fully_armed_biker
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I just got home from spending today trying to get my paperwork filed for my CHP...here is the end result, an email I sent to the Portsmouth City Council, the Clerk of the Court, and my Delegate and Senator in the GA:
I am writing this email to express my complete disgust and dismay towards the City of Portsmouth andthe City of PortsmouthSheriff's Office. The City of Portsmouth, not the Commonwealth of Virginia, requires fingerprintingto obtain a Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP). I showed up today at the Clerk of the Courts office at 11:30 AM. I was told to go downstairs to the Sheriff's Office Intake Unitto have my fingerprints taken. After being informed that it would be an hour before they could get to me, I was then told, after two hours, thatthey were too busy and didn't know when they could get to me. After waiting for 5 hours to get my fingerprints taken, I was told to come back tomorrow...that I, a law abiding citizen, was not a priority. In other words, my (or others for that matter) Constitutionally guaranteed rights, guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States as well as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, are not a priority. The fact that the City of Portsmouth would place this requirement as an impediment; yet, fail to provide a mechanism to fulfill the requirement in a convenient and timely manner is a slap inthe face to the law abiding citizens of the city of Portsmouth and nothing short of a violation of my/our Civil Rights. So, now after takingtoday off of work to getthe paperwork filed to obtain my CHP, I am no closer to filing it, thanks to the City of Portsmouth Sheriff's Office and have to take another day off hoping I don't get the run around...again!
I just got home from spending today trying to get my paperwork filed for my CHP...here is the end result, an email I sent to the Portsmouth City Council, the Clerk of the Court, and my Delegate and Senator in the GA:
I am writing this email to express my complete disgust and dismay towards the City of Portsmouth andthe City of PortsmouthSheriff's Office. The City of Portsmouth, not the Commonwealth of Virginia, requires fingerprintingto obtain a Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP). I showed up today at the Clerk of the Courts office at 11:30 AM. I was told to go downstairs to the Sheriff's Office Intake Unitto have my fingerprints taken. After being informed that it would be an hour before they could get to me, I was then told, after two hours, thatthey were too busy and didn't know when they could get to me. After waiting for 5 hours to get my fingerprints taken, I was told to come back tomorrow...that I, a law abiding citizen, was not a priority. In other words, my (or others for that matter) Constitutionally guaranteed rights, guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States as well as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, are not a priority. The fact that the City of Portsmouth would place this requirement as an impediment; yet, fail to provide a mechanism to fulfill the requirement in a convenient and timely manner is a slap inthe face to the law abiding citizens of the city of Portsmouth and nothing short of a violation of my/our Civil Rights. So, now after takingtoday off of work to getthe paperwork filed to obtain my CHP, I am no closer to filing it, thanks to the City of Portsmouth Sheriff's Office and have to take another day off hoping I don't get the run around...again!