Glock27Bill
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Ed got props in items #2 and #3 for his efforts on our behalf to keep local governments in compliance with state law. :celebrate:celebrate:celebrate
http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=3997090
http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=4550176
http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=4551168
VCDL Update 10/6/09 - "When you sit down to negotiate on what you already have, you lose." —Rep. Marie Parente
1. VCDL President to speak at Liberty Gun Rights Symposium
2. Alexandria drops illegal ordinances, just as a VCDL member prepares to sue
3. Powhatan Wine Festival drops it's "No Guns" policy thanks to member Ed Levine
4. Another VA-ALERT reader shares his open carry experience
5. Citizens bring truth to Virgina Tech gun panel
6. Gun lobbyists pick candidates - Saxman endorses Pollard!
7. Who needs a gun at the Springfield mall?
8. SCOTUS to hear 2nd amendment incorporation case
9. Who needs a gun in the home at 7:30AM?
10. How DC residents can buy guns without registration
11. Who needs a gun in church?
12. LTE: Consider the consequences of using a firearm
13. Who needs a gun in the shower?
14. Gun advocates predict drop in crime if gun ban is lifted
15. Gray Column: Guns on trains not a good idea
16. Andrew Dysart replied to a thread on Facebook
17. Gary Kleck responds to Chet Szymecki about an anti-gun "study"
18. AZ: Valley bars, eateries get ready for gun-toting patrons
19. After Arizona, Virginia likely next to repeal ban on concealed carry in restaurants
20. Women buying guns like never before
21. The true citizen soldier
22. Alamogordo police pay $21,000 to settle open carry lawsuit
23. Surprise winner of Obama stimulus spending: gun industry
24. Growing number of Detroit pastors wear handguns in pulpit
25. Open house at G3 Security Group
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2. Alexandria drops illegal ordinances, just as a VCDL member prepares to sue
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I talked to the Alexandria City Attorney in early summer and told him that Alexandria had some preempted firearms ordinances on the books and that the City needed to remove them. I was told that the City Council was on hiatus over the summer, but that the City Attorney would bring the issue up when they reconvened.
Meanwhile VCDL member Ed Levine, using the services of VCDL member and attorney Mark Matthews, was preparing a lawsuit over that same issue. I told Ed that the City Attorney was planning on bringing up the illegal ordinances and they should get struck off the books. However, it seemed prudent for Ed to proceed just in case Alexandria decided to play games.
As it turned out, and to the City's credit, they indeed had just voted to remove the offending ordinances as Mark was getting some FOIA information together for the suit.
Thanks to Ed and Mark for being in a quick fall back position had it been needed.
Ed has been a busy boy - see item #3, next.
So another set of bad ordinances are gone. VCDL is on the lookout for more, so if your locality has any illegal gun ordinances, please get in touch with us.
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3. Powhatan Wine Festival drops it's "No Guns" policy thanks to member Ed Levine
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Ed Levine noticed that the Powhatan Festival of the Grape rules had a "no guns" policy. As it turns out this was something I thought I had fixed a few years ago, but alas, it was back.
Ed got in touch with the festival administration and after seeing the state's preemption laws, they agreed to drop the "no guns" rule. However, their tickets had already been printed up with that wording, but they fixed their web site with the change.
Good work, Ed!
Here is the event ticket information, for those who might like to go on October 24th:
http://www.powhatanwinefestival.com/tickets.htm
Ed got props in items #2 and #3 for his efforts on our behalf to keep local governments in compliance with state law. :celebrate:celebrate:celebrate
http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=3997090
http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=4550176
http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/vadetail.html?RECID=4551168
VCDL Update 10/6/09 - "When you sit down to negotiate on what you already have, you lose." —Rep. Marie Parente
1. VCDL President to speak at Liberty Gun Rights Symposium
2. Alexandria drops illegal ordinances, just as a VCDL member prepares to sue
3. Powhatan Wine Festival drops it's "No Guns" policy thanks to member Ed Levine
4. Another VA-ALERT reader shares his open carry experience
5. Citizens bring truth to Virgina Tech gun panel
6. Gun lobbyists pick candidates - Saxman endorses Pollard!
7. Who needs a gun at the Springfield mall?
8. SCOTUS to hear 2nd amendment incorporation case
9. Who needs a gun in the home at 7:30AM?
10. How DC residents can buy guns without registration
11. Who needs a gun in church?
12. LTE: Consider the consequences of using a firearm
13. Who needs a gun in the shower?
14. Gun advocates predict drop in crime if gun ban is lifted
15. Gray Column: Guns on trains not a good idea
16. Andrew Dysart replied to a thread on Facebook
17. Gary Kleck responds to Chet Szymecki about an anti-gun "study"
18. AZ: Valley bars, eateries get ready for gun-toting patrons
19. After Arizona, Virginia likely next to repeal ban on concealed carry in restaurants
20. Women buying guns like never before
21. The true citizen soldier
22. Alamogordo police pay $21,000 to settle open carry lawsuit
23. Surprise winner of Obama stimulus spending: gun industry
24. Growing number of Detroit pastors wear handguns in pulpit
25. Open house at G3 Security Group
**************************************************
2. Alexandria drops illegal ordinances, just as a VCDL member prepares to sue
**************************************************
I talked to the Alexandria City Attorney in early summer and told him that Alexandria had some preempted firearms ordinances on the books and that the City needed to remove them. I was told that the City Council was on hiatus over the summer, but that the City Attorney would bring the issue up when they reconvened.
Meanwhile VCDL member Ed Levine, using the services of VCDL member and attorney Mark Matthews, was preparing a lawsuit over that same issue. I told Ed that the City Attorney was planning on bringing up the illegal ordinances and they should get struck off the books. However, it seemed prudent for Ed to proceed just in case Alexandria decided to play games.
As it turned out, and to the City's credit, they indeed had just voted to remove the offending ordinances as Mark was getting some FOIA information together for the suit.
Thanks to Ed and Mark for being in a quick fall back position had it been needed.
Ed has been a busy boy - see item #3, next.
So another set of bad ordinances are gone. VCDL is on the lookout for more, so if your locality has any illegal gun ordinances, please get in touch with us.
**************************************************
3. Powhatan Wine Festival drops it's "No Guns" policy thanks to member Ed Levine
**************************************************
Ed Levine noticed that the Powhatan Festival of the Grape rules had a "no guns" policy. As it turns out this was something I thought I had fixed a few years ago, but alas, it was back.
Ed got in touch with the festival administration and after seeing the state's preemption laws, they agreed to drop the "no guns" rule. However, their tickets had already been printed up with that wording, but they fixed their web site with the change.
Good work, Ed!
Here is the event ticket information, for those who might like to go on October 24th:
http://www.powhatanwinefestival.com/tickets.htm
