possumboy
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Mike wrote:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+sum+HB1587
Real ID Act; Commonwealth's participation. Provides that the Commonwealth will not participate in the compliance of any provision of the federal Real ID Act and of any other federal law, regulation, or policy that would compromise the economic privacy or biometric data of any resident of the Commonwealth.
Mike wrote:
Virginia is working on a plan against the Real ID Act.The REAL ID Act is a threat to open carry rights - the draconian federalization of state issue DLs & IDs, and eventual creation of a Tri-National ID Card implicates our rights to buy handguns from dealers to open carry, and to open carry in states which require permits to OC - arguably, a gun carry license is an ID within the meaning of the REAL ID Act and many such licenses will be invalidated by the REAL ID Act over time.
Regardless, the growing ”papers in order” PATRIOT Act mentality sweeping out nation, as evidenced by the recent rude demands by police to gun owners eating food in Virginia (Staunton & Manassas), will only be fortified if REAL actually takes effect.
Next time you are eating food at Tony’s pizza, assuming you choose to comply with an invalid police demand for “ID,” the police response might be, “NO! I MEAN YOUR REAL ID – COUGH IT UP OR WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RIDE TO THE STATION![/b]”
TAKE ACTION at http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=30
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Do this for every state in which you live, work, are domiciled, go to school, own property, or have some ties.
Here is the "personal message" I added to my web form mail salvos I fired off today:
"States don't need to be told how to issue IDs, and Americans don't need to be told they have to carry or use IDs within our own country.
Kill the REAL ID Act now!"
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+sum+HB1587
Real ID Act; Commonwealth's participation. Provides that the Commonwealth will not participate in the compliance of any provision of the federal Real ID Act and of any other federal law, regulation, or policy that would compromise the economic privacy or biometric data of any resident of the Commonwealth.