UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS
[Sorted By Date]
Prince William County – ALERT, NEW BOS TRYING TO REPEAL 2A [ACTION NEEDED (VCDL)]
City of Petersburg – City Council meeting on February 4 – 6:30 p.m. [ACTION NEEDED (USE VCDL MODEL RESOLUTION)]
Fairfax County – 2A citizens dismissed and called ‘Little Kids’ on hot mic [ACTION NEEDED]
Town of Ashland – Was discussed on Jan. 7, with no more information as of yet
Town of Chase City – Was discussed on Jan. 14, with no more information as of yet
Town of Waverly – Meeting on Jan. 14, with no more information as of yet
SANCTUARY PUSH
Loudoun County – [ACTION NEEDED]
City of Alexandria – [ACTION NEEDED]
City of Danville – [ACTION NEEDED]
City of Lexington – [ACTION NEEDED]
City of Manassas Park – [ACTION NEEDED]
City of Portsmouth – [ACTION NEEDED]
City of Richmond – [ACTION NEEDED]
VA Beach is set to vote as of Jan 7th-per Councilman John Moss’ FB page.
Jennifer…thank you for the update. I’ve added the link and moved City of Virginia Beach to this page ‘Upcoming Discussions’.
Thank you & everyone else involved for putting together this new site!! VCDL is great & I’m a member, but they send out a LOT of emails.
They, along with so many Virginians are making their voices & counties heard loud & clear. I just wish all this enthusiasm was spent on voting last Nov & hopefully will in the future. Only 48% of us vote & Democrats are usually dedicated at a 2:1 ratio. Call your Delegates & Senators, & tell them the vast amount of counties & towns have voted to be 2nd A Sanctuaries.
A very high # of VA citizens are concerned about their rights being significantly diminished, becoming criminals overnight when at the time was purchased legally. Registration is not an option & leads to confiscation
We were born with these rights & ‘we’ allow the government to set certain laws to help the citizenry & provide common services.
The VA Constitution has not been amended & no more laws/restrictions are needed or required. The Constitution of the US & Bill of Rights, trump unconditional state laws. Recent SCOTUS decisions (Heller & McDonald) have upheld that citizens can own personal ‘common use’ firearms. Which include all semi auto handguns & rifles, including the most popular rifle.
Which is the AR-15 for civilian use.
The standard magazines for semi auto handguns range from 19 rounds & lower. Standard magazines for AR-15’s are 30 rounds. The state or federal government can’t just choose some arbitrary round limit!!
These new proposed laws are scaring & upsetting a LOT of Virginians. If enforced, this will cause some law abiding citizens & LEO’s to be seriously injured and killed. Not just isolated incidents, but will create an extremely dangerous Commonwealth. Some Sheriffs have sworn not to comply with these unconstitutional laws. Some Sheriffs have said they will screen & deputize citizens.
Along with other VA LEO’s, as they have swore to uphold the Constitution. Too many have fought & died protecting these rights you want to eliminate, restrict, or water down. Any blood spilled will be our your hands. Why create an enormous powder keg, when it’s unconstitutional & won’t do any anything to stop gun violence. 99.5% of legal VA gun owners are law bidding citizens & just want to keep their rights fully intact.
Criminals will always get a hold of guns & don’t care about any of current or these new proposed laws. Enforce current laws, & make breaking them stricter.
Red Flag laws are also very worrisome. You cannot take away someone’s constitutional rights without due process. Any ex-partner, current wife/husband, bitter co-worker, friend, or some random anti gun person could make a false claim or take something out of context. Which will kick of an illegal 2nd Amendment confiscation. Which some in the home or police could be injured or killed in the process.
You should know that the majority of states with more legal gun owners, have less gun violence. President Clinton already violated the Constitution with his ‘Assault Weapons Ban’. Studies were done during the Obama administration by the FBI/DOJ/ATF & found the ban had very little to no effect on crime!Now you want to bring back these same laws/ban that didn’t work?
These ‘scary black rifles’ are not military firearms. The bullet is the same size as a .22 caliber, just travels much faster. All rifles account for just 3% of all gun violence. The AR-15 is included in this LARGE group of rifles. VA lawmakers want fo go after rifles that account for maybe 1% of all gun violence. It’s surely lower for VA. That makes ZERO sense, & shows an ulterior motive.
Just because 20 or so EVIL, sick people around the US decided to carry out mass murder with one these tools. The Dem general assent want to violate & remove the rights of millions of VA citizens that have done nothing wrong because of a few terrible people. You don’t make new laws that effect the entire state because of a few. Especially a constitutional right!!!
We live in a free society with constitutional protected rights. In this type of open society with these freedoms, comes at a cost. Criminals & evil will take advantage of this & will do bad acts, including mass murder. Whether it’s with a certain gun, knife, vehicle, hammer, bomb, or even their fists or feet. This is just reality.
Gun violence hasn’t gone down in restrictive gun law states & cities like CA. NJ, MA. Chicago, Baltimore, LA. Portland, Seattle, DC, etc. These cities & states are run by Democrats, & some have been for decades. Their anti-gun laws just don’t work. It’s a people problem, not a tool problem. Guns in Mexico are illegal, but they have 30K murders YEARLY. Only the criminals, gangs, cartels, & police have firearms. The citizens are sitting ducks in a shooting gallery. This should tell you a lot about your radical unconstitutional proposed laws. Anti gun Democrats like to make laws bases on emotion. Not facts & statistics.
Finally, when the founders wrote the constitution & VA’s constitution. These were instructions by the citizens to the government & states, not suggestions. VA & every other state is essentially an armed militia/citizenry. The musket was the common rifle at that time & the AR-15, AK-47, & others with 30+ round magazines are our version of the musket. Not fully automatic, which the military has. Semi auto. One pull of the trigger a round is fired. I’ve found most anti-gun politicians & citizens are ignorant about firearms. Most have never fired one. That’s fine if you don’t like a certain tool, but don’t force your unconstitutional views on others.
As any government can become tyrannical, which is the entire point of the 2nd Amendment. It’s not for hunting, clubs, range time, or personal defense. Numerous countries never thought their country would become tyrannical & millions have died because of this ignorance. Look at Venezuela! They can’t fight back against a tyrannical leader & government because they gave up their arms.
Certain states & cities that currently have registration requirements for certain guns or magazines don’t work. Only 2%-5% have complied in these states & cities. Plus it just points the government to go confiscate them when if they so choose.
These facts are all verifiable at FBI.gov. ATF.gov. DOJ.gov & our federal & VA state constitution.
Please don’t destroy our Commonwealth, cause needless deaths. fire up thousands around the country that will come to VA for support. As you’ll be setting a huge precedent & the country is watching. People are taking notice that 90% of VA counties have voted to be 2nd A Sanctuary’s.
I in no way advocate any violence, but these new VA proposed laws will start a large fire with much more people then the state legislature thinks may not accept these unconstitutional laws. Many thousands!!
Sorry for the long post. The points kept coming. Send some of this info & honest/realistic opinion to your state senator & delegate if they’re Dem or Repubs weak on gun rights
Please don’t threaten violence. As it will get you in trouble, on a list, & hurt our strong movement. We’re not gun nuts, just citizens that demand our rights not be infringed. Along with no red flag laws setup to slowly confiscate..
Laws are already on VA books for suicidal/homicidal people in imminent danger or threat. If they want to beef that up with added due process after the fact, we can talk. Anyone who files a false flag report, needs to be held accountable with a felony charge. That should stop most people that aren’t serious.
Jay
City of Hopewell voted 6/7 in favor of a Constitutional City.