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VA-ALERT: ACTION ALERT 2/21/09

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VA-ALERT: ACTION ALERT 2/21/09


-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Van Cleave
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:44 PM
Subject: VA-ALERT: ACTION ALERT 2/21/09

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VCDL's meeting schedule: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings.html
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Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html
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Please send an email right now to your Delegate urging support for the
modified restaurant ban repeal bill, SB 1035, and the unamended REAL-
ID bill, HB 1587.

The other REAL-ID bill, SB 1431, was amendment in committee and that
amendment destroyed the bill. Thus we also need to urge the House to
kill that bill.

To send the email to your Delegate, click here:

http://www2.vcdl.org/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/vcdl/reflector.html?REF=MyDelegate&PRE=09-SB1035-2

or click here:

http://tinyurl.com/aavhdb

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On Monday morning 4 gun bills will be heard in the Senate Courts of
Justice committee at 8:30 AM:

HB 1851, Delegate Lingamfelter's bill to exempt active-duty military
from Virginia's one handgun a month law. (SUPPORT)

HB 2136, Delegate Jackson Miller's bill to allow a police officer to
arrest at will for a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor. (OPPOSE)

HB 2144, Delegate Nutter's CHP privacy loophole bill that stops the
State Police from disseminating CHP information, but leaves a huge
loophole that lets courts give out that same information and more.
(OPPOSE unless amended to completely protect the private information
of CHP holders.)

HB 2178, Delegate Ed Scott's bill that makes possession of ammunition
by a convicted felon a crime under Virginia law. (OPPOSE)

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On Monday afternoon Senator Marsh's SB 1254, which requires that out
of state CHP holders who already have a picture on their permits show
yet another picture ID, is being heard in the House Courts of Justice
committee. VCDL opposes this bill.



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Thank you for your e-mail opposing HB 2144.

I have reviewed this legislation and do not see a loophole that would
continue to allow the press to access this information. To the contrary it
seems to limit access to just police and those doing police business.

The bill came out of the Militia & Police committee unanimously and passed
the House in a block of bills that were uncontested. It is currently in
the Senate and will be on the floor tomorrow.

I hope that this information is helpful to you.

Sincerely,

Delegate Bob Marshall

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profile wrote:
Thank you for your e-mail opposing HB 2144.

I have reviewed this legislation and do not see a loophole that would
continue to allow the press to access this information. To the contrary it
seems to limit access to just police and those doing police business.

The bill came out of the Militia & Police committee unanimously and passed
the House in a block of bills that were uncontested. It is currently in
the Senate and will be on the floor tomorrow.

I hope that this information is helpful to you.

Sincerely,

Delegate Bob Marshall

RGM/ccg
Oh my goodness, this makes me want to PUKE.

I guess I will have to send him copies of the Free Lance-Star's monthly lists.

This reply is disgusting.

TFred
 

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Does this Marshall guy specialize in not knowing the law?

This is the SECOND time in the last week he has been quoted with some nonsensical statement.

See also:
profile wrote at http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum54/21579.html:
Thank you for your e-mail in opposition to HB 2136.

I wanted to let you know that I voted in favor of HB 2136 and to tell you
why.

Prior to a Supreme Court decision in 2006 the law to allowed police
officers to arrest for misdemenors and they typically only did so in
certain circumstances. The court decision still allows them to arrest for
certain circumstances surrounding misdemenors but has left thm in a bad
position in certain other situations. For example if a witness tells an
officer that he has seen an offense take place the officer can arrest the
offender for that misdemenor but if the officer witnesses the offense
he/she cannot arrest the person for the same offense.

There are certain misdemenors that certainly warrant arrest but officers
cannot arrest for if they witness, these include, trespass, assault, sexual
battery, indecent exposure and peeping. This prohibits officers from
arresting know drug dealers for trespassing on housing authority property
from which they have been banned and arresting known shoplifters who are
trespassing on retail property from which they have been banned. Now
officers must issue a summons even in assault and trespass cases and in
most cases the summons is ignored allowing misdemeanants to escape justice.
It also keeps officers from making arrests even is situations where they
might be able to because of fear of being accused of unlawful arrest. This
means more criminals roaming the streets.

I do not believe that this legislation is in any way meant to target law
abiding citizens. It is merely intended to allow officers the right of
arrest that they had in certain misdemenor cases until 3 years ago.

I hope this information helps you understand why I voted for this
legislation. If you have any further questions or concerns please let me
know.

Sincerely,

Delegate Bob Marshall

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Well, I sent Del Marshall an e-mail, and he did reply, saying essentially, he didn't say any such thing. So I replied with the text of his e-mail above, saying "a constituent shared it with me"...

I know they're busy, but wow.

TFred
 
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