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Delegate Kenny Alexander (D – Norfolk, Va.)
In the aftermath of the crushing 77-18 vote to reject Delegate Lionel Spruill's (D – Cities of Chesapeake & Suffolk) HR 9 (banning citizen gun carry in the Virginia Capitol),[1] African American Delegate Kenny Alexander (D – City of Norfolk), a long time Virginia concealed handgun permit holder, wryly noted that gun carry is “not just [for] rural white men.”[2]
Statistics back Delegate Alexander up – “[a]s of Jan. 5, there were 149,984 active concealed weapons permits in Virginia, according to Sgt. Michelle Cotten of the Virginia State Police. Almost 3 percent of all Virginians 21 and older have the permits, a comparison of police and state census figures shows.”[3]
[1] [url]http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+sum+HR9[/url].
[2] Jen McCaffery, General Assembly bill highlights division over firearms[/i], Virginia Pilot, Jan. 26, 2008, available at http://hamptonroads.com/2008/01/general-assembly-bill-highlights-division-over-firearms.[/b]
[3]Id[/i][/b].
Delegate Kenny Alexander (D – Norfolk, Va.)
In the aftermath of the crushing 77-18 vote to reject Delegate Lionel Spruill's (D – Cities of Chesapeake & Suffolk) HR 9 (banning citizen gun carry in the Virginia Capitol),[1] African American Delegate Kenny Alexander (D – City of Norfolk), a long time Virginia concealed handgun permit holder, wryly noted that gun carry is “not just [for] rural white men.”[2]
Statistics back Delegate Alexander up – “[a]s of Jan. 5, there were 149,984 active concealed weapons permits in Virginia, according to Sgt. Michelle Cotten of the Virginia State Police. Almost 3 percent of all Virginians 21 and older have the permits, a comparison of police and state census figures shows.”[3]
[1] [url]http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+sum+HR9[/url].
[2] Jen McCaffery, General Assembly bill highlights division over firearms[/i], Virginia Pilot, Jan. 26, 2008, available at http://hamptonroads.com/2008/01/general-assembly-bill-highlights-division-over-firearms.[/b]
[3]Id[/i][/b].