BobCav
Founder's Club Member
imported post
To: Penelope Gross, Mason District Supervisor, Mason District, Fairfax County, Virginia
(Mason@FairfaxCounty.gov)
Dear Ms. Gross,
I wanted to express my extreme disappointment over your decision to not listen to one of your constituents who happened to bearmed and Open Carrying.Yes, I am a member of VCDL and of OpenCarry.org and I do indeed have a CHP that I have never used, since I prefer to Open Carry andI don't believe in hidden agendas or weapons. They are actually one and the same, are they not?
The fact that this citizen Open Carried should have comforted you and most certainly was not about intimidation or fear. Criminals don't wear holsters, but will conceal illegally with no regard for the law and they are the ones to be feared and who intimidate our cities and streets, not law abiding citizens. This citizencould have legally Concealed Carried and you would be none the wiser and that citizen would have been heard, as is HIS right.
Please stop playing the victim, it's very unbecoming for a public official. When law abiding citizens contact youeither in person, or via e-mail, it is for discussion through the exercise of First Amendment rights and possibly a Redress of Grievances, but it is most certainly not an "attack" on you. Your choice of that word serves no purpose but to attempt to garner sympathy for yourself in playing the "victim". It ismost certainly unprofessional and far below the level of professional ethics I would consider necessary for a position of public service such as you currently occupy.
The truth is that no one was threatened or intimidated, and anything you may have felt was not caused by that citizen orhis weapon, but by your internal fears that have been cultivated over the years by many factions who continue to cloud the truth with their own agendas of fear and control.
As you have said in your statements, andone thing you actuallyhave in common with gun owners, is thatoften timesyou don't have to like the law but are obligated to abide by it. That is the price of being a responsible citizen.You can't choose the laws you wish to obey, nor should you choose which rights you will allow your constituents to exercise. Nor can you decide which citizens to listen to based on your own internal prejudices, even those concerning gun ownership. Wouldyou feel as uncomfortable speaking to an African American? Or a Mexican? How about an Italian Catholic from New Jersey with the last name of Cavalcante?Then why did you not speak to that person simply because they were legally exercising their rights as an American and a Virginian and carrying a gun?
You purposefully and intentionally discriminated against that law abiding citizen based on your own internal fears and prejudices toward his decision to carry a gun and that is reprehensible and in my opinion not in the best interests of the citizens of Fairfax County or Mason District.There were many ways he could have been heard and your concerns addressed at the same time, but that wasn't really the agenda was it? That just doesn't thrust you into the role of victim that sadly makes good press and demonizes gun owners. That apparentlyis the true agenda here.
You don't have to like the fact that that citizen was legally carrying, but you were duty bound by your obligation of service to hear him. Failing that, for whatever reason,you have discriminated against and disenfranchised that citizen and have failed in your position of public service and shouldstep down from office and resign your position immediately.
Most Sincerely,
Robert Cavalcante Jr.
GSCS(SW) US Navy (Ret.)
Member VCDL
Member OpenCarry.org
To: Penelope Gross, Mason District Supervisor, Mason District, Fairfax County, Virginia
(Mason@FairfaxCounty.gov)
Dear Ms. Gross,
I wanted to express my extreme disappointment over your decision to not listen to one of your constituents who happened to bearmed and Open Carrying.Yes, I am a member of VCDL and of OpenCarry.org and I do indeed have a CHP that I have never used, since I prefer to Open Carry andI don't believe in hidden agendas or weapons. They are actually one and the same, are they not?
The fact that this citizen Open Carried should have comforted you and most certainly was not about intimidation or fear. Criminals don't wear holsters, but will conceal illegally with no regard for the law and they are the ones to be feared and who intimidate our cities and streets, not law abiding citizens. This citizencould have legally Concealed Carried and you would be none the wiser and that citizen would have been heard, as is HIS right.
Please stop playing the victim, it's very unbecoming for a public official. When law abiding citizens contact youeither in person, or via e-mail, it is for discussion through the exercise of First Amendment rights and possibly a Redress of Grievances, but it is most certainly not an "attack" on you. Your choice of that word serves no purpose but to attempt to garner sympathy for yourself in playing the "victim". It ismost certainly unprofessional and far below the level of professional ethics I would consider necessary for a position of public service such as you currently occupy.
The truth is that no one was threatened or intimidated, and anything you may have felt was not caused by that citizen orhis weapon, but by your internal fears that have been cultivated over the years by many factions who continue to cloud the truth with their own agendas of fear and control.
As you have said in your statements, andone thing you actuallyhave in common with gun owners, is thatoften timesyou don't have to like the law but are obligated to abide by it. That is the price of being a responsible citizen.You can't choose the laws you wish to obey, nor should you choose which rights you will allow your constituents to exercise. Nor can you decide which citizens to listen to based on your own internal prejudices, even those concerning gun ownership. Wouldyou feel as uncomfortable speaking to an African American? Or a Mexican? How about an Italian Catholic from New Jersey with the last name of Cavalcante?Then why did you not speak to that person simply because they were legally exercising their rights as an American and a Virginian and carrying a gun?
You purposefully and intentionally discriminated against that law abiding citizen based on your own internal fears and prejudices toward his decision to carry a gun and that is reprehensible and in my opinion not in the best interests of the citizens of Fairfax County or Mason District.There were many ways he could have been heard and your concerns addressed at the same time, but that wasn't really the agenda was it? That just doesn't thrust you into the role of victim that sadly makes good press and demonizes gun owners. That apparentlyis the true agenda here.
You don't have to like the fact that that citizen was legally carrying, but you were duty bound by your obligation of service to hear him. Failing that, for whatever reason,you have discriminated against and disenfranchised that citizen and have failed in your position of public service and shouldstep down from office and resign your position immediately.
Most Sincerely,
Robert Cavalcante Jr.
GSCS(SW) US Navy (Ret.)
Member VCDL
Member OpenCarry.org
