Mike
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http://www.examiner.com/article/petersburg-va-circuit-court-clerk-backs-down-to-gun-group
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McNeil’s petition was backed by Virginia’s largest gun rights group, the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL). VCDL President Philip Van Cleave said that
“we bent over backwards to give the Clerk every opportunity to comply with Virginia law. But when she refused, we had no choice to but to petition the Supreme Court for a Writ of Mandamus.”
On June 3d, McNeil’s and VCDL’s attorney received a letter from Braxton stating that she is going to follow Virginia law on issuing CHPs by accepting renewals through the mail, and will ask for only one check for $50 total. Apparently “that Writ of Mandamus worked like Ex-lax,” said John Pierce, co-founder of OpenCarry.org and an attorney in Virginia specializing in “gun trusts.”
Though not surprised that a few Circuit Court Clerks are ignoring the streamlined CHP processing reforms enacted last year, Pierce and Van Cleave say the public is growing impatient with elected Circuit Court Clerks who do not follow the law.
What’s next?
Van Cleave’s group appears to be scrutinizing what it calls “a troubling practice” in Botetourt County where CHP applicants are being intimidated into submitting to police “mug shots.”
“Botetourt County is photographing CHP applicants and that applicants are required to come to the Circuit Court Clerk's office in person to pick up their newly issued permits,” claimed the League in a recent email alert to its members.
VCDL urges the public to refuse to comply with such extra-legal requirements even if it means delaying the approval of the CHP. Unless citizens stand up for their rights like McNeil did in Petersburg, their rights will be continued to be infringed,” says Van Cleave.
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SNIP
McNeil’s petition was backed by Virginia’s largest gun rights group, the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL). VCDL President Philip Van Cleave said that
“we bent over backwards to give the Clerk every opportunity to comply with Virginia law. But when she refused, we had no choice to but to petition the Supreme Court for a Writ of Mandamus.”
On June 3d, McNeil’s and VCDL’s attorney received a letter from Braxton stating that she is going to follow Virginia law on issuing CHPs by accepting renewals through the mail, and will ask for only one check for $50 total. Apparently “that Writ of Mandamus worked like Ex-lax,” said John Pierce, co-founder of OpenCarry.org and an attorney in Virginia specializing in “gun trusts.”
Though not surprised that a few Circuit Court Clerks are ignoring the streamlined CHP processing reforms enacted last year, Pierce and Van Cleave say the public is growing impatient with elected Circuit Court Clerks who do not follow the law.
What’s next?
Van Cleave’s group appears to be scrutinizing what it calls “a troubling practice” in Botetourt County where CHP applicants are being intimidated into submitting to police “mug shots.”
“Botetourt County is photographing CHP applicants and that applicants are required to come to the Circuit Court Clerk's office in person to pick up their newly issued permits,” claimed the League in a recent email alert to its members.
VCDL urges the public to refuse to comply with such extra-legal requirements even if it means delaying the approval of the CHP. Unless citizens stand up for their rights like McNeil did in Petersburg, their rights will be continued to be infringed,” says Van Cleave.
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