T Dubya
Campaign Veteran
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 resignation letter:
To whom it may concern:
I resign my membership from the Virginia Citizens Defense League effective immediately. My membership # is 108600. Please take my name off of any roster associated with the VCDL. The organization has become by my estimation a lunatic fringe.
I had stopped participating in Lobby Day because of those that carry unholstered, slung AR-type pistols around the General Assembly office building, however I still made a small monetary donation for the Couric lawsuit and remained a member. After seeing the video where Phillip Van Cleeve is feeding “puppy pistol” by inserting a magazine into his “tummy” I’m extremely embarrassed. After reading the comments in VCDL groups on facebook, I am convinced that many VCDL members are sociopaths.
I have never had a problem with PVC, but a how-to video to teach young children how to shoot a bad guy even if it were in jest is in very poor taste. That being said, the narrative is that the video was not in jest and the organization that I pay dues to is advocating arming children. The fact that PVC is still VCDL President and that the Executive Membership has not acted has further cemented my position.
My resignation letter:
To whom it may concern:
I resign my membership from the Virginia Citizens Defense League effective immediately. My membership # is 108600. Please take my name off of any roster associated with the VCDL. The organization has become by my estimation a lunatic fringe.
I had stopped participating in Lobby Day because of those that carry unholstered, slung AR-type pistols around the General Assembly office building, however I still made a small monetary donation for the Couric lawsuit and remained a member. After seeing the video where Phillip Van Cleeve is feeding “puppy pistol” by inserting a magazine into his “tummy” I’m extremely embarrassed. After reading the comments in VCDL groups on facebook, I am convinced that many VCDL members are sociopaths.
I have never had a problem with PVC, but a how-to video to teach young children how to shoot a bad guy even if it were in jest is in very poor taste. That being said, the narrative is that the video was not in jest and the organization that I pay dues to is advocating arming children. The fact that PVC is still VCDL President and that the Executive Membership has not acted has further cemented my position.
