Mike
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Video at http://hamptonroads.com/pilot/news/guns"
"Truth is, we're pretty much middle of the road when compared to all 50 states."
Part I
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/tech-massacre-only-heated-gun-debate-virginia
SNIP
"Historically rural, conservative and Southern, Virginia does have a gun-friendly reputation, especially when compared with its northern neighbors. It's legal to walk down a public street with a sidearm holstered to your hip – a fact that makes Virginia one of only 11 Gold Star states in rankings done by a gun-rights group called OpenCarry.org."
[OCDO NOTE:Actually, it's legal to do this in 44 states. And 29 states without any license. What makes VA and 10 other states Gold Star is that not only can you open carry, but you can open carry without any license on foot and in vehicles; further, localities must be preempted as to open carry, generally. CO would be a Gold Star State except the Colo. S. Ct. split 3-3 on Denver's Open Carry ban - a new justice is on that Court, and the next case should tip CO back to Gold Star status. Many other states will join Gold Star status as soon as their legislatures enact full preemption of localities]
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/groups-each-side-gun-debate-find-little-middle-ground
SNIP
"Virginia Citizens Defense League
The loudest of all Virginia gun groups, this organization got its start in 1994 as the Northern Virginia Citizens Defense League. Now with around 3,800 members, the VCDL usually works in lockstep with the NRA. Its Web site offers a list of "gun friendly" lawyers and a list of "gun unfriendly" businesses for its members to avoid."
[url]http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/can-us-cities-ban-guns-supreme-court-set-weigh[/url]
[url]http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/virginias-constitution-includes-right-bear-arms-too[/url]
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/milestones-gun-control
Video at http://hamptonroads.com/pilot/news/guns"
"Truth is, we're pretty much middle of the road when compared to all 50 states."
Part I
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/tech-massacre-only-heated-gun-debate-virginia
SNIP
"Historically rural, conservative and Southern, Virginia does have a gun-friendly reputation, especially when compared with its northern neighbors. It's legal to walk down a public street with a sidearm holstered to your hip – a fact that makes Virginia one of only 11 Gold Star states in rankings done by a gun-rights group called OpenCarry.org."
[OCDO NOTE:Actually, it's legal to do this in 44 states. And 29 states without any license. What makes VA and 10 other states Gold Star is that not only can you open carry, but you can open carry without any license on foot and in vehicles; further, localities must be preempted as to open carry, generally. CO would be a Gold Star State except the Colo. S. Ct. split 3-3 on Denver's Open Carry ban - a new justice is on that Court, and the next case should tip CO back to Gold Star status. Many other states will join Gold Star status as soon as their legislatures enact full preemption of localities]
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/groups-each-side-gun-debate-find-little-middle-ground
SNIP
"Virginia Citizens Defense League
The loudest of all Virginia gun groups, this organization got its start in 1994 as the Northern Virginia Citizens Defense League. Now with around 3,800 members, the VCDL usually works in lockstep with the NRA. Its Web site offers a list of "gun friendly" lawyers and a list of "gun unfriendly" businesses for its members to avoid."
[url]http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/can-us-cities-ban-guns-supreme-court-set-weigh[/url]
[url]http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/virginias-constitution-includes-right-bear-arms-too[/url]
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/milestones-gun-control