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I would truly like to have more information as with all we know dosn’t really say much except for Va man. How long has he been a resident? What was his reasoning for having it in his vehicle? I had lived Mississippi for about three years, than Florida for about four, before I moved to Va. I had owned and sold several rifles within that time as well as owned one hand gun. At that time Internet was far from my mind as well the news didn’t interest me much. In saying that, Gun laws did not really register at the top of my list. I was a member of the NRA as to help with he numbers, but really was not interested in reading all the things they had mailed. Not saying I did, but between the three states, as I know now the gun laws differ. I could have stuck a gun in my glove box, or a shotgun in the trunk, and not had a second thought about it. I knew the general safety rules, as well as how to shoot, some skills even learned from past military duty, but at that time the rest never really seemed to matter. I did on some instances call police to ask about concerns, but most answers were I don’t know.
Now in my older age, knowing ignorance is no excuse I dig for every bit of information I can get when it comes to gun laws. Knowing the ignorance of the past to what knowledge I have gained over the last few years I consider my self one of the lucky ones that was not arrested for stupidity, but as well the general media and public service does not do well to educate. Unfortunately as well some gun shop employees sometimes don’t do a better job of educating either. Thanks to the Internet, as well as a talk with someone from behind the counter at Old Dominion shooting range, I happened across VCDL, in which a few years back gave me more knowledge as to gun issues and laws. Than at the middle of the year could make my first VCDL meeting as it was in Richmond. Now from my experience at the VCDL meeting learned about OCDO. Now in a nut shell, massive quantities of information and mixed point of views and I am more enlightened over issues that in general I would have never even had a second thought about.
Moral of the story is: There are many people out there that just really don’t know. I think that is where we all come in. Ignorance is no excuse to the law, but as well the law sometimes dosn’t care about every day law abiding citizens just trying to play by the rules. Sometimes people take for granted the knowledge they have as it is an every day thing for them, where others just didn’t know certain avenues exist.
