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    Attorney General Opinion 20-046

    A few weeks ago, Attorney General Mark Herring issued Opinion 20-046, which addresses "conduct at polling places that intimidates or harasses voters". It never actually states any definite conclusion, but suggests that open carry at the polls might be illegal.
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    Jackson Mayor suspends open carry law amid COVID-19 pandemic

    https://www.wlbt.com/2020/04/26/jackson-mayor-suspends-open-carry-law-amid-covid-pandemic-receives-backlash/ Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued an executive order suspending the open carry law in the city during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lumumba made the announcement in a video uploaded to...
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    Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority

    The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) has an administrative office at 901 Chamberlayne Parkway in Richmond. The office has a sign in its public lobby reading, "NO FIREARMS OR WEAPONS ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY". This is a violation of Virginia's preemption statute. RRHA is a...
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    AG Herring: No weapons in courthouse

    From time to time we've considered whether §18.2-283.1 applies to the whole building where a court is housed, or if it's inapplicable to the parts of the building that are used for other offices. Some here have cited Bacon for the latter proposition. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring...
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    Firearms prohibited on Roanoke buses

    Roanoke Times, "Gun incident on Valley Metro bus called 'isolated'": Rather strange that there are two different versions of their firearms policy, both of which seem to violate state preemption. ValleyMetro.com, "About Us": I'll be following up on this after the long weekend.
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    Morrisville Little League games cancelled due to gun rallies

    http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/social-issues/pa-youth-games-cancelled-due-to-gun-rallies/nXpHb/ Interesting that it was the police who asked him to cancel. That last paragraph is a slight change from an earlier, related article: It'd be interesting to learn who's misinforming him.
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    "Man with a gun" causes school lockdown in Rocky Mount

    http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/300578 Two Franklin County schools were on lockdown for an hour Tuesday morning after a caller reported a man with a gun walking along Rocky Mount's North Main Street near the KFC restaurant, police said. [...] Because of the proximity to Benjamin...
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    Roanoke City Circuit Court extralegal demands for CHP

    I'll let my missive do the talking on this one. The law establishing a $50 maximum fee for a CHP application has been in effect since 1997. I wonder how many thousands of dollars in ill-gotten fees the court has collected over how many years? I guess we're about to find out. Ms. Hamilton...
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    Arrested at Salem Fair

    While attending the Salem Fair with my family, I was arrested by three members of the Salem Police Department. I recently sent a complaint to Jeff Dudley, Chief of Police. That missive appears below. Chief Dudley: I am writing to draw your attention to acts of misconduct recently committed...
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    Handcuffed and ejected from Festival in the Park

    At the end of May, I had an encounter with the staff of Festival in the Park. This Monday, I spoke to the Roanoke City Council about it. A video recording (RealPlayer format) of the meeting is available in the City Council's archives, with my address beginning at 2:17:44. You can also read my...
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    Roanoke "Music for Americans" Independence Day festival

    Every year, the City of Roanoke partners with the Roanoke Times to operate an Independence Day festival in Rivers Edge Park. I attended last year's festival with my wife and daughters, while openly carrying my pistol. Shortly after we arrived, I was confronted by three on-duty Roanoke police...
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    Wells Fargo / Wachovia accused me of breaking the law

    A while back, I had to transact some business with Wells Fargo, so I headed to the Wachovia branch on Electric Road in Roanoke. I was openly carrying my Para-Ordnance, as usual, when I was approached by the store manager, Steven English. We had the following exchange: English: "You can't...
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    HB 2069 - "Constitutional" Carry

    "If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind by action of an explosion of any combustible material, and when detained by a law-enforcement officer in his official capacity...
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    Stevenson v. (Roanoke City police officers) Kwiecinski

    On May 6, 2009, Roanoke City police officers Jamie Kwiecinski and Dwight Ayers accused me of violating a Virginia law that requires citizens with Concealed Handgun Permits to submit to questioning about their possession of firearms. On the basis of that allegation, they forcibly removed me from...
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    Virginia Department of Health

    imported post At the local Health Department today, I learned that the Virginia Department of Health has a policy forbidding the possession of weapons. I requested and received a copy of the policy, which reads, under section 5C: As this is a state agency, the policy would not be preempted.
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    Preempted ordinance resolved in Roanoke

    imported post Hi everybody. This exchange actually took place a few weeks back. I would have written about it sooner, but I got hit by the flu, and didn't feel like doing much of anything for a while. I was browsing the Code of the City of Roanoke when I came across this little gem: That's...
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    Asked to leave Home Depot in Roanoke

    imported post The Incident: 7/21 6:30 PM - Home Depot #4609, Hershberger Rd, Roanoke My closet collapsed over the weekend, so after work on Monday, I went to my local Home Depot to pick up some hardware. I was armed with my Para-Ordnance "Carry" 6.45 in a Fobus C-21 holster. I'd picked out...
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