Mike
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I addition to encouraging folks to show and stand up behindme & other pro-gun group leaders (like VCDL & NRA), or speak briefly "to the bills," I think we should declare an OCDOlobby day - more gun bills will be heard in one day that at any other timein recent history!
This is a historic moment - if we could get at least 1-2 women to attend and
speak for 20 seconds, especially against Miller's strip search your wife,girlfriend, sister,or daughter bill (HB 2943), that would be extremely helpful. Car pools encouraged but not required! As Monday is a holiday, street parking in Richmond will be free of charge!
DEFENSE PLAYS: 2 Bad Bills: Miller's police state bill (HB 2943); Scott's
retroactive lose your kids lose your guns for life (hb 2998).
OFFENSE PLAYS: 7 Good bills: Janis' HB 1626 (Castle doctrine tightening),
HB 2588 (machine gun shall process form 4s), HB 3109 (discharge reform); HB
3108 (restricting snooping on exercise of 2d amend rights); Nutter's HB 2235
(shall accept CHPs); Athey's 2413 (HR 218 compliance for retired LEOs);
Lingamfelter's HB 2653 (Bloomberg goon shark repellant)
1. H.B. 1626 Patron: Janis Self defense and defense of others. Provides
that any person who lawfully occupies a dwelling is justified in using any
degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person
when the other person has unlawfully entered the dwelling, has committed an
overt act toward the occupant or another person in the dwelling, and the
occupant reasonably believes he or another person in the dwelling is in imminent
danger of bodily harm. The bill also provides that a person who uses
justifiable force against an intruder shall be immune from civil liability for
injuries or death of the other person. This bill incorporates HB 2458. A BILL to
amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-91.1, relating to
self defense and defense of others.
2. H.B. 2235 Patron: Nutter Concealed handgun permits; recognition of
out-of-state permits. Allows any person who is at least 21 years of age with a
valid concealed handgun or concealed weapons permit issued by another state to
carry a concealed handgun in the Commonwealth, so long as he also has a valid
government-issued photo identification. A BILL to amend and reenact §
18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia, relating to concealed handgun permits;
recognition of out-of-state permits.
3. H.B. 2413 Patron: Athey Concealed handgun permits; retired
law-enforcement officers. Provides that a retired law-enforcement officer who has been issued proof of consultation and review to carry a concealed handgun shall have the opportunity to annually participate, at the retired officer's expense,
in the same firearms training required for active duty law-enforcement
officers in the Commonwealth to carry a concealed handgun. The federal Law
Enforcement Officers Safety Act requires that, in order to carry a concealed handgun
pursuant to the Act, a retired law-enforcement officer be found by the state
to meet the law-enforcement training standards established by the state. If a
retired law-enforcement officer meets the training and qualification
standards, the chief law-enforcement officer shall issue to the retired officer a
certification, valid for one year, indicating that he has meet the standards to
carry a firearm.A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to concealed handgun permits; retired law-enforcement officers.
4. H.B. 2588 Patron: Janis Certification of machine gun transfer and
registration. Names the Superintendent of the Department of State Police as a
chief law-enforcement officer for purposes of certifying applications for the
transfer and registration of weapons subject to the National Firearms Act. Upon
receipt of a request to certify an application, the Superintendent shall
provide the certification within 15 days unless he has knowledge that the
applicant is prohibited from receiving the weapon.A BILL to amend the Code of
Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-295.1, relating to certification of the
transfer and registration of a weapon subject to the National Firearms Act.
5. H.B. 2653 Patron: Lingamfelter Illegal conveyance of firearms; penalty.
Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, except for a law-enforcement
officer in the performance of his official duties, to solicit or otherwise entice
a firearms dealer to illegally convey a firearm other than to an actual
buyer. A person who willfully and intentionally aids and abets a person violating
this provision is likewise guilty of a Class 6 felony.A BILL to amend and
reenact § 18.2-308.2:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to illegal conveyance
of firearms; penalty.
BAD BILL - 6. H.B. 2943 Patron: Miller, J.H. Misdemeanor summons. Gives a
law-enforcement officer the choice of issuing a summons and releasing the
person or arresting him for Class 1 and 2 misdemeanors. Under current law the
law-enforcement officer must release the person on a summons for most Class 1
and 2 misdemeanors unless the person fails to stop the unlawful act or
indicates that he will not appear as directed in the summons. The bill also requires
the officer to arrest the person if he fails to stop the unlawful act;
currently arrest is discretionary. A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-74 of the
Code of Virginia, relating to summons and arrest in misdemeanor cases.
BAD BILL 7. H.B. 2998 Patron: Scott, J.M. Possession of firearms by certain
persons who have had parental rights terminated; penalty. Prohibits a
person who has had his parental rights terminated based upon a finding of
aggravated circumstances from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill defines aggravated circumstances as torture, chronic or severe abuse, or
chronic or severe sexual abuse of a child of the parent or a child with whom
the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred. A violation of this
section would be a Class 1 misdemeanor.A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by
adding a section numbered 18.2-308.2:02, relating to purchase and possession
of handguns by certain individuals.
8. H.B. 3108 Patron: Janis Inquiries into the exercise of constitutional
rights; civil penalty. Prohibits any person from inquiring of a minor or
mentally incompetent person as to the exercise of constitutionally protected
rights, such as the exercise of religion or the right to keep and bear arms, by
the person's family or household for purposes of statistical development or to
justify the provision of social services by a person not retained by the
parent or legal guardian. A violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
$100. The section provides for certain exemptions from the prohibition. A
BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of
Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.1, relating to inquiries into the
exercise of constitutional rights; civil penalty.
9. H.B. 3109 Patron: Janis Shooting in certain areas. Makes it a Class 1
misdemeanor to discharge a firearm towards a subdivision within the range of
the firearm, or to discharge a firearm towards any person or structure, when
no barrier exists that would prevent the projectile from striking a person or
structure. With these changes, a locality would no longer be able to prohibit
hunting generally within a half-mile radius of a subdivision, but would
still be able to prohibit hunting within a subdivision.A BILL to amend and
reenact §§ 15.2-1113.1, 15.2-1210, 18.2-56.1, and 18.2-286 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to shooting in certain areas.
SOURCE: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+doc+S0310219
I addition to encouraging folks to show and stand up behindme & other pro-gun group leaders (like VCDL & NRA), or speak briefly "to the bills," I think we should declare an OCDOlobby day - more gun bills will be heard in one day that at any other timein recent history!
This is a historic moment - if we could get at least 1-2 women to attend and
speak for 20 seconds, especially against Miller's strip search your wife,girlfriend, sister,or daughter bill (HB 2943), that would be extremely helpful. Car pools encouraged but not required! As Monday is a holiday, street parking in Richmond will be free of charge!
DEFENSE PLAYS: 2 Bad Bills: Miller's police state bill (HB 2943); Scott's
retroactive lose your kids lose your guns for life (hb 2998).
OFFENSE PLAYS: 7 Good bills: Janis' HB 1626 (Castle doctrine tightening),
HB 2588 (machine gun shall process form 4s), HB 3109 (discharge reform); HB
3108 (restricting snooping on exercise of 2d amend rights); Nutter's HB 2235
(shall accept CHPs); Athey's 2413 (HR 218 compliance for retired LEOs);
Lingamfelter's HB 2653 (Bloomberg goon shark repellant)
1. H.B. 1626 Patron: Janis Self defense and defense of others. Provides
that any person who lawfully occupies a dwelling is justified in using any
degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person
when the other person has unlawfully entered the dwelling, has committed an
overt act toward the occupant or another person in the dwelling, and the
occupant reasonably believes he or another person in the dwelling is in imminent
danger of bodily harm. The bill also provides that a person who uses
justifiable force against an intruder shall be immune from civil liability for
injuries or death of the other person. This bill incorporates HB 2458. A BILL to
amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-91.1, relating to
self defense and defense of others.
2. H.B. 2235 Patron: Nutter Concealed handgun permits; recognition of
out-of-state permits. Allows any person who is at least 21 years of age with a
valid concealed handgun or concealed weapons permit issued by another state to
carry a concealed handgun in the Commonwealth, so long as he also has a valid
government-issued photo identification. A BILL to amend and reenact §
18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia, relating to concealed handgun permits;
recognition of out-of-state permits.
3. H.B. 2413 Patron: Athey Concealed handgun permits; retired
law-enforcement officers. Provides that a retired law-enforcement officer who has been issued proof of consultation and review to carry a concealed handgun shall have the opportunity to annually participate, at the retired officer's expense,
in the same firearms training required for active duty law-enforcement
officers in the Commonwealth to carry a concealed handgun. The federal Law
Enforcement Officers Safety Act requires that, in order to carry a concealed handgun
pursuant to the Act, a retired law-enforcement officer be found by the state
to meet the law-enforcement training standards established by the state. If a
retired law-enforcement officer meets the training and qualification
standards, the chief law-enforcement officer shall issue to the retired officer a
certification, valid for one year, indicating that he has meet the standards to
carry a firearm.A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to concealed handgun permits; retired law-enforcement officers.
4. H.B. 2588 Patron: Janis Certification of machine gun transfer and
registration. Names the Superintendent of the Department of State Police as a
chief law-enforcement officer for purposes of certifying applications for the
transfer and registration of weapons subject to the National Firearms Act. Upon
receipt of a request to certify an application, the Superintendent shall
provide the certification within 15 days unless he has knowledge that the
applicant is prohibited from receiving the weapon.A BILL to amend the Code of
Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-295.1, relating to certification of the
transfer and registration of a weapon subject to the National Firearms Act.
5. H.B. 2653 Patron: Lingamfelter Illegal conveyance of firearms; penalty.
Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, except for a law-enforcement
officer in the performance of his official duties, to solicit or otherwise entice
a firearms dealer to illegally convey a firearm other than to an actual
buyer. A person who willfully and intentionally aids and abets a person violating
this provision is likewise guilty of a Class 6 felony.A BILL to amend and
reenact § 18.2-308.2:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to illegal conveyance
of firearms; penalty.
BAD BILL - 6. H.B. 2943 Patron: Miller, J.H. Misdemeanor summons. Gives a
law-enforcement officer the choice of issuing a summons and releasing the
person or arresting him for Class 1 and 2 misdemeanors. Under current law the
law-enforcement officer must release the person on a summons for most Class 1
and 2 misdemeanors unless the person fails to stop the unlawful act or
indicates that he will not appear as directed in the summons. The bill also requires
the officer to arrest the person if he fails to stop the unlawful act;
currently arrest is discretionary. A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-74 of the
Code of Virginia, relating to summons and arrest in misdemeanor cases.
BAD BILL 7. H.B. 2998 Patron: Scott, J.M. Possession of firearms by certain
persons who have had parental rights terminated; penalty. Prohibits a
person who has had his parental rights terminated based upon a finding of
aggravated circumstances from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill defines aggravated circumstances as torture, chronic or severe abuse, or
chronic or severe sexual abuse of a child of the parent or a child with whom
the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred. A violation of this
section would be a Class 1 misdemeanor.A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by
adding a section numbered 18.2-308.2:02, relating to purchase and possession
of handguns by certain individuals.
8. H.B. 3108 Patron: Janis Inquiries into the exercise of constitutional
rights; civil penalty. Prohibits any person from inquiring of a minor or
mentally incompetent person as to the exercise of constitutionally protected
rights, such as the exercise of religion or the right to keep and bear arms, by
the person's family or household for purposes of statistical development or to
justify the provision of social services by a person not retained by the
parent or legal guardian. A violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
$100. The section provides for certain exemptions from the prohibition. A
BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of
Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.1, relating to inquiries into the
exercise of constitutional rights; civil penalty.
9. H.B. 3109 Patron: Janis Shooting in certain areas. Makes it a Class 1
misdemeanor to discharge a firearm towards a subdivision within the range of
the firearm, or to discharge a firearm towards any person or structure, when
no barrier exists that would prevent the projectile from striking a person or
structure. With these changes, a locality would no longer be able to prohibit
hunting generally within a half-mile radius of a subdivision, but would
still be able to prohibit hunting within a subdivision.A BILL to amend and
reenact §§ 15.2-1113.1, 15.2-1210, 18.2-56.1, and 18.2-286 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to shooting in certain areas.
SOURCE: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+doc+S0310219
