Prevent Any Local Gun-Control
As of July 1, cities, counties, and towns can strip you of your rights by passing gun control that forbids you from carrying in local government buildings, parks, recreation and community centers, and at permitted events and adjacent streets!
If we let localities do this, we will have a massive spiderweb of gun control across the Commonwealth. That spiderweb is exactly what the gun-grabbers want. It makes carrying a gun such a headache because you have to know the gun laws of over 193 localities instead of just knowing state law. And it reduces where you can carry. Gun-controllers want to keep expanding that prohibited location list until gun owners will just leave their guns at home out of pure frustration.
It has already happened in the cities of Alexandria and Richmond, emboldening other localities to do the same! The ONLY way to stop it from spreading to YOUR community is to contact your local government officials via email and, optionally, telephone (a link to the suggested email is below). You need to spread this message to everyone in Virginia that you know. That includes friends, family, neighbors, and everyone at your local gun stores, gun ranges, hunt club, civic group, church, etc.
We need an overwhelming response from gun owners, similar to what we saw last year with the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement!
The email calls for your local government to pass a model resolution that VCDL has tailored to each locality. The resolution creates a commitment by the local government to refuse to pass any gun control, even though a new law gives them the power to do so.
We cannot emphasize enough how important it is we get localities to pass the resolution. With any luck the vast majority of the state will not create any local gun-control, but only if you do your part. It doesn't matter if your locality is a strong Second Amendment Sanctuary, where it should be fairly easy to get the resolution passed, or if your locality is part of Russia for all practical purposes. We need to do this statewide. And don't let Alexandria or Richmond off the hook, either!
ACTION ITEM
Click on this link to go to the VCDL webpage with instructions, a sample email, and the links to the custom resolution for all the various localities:
https://vcdl.org/2AResolutions/
If you can, follow up with your local government representative with a phone call.
Let's roll! We must beat back all local gun-control efforts, not allowing any more of them to take root!
NEW: List of localities that have passed the "No local gun-control" resolution
Since July 13, 2020, we now have 12 counties, towns, and cities that have passed a "No local gun-control" resolution and 4 others that covered that issue with their Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution from earlier this year!
- Amherst (county)
- Appomattox
- Bedford (county), covered by Sanctuary resolution
- Colonial Heights, covered by Sanctuary resolution
- Culpeper (county)
- Goshen
- Halifax
- King William
- Patrick
- Pittsylvania
- Powhatan
- Pulaski (county), covered by Sanctuary resolution
- Rappahannock
- Scott
- Southampton, covered by Sanctuary resolution
- Wythe
ACTION ITEM: August Special Session of the General Assembly a Threat to Gun Rights!
Anti-self-defense Delegate Mark Levine's HB961, which banned "assault weapons", suppressors, and magazines that hold over 10 rounds, was continued to 2021 back in February. But Governor Northam recently said he wants to revive it and has said he will convene a special session of the General Assembly in August.
Besides HB961, these other infringements could also be voted on in August:
- repeal reciprocity with 25 states
- shutdown indoor shooting ranges
- restrict outdoor shooting ranges
- no open carry in vehicles
- proof of training to purchase a firearm
- 10% tax on guns and ammunition
- conviction for various misdemeanors or a "hate crime" will take away gun rights
- illegal to have guns in state or local government buildings
- illegal to carry in Capitol Square or in the General Assembly
- gun stores cannot employ anyone who is prohibited from owning firearms - even a janitor
- and more
ACTION ITEM
We need to have everyone contact their legislator using the link below to send a prewritten, but editable message to their legislators about opposing any gun control in the Special Session. I encourage you to customize the message, which will automatically go to your particular legislators based on your home address:
https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/widget/oneclick/9150
Number of emails sent to legislators so far:
2020 Legislative Session
The 2020 Legislative Session started January 8, 2020 and is now over. VCDL is readying to fight back against the gun-control that was signed into law in April.
To see the final status of the Session bills, use VCDL's 2020 Legislative Tracking Tool.
To download VCDL's 2020 Gun Bill Analysis document (PDF), click here.
We will be posting the legislative voting record for the 2020 session around the end of May, 2020.
New VCDL Second Amendment Ads
Sheriff's that appear in the video are:
Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons
Rockbridge County Sheriff Steve Funkhouser
Amherst County Sheriff E.W. Viar
Montgomery County Sheriff Hank Partin
Page County Sheriff Chad Cubbage & one of his Deputies
Floyd County Sheriff Brian Craig
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Bobby Hawkins
Carroll County Sheriff Kevin Kemp
Bland County Sheriff Jason Ramsey
Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan
The Racist Roots of Gun Control in America
VCDL Lobby Day 2020: Monday, January 20, 2020
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VCDL held the most important Lobby Day Rally that we have ever had on Monday January 20th, 2020!
THANK YOU to the estimated 30-70K people who attended!
For more details:
- Sign up for VCDL's FREE VA-ALERT for the latest updates on legislation status
Past information:
- The Rally Facebook page
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Rally Flyers: 1 & 2
- Special pre-event Issue of The Defender
Second Amendment Sanctuaries - Fighting Back Against Tyranny!
A Second Amendment Sanctuary is any locality that says it will not enforce any unconstitutional (federal or state) gun laws! Many sheriffs are going to take the County's lead on this and county police could be told not to enforce such laws either. (Law enforcement officers do not have to, and shouldn't, enforce any unconstitutional laws.)
NOTE: Just because a locality is a sanctuary doesn't mean you can't be arrested. We must stop the gun-control bills from ever becoming law. This fight will take at least two years, so stay engaged! Attend Lobby Day to help convince the General Assembly to defeat all gun-control bills.
Since November 6, 2019, we now have 147 Second Amendment Sanctuary counties, towns, and cities!
Don't see your county? Send an email with each Board of Supervisors' name, email address, and phone number in the body of the message (ie, no screen shots or attachments please) to: president@vcdl.org
You can also contact your Supervisor and send them this link to VCDL's model Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution: https://www.vcdl.org/resources/Resources/Model_Resolution.docx Massive turnouts for Board of Supervisors meetings! Amelia County - standing room only, with crowd overllow through the hall and down to the front of the building. Estimated 600 people.
Shenandoah County - estimated 1,000 gun owners at the meeting, which overflowed into the parking lot!
Louisa County - estimated 600 to 800:
August County - estimated 2,000 people. Massive overflow outside, too:
Virginia Beach - estimated 1,500 people. Overflow outside:
Floyd County - estimated over 1,000
Prince George - estimated 600 to 800
Colonial Heights
Spotsylvania County - estimated well over 1,000
Prince William County - estimated well over 1,000
Smyth County - over 1,000
Caroline County - over 600
Bedford County - 1,500+
Chesapeake - over 1,000
Rockingham County - 2,000+
Russell County - over 1,000 in attendance
Fauquier County - 2,000+ in attendance
Lancaster County
Chesterfield County - 1,500
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