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I hope Portsmouth is made accountable. Absolutely ignorant and unacceptable.
https://pilotonline.com/news/local/article_61d58194-c8d2-11e8-bedf-03aa35baf947.html
This is relevant to Open Carry in Virginia because our rights are under attack and we do not have a unified message. I enclosed my membership card in with the envelope that I sent my resignation letter. I was also quickly removed from the VCDL group facebook page for posting this.
My...
Item #17:
Guns/Public Safety: Require complete background checks on all who purchase guns, institute a ban on military assault weapons, and a limit on the size of
ammunition magazines.
Page 25: STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
Background Checks on...
Headline - "The Long Walk" .... "How an open-carry activist found his mission........
Style Weekly write-up about the long-gun open-carrier in Richmond, who BTW open carries a pistol too when doing his walks.
http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/the-long-walk/Content?oid=2101726
Headline - "Open Carry:Group armed with long guns stroll weekly through Carytown"
Is this a violation of site rules since it is about long gun open-carry? No, like it or not open-carriers of pistols will be lumped in with these guys.
What does this have to do with open-carry in Virginia...
First pic is of an pistol open-carrier with an orange "guns save lives" sticker.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/prepper-s-festival-celebrates-survival-self-sufficiency/article_16781456-c827-11e3-a26a-0017a43b2370.html
Some sort of stroller protest?
I finally found a link, not on WRIC's front page on their website.
http://www.wric.com/story/24746156/gun-control-bill-continues-in-the-house
Richmond Times Dispatch.
300 E Franklin Street
Richmond, Va 23219
Tuesday January 29,
7-830 p.m.
Call 804-649-6305 to register - you must register because it is expected to fill up.
Richmond Times Dispatch is hosting a large forum on guns. Advertisement is in today's paper.
Don't let the antis take over. Leave a comment, show your support that they did the right thing.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/senate-panel-reverses-action-on-background-checks-at-gun-shows/article_51a7242d-5d1c-571a-998e-e5a68959d116.html
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/petersburg-chief-serving-on-obama-s-guns-panel/article_3245afcc-4fd3-11e2-9b0f-001a4bcf6878.html
He wants your input. Tell him what you think. jdixon@petersburg-police.com or call 732-4222
Today the Brady Campaign is having all their donations matched. Now I'd like to know who or what exactly is matching every donation made today. Any of you sleuths out there know or can find out?
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/protection-politics-behind-surge-in-gun-sales/article_c1ca974c-23da-54de-ada2-e25d7170439b.html
Antis are leaving the comments. Show em' where they are wrong.
VCU students for conceal carry on campus is having a meet up on 11/20 at Legend's Brewery. Good opportunity for us to branch out, unfortunately I have to work and cannot make it. Show up if you can and help educate/acclimate these new folks into the activist community.
Where: Legends Brewery...
If VCU crime & their anti-life policies are going to be subjects for discussion then maybe it ought to get a sticky.
Here's another one for you:
http://www.nbc12.com/story/19869927/police-investigate-armed-robbery-near-vcu
Let's not forget Peter...
http://www2.orangenews.com/news/2012/sep/26/county-shoots-down-tactical-training-ar-2236693/
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/092012/09272012/727733
The original story I heard did not specify that it was for LEO only. If that's the case I don't mind.
Not open-carry, but definitely something that should be on our radar as 2nd Amendment Activists. Local news piece on out-of-staters getting Va CHP.
http://wtvr.com/2012/09/04/va-issues-concealed-gun-permits-outside-state-lines/