Repeater
Regular Member
What is it about Eileen Filler-Corn? Oh right, I already answered my own question.
Well, more brilliance from Fairfax County:
Online class to remain an option to get Va. gun permit
True or false: The Virginia State Police are our friends.
Well, more brilliance from Fairfax County:
Online class to remain an option to get Va. gun permit
A while back, Andrew Goddard took an online firearms training course.
"I learned nothing from it," Goddard told a House of Delegates subcommittee Thursday.
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Goddard, a gun-control activist whose son Colin was shot in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, testified in support of a bill (HB1246) that would have removed the option of taking an online class to demonstrate the necessary competence to obtain a concealed handgun permit.
The sponsor of the bill, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax County, told the panel the online classes are not an adequate test of handgun competency. For example, she said, a typical question from the online test: "True or false: Always keep handguns pointed in a safe direction."
The Virginia State Police supported Filler-Corn's legislation. But Philip Van Cleave, a gun-rights activist, said there's no evidence that people who have taken online courses are handling guns unsafely.
"Where are the problems?" he asked. "I haven't heard of any."
The Republican-controlled subcommittee agreed and tabled the bill, halting its advance.
True or false: The Virginia State Police are our friends.