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You read the story, now see the movie: Who's playin' the banjo now, Dick?

Mike

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Notice how ho hum open carry has become in Virginiasince 2004.

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Champps Part I, 2004, in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50416-2004Jul14.html& http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53084-2004Jul15.html

Champps Part II, 2008, according to the Associated Press: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=1403608 (the Washington Post published but has since CUT its link to this article)

And the VCDL's Champps Part II movie:


On the VCDL Main Page: http://www.vcdl.org/static/index.html#CHAMPPS

Direct links

Quicktime: http://www.vcdl.org/Champps/VCDL_Champs.mov

Windows Media: http://www.vcdl.org/Champps/VCDL_Champs.wmv

iTunes iPod: http://www.vcdl.org/Champps/VCDL_Champs.m4v

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1. Video of Champps dinner in honor of Senator Richard "Banjo" Saslaw
now online!
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As you might recall, Fairfax County Senator Saslaw told the Virginia
Senate that anyone who dared to open carry in a NoVA restaurant that
is licensed to serve alcoholic beverages would be asked to leave.

We knew that was baloney and had an AP reporter document a series of
luncheons and a dinner in NoVA, with VCDL members carrying openly as
required by law.

The video of the VCDL "Saslaw" dinner at Champps restaurant in
northern Virginia is now on the VCDL web site! Thanks to VCDL member
Matt Gottshalk for producing and editing the video - a professional
job as usual.

In the video you'll see the general manager of Champps speaking
first, followed by me, followed by Delegate Dick Black. Delegate
Black spoke on behalf of Senator Ken Cuccinelli, who had a prior
speaking engagement that evening.

You will also see Board member Bruce Jackson explaining briefly to
other guests in the restaurant why we were there that night, followed
by all the VCDL members raising their hands to indicate that they were
lawfully armed.

Here is the link: http://www.vcdl.org/static/index.html#CHAMPPS
 

hsmith

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VCDL should give out an "award" to the "Most pro gun representative" in our legislature, and it should be a banjo :D
 

Neplusultra

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MustangDave wrote:
Damn that's great!
WOW!!! THAT was NOTHING like the news articles I read! The articles really made Bruce sound like someone looking for attention when he all he did was very professionally explain to the croud unsensationalisticly why they were there.

And I go around telling others not to make judgements based on one side of the story! Sorry Bruce, I won't do that again. Saslaw comes out of this really looking like a low life now.
 

pourshot

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Neplusultra wrote:
WOW!!! THAT was NOTHING like the news articles I read! The articles really made Bruce sound like someone looking for attention when he all he did was very professionally explain to the crowd unsensationalisticly why they were there.

And I go around telling others not to make judgements based on one side of the story! Sorry Bruce, I won't do that again. Saslaw comes out of this really looking like a low life now.

Apology accepted...Heck, if I did not know me and I read that AP story I would have thought myself to be a bit of a fool too!

Now, If I could just find all the papers all across America that I posted to as comments to that story I would go back and post the link to the video.
 
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