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Posted by Philip Van Cleave at
http://www.packing.org/community/laws_politics/thread/?thread=15158
From VCDL's VA-ALERT system:
Note to non-Virginia packing members - item 1 is important to you, too. Please contact your Senators and get their names added to the 19 who currently are sponsoring S.3275!
1. ACTION ITEM: National Recognition is under attack and needs YOUR help!
2. Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club saved by gun owner activism!
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1. ACTION ITEM: National Recognition is under attack and needs YOUR help!
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I am still hearing from gun owners who are confused by some information coming from a group in Pennsylvania and another in Virginia that implies that Senator Allen's National Recognition bill is a 'Trojan horse' that could be amended down the road to restrict CHPs.
Yes, that's always a possibility -- any law can be modified and twisted in the future to our detriment. That was even a concern back when Virginia's Shall Issue law moving through the legislature. But is that a reason to attempt to torpedo a good bill? I don't think so.
Any restrictions put on later would only affect you carrying in states that don't have their own reciprocity/recognition with either Virginia or one of the other permits that you might have.
So worst case if the National Reciprocity law is modified to require, say, some Draconian minimum level of training or whatever, the permits from states that don't comply would simply not be honored in non-reciprocal/non-recognition states, exactly like the situation is currently.
So there isn't much of a downside to the bill, but there is quite an upside.
THE REAL PROBLEM is that some groups are asking their members to contact Senator Allen to ask him to DROP his National Recognition bill!!! I don't know how many gun-owners are going to be mislead and possibly endanger the bill, but we CAN'T take a chance.
If that bill gets dropped because of wrong-minded pressure, it will be a LONG TIME before we can get something like this put in again!
IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY IN ALL 50 STATES, then I NEED ALL OF YOU to do two things to keep this thing on track:
1. Contact Senator Allen (call him AND send him an email), thank him for putting S.3275 in and ask him to push to get it passed before this year's election.
2. Contact Senator Warner (call him AND send him an email), ask him to become a sponsor of S.3275 and ask him to push to get it passed as soon as possible.
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Here is the contact information and suggested emails:
Senator George Allen:
Phone: (202) 224-4024
Web email:
http://tinyurl.com/s67f9
For the topic, select "Government." Suggested copy-and-paste message:
Dear Senator Allen,
As a gun-owner I would like to thank you for introducing S.3275!
Please push this important bill forward so that it gets to the President's desk before the upcoming election. My right to self-defense should not stop at Virginia's borders!
Please let me know what you're going to do.
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Senator John Warner:
Phone (202) 224-2023
Web email:
http://www.senate.gov/~warner/contact/contactme.cfm
Select a subject of "Governmental Affairs." Suggested copy-and-paste message:
Dear Senator Warner,
Please cosponsor Senator George Allen's bill, S.3275, which would allow Virginia concealed handgun permit holders to lawfully carry in all 50 states! My right to self-defense should not end at Virginia's borders.
Your help pushing this bill so that it gets passed as soon as possible would be appreciated.
Please let me know what you are going to do on this matter.
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OK, VCDL - A RARE OPPORTUNITY IS IN FRONT OF US AND OUR VOICES NEED TO BE THE LOUDEST - LET'S ROLL!!!
Posted by Philip Van Cleave at
http://www.packing.org/community/laws_politics/thread/?thread=15158
From VCDL's VA-ALERT system:
Note to non-Virginia packing members - item 1 is important to you, too. Please contact your Senators and get their names added to the 19 who currently are sponsoring S.3275!
1. ACTION ITEM: National Recognition is under attack and needs YOUR help!
2. Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club saved by gun owner activism!
*****************************************************
1. ACTION ITEM: National Recognition is under attack and needs YOUR help!
*****************************************************
I am still hearing from gun owners who are confused by some information coming from a group in Pennsylvania and another in Virginia that implies that Senator Allen's National Recognition bill is a 'Trojan horse' that could be amended down the road to restrict CHPs.
Yes, that's always a possibility -- any law can be modified and twisted in the future to our detriment. That was even a concern back when Virginia's Shall Issue law moving through the legislature. But is that a reason to attempt to torpedo a good bill? I don't think so.
Any restrictions put on later would only affect you carrying in states that don't have their own reciprocity/recognition with either Virginia or one of the other permits that you might have.
So worst case if the National Reciprocity law is modified to require, say, some Draconian minimum level of training or whatever, the permits from states that don't comply would simply not be honored in non-reciprocal/non-recognition states, exactly like the situation is currently.
So there isn't much of a downside to the bill, but there is quite an upside.
THE REAL PROBLEM is that some groups are asking their members to contact Senator Allen to ask him to DROP his National Recognition bill!!! I don't know how many gun-owners are going to be mislead and possibly endanger the bill, but we CAN'T take a chance.
If that bill gets dropped because of wrong-minded pressure, it will be a LONG TIME before we can get something like this put in again!
IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY IN ALL 50 STATES, then I NEED ALL OF YOU to do two things to keep this thing on track:
1. Contact Senator Allen (call him AND send him an email), thank him for putting S.3275 in and ask him to push to get it passed before this year's election.
2. Contact Senator Warner (call him AND send him an email), ask him to become a sponsor of S.3275 and ask him to push to get it passed as soon as possible.
--
Here is the contact information and suggested emails:
Senator George Allen:
Phone: (202) 224-4024
Web email:
http://tinyurl.com/s67f9
For the topic, select "Government." Suggested copy-and-paste message:
Dear Senator Allen,
As a gun-owner I would like to thank you for introducing S.3275!
Please push this important bill forward so that it gets to the President's desk before the upcoming election. My right to self-defense should not stop at Virginia's borders!
Please let me know what you're going to do.
--
Senator John Warner:
Phone (202) 224-2023
Web email:
http://www.senate.gov/~warner/contact/contactme.cfm
Select a subject of "Governmental Affairs." Suggested copy-and-paste message:
Dear Senator Warner,
Please cosponsor Senator George Allen's bill, S.3275, which would allow Virginia concealed handgun permit holders to lawfully carry in all 50 states! My right to self-defense should not end at Virginia's borders.
Your help pushing this bill so that it gets passed as soon as possible would be appreciated.
Please let me know what you are going to do on this matter.
--
OK, VCDL - A RARE OPPORTUNITY IS IN FRONT OF US AND OUR VOICES NEED TO BE THE LOUDEST - LET'S ROLL!!!