Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

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1. URGENT ACTION ITEM: Federal reciprocity bill is moving
2. VCDL coverage on Japanese television
3. Senator Saslaw - are you listening? Another restaurant that
welcomes VCDL members!

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1. URGENT ACTION ITEM: Federal reciprocity bill is moving
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Gun Owners of America is reporting that federal Senate bill S. 845,
which would establish concealed carry reciprocity between the states,
could get a vote as early as MONDAY!

The vote could be on the wording being attached as an amendment to a
Department of Defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647.

It is based on the "full faith and credit" in the Constitution and
would allow you to carry in any state that allows citizens to carry
concealed as long as your home state would let you carry concealed!

Here is the operative language that would effect us in Virginia:

`(1) A person who is not prohibited by Federal law from
possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm, and is
carrying a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law
of any State and which permits the person to carry a concealed
firearm, may carry a concealed firearm in accordance with the terms of
the license or permit in any State that allows its residents to carry
concealed firearms, subject to the laws of the State in which the
firearm is carried concerning specific types of locations in which
firearms may not be carried.

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Paragraph #2 is similar, but takes care of Vermont and Alaska, where
permits aren't required to carry concealed.

It does not cover Illinois or Wisconsin, as neither have any legal way
for citizens to carry concealed handguns.

To send an email to Senators Warner and Webb using GOA's web site,
click here:

http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/aler ... d=13750856

Let's get cracking! Imagine being able to carry in NY, NJ, MA, MD(!),
HI, DC (DC does have a "concealed carry" law on the books, but it's
not used much at all), CA, etc.! Be still my beating heart...

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2. VCDL coverage on Japanese television
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Today I was interviewed for Japanese television. I would like to thank:

The Smoking Gun shooting range
127 Boulevard
Colonial Heights

and

Bob Moates Sports Store
10418 Hull Street Road
Midlothian

for accommodating the interview process. Both stores have some of the
nicest employees you are going to meet anywhere.

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3. Senator Saslaw - are you listening? Another restaurant that
welcomes VCDL members!
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The restaurant is: Uno Chicago Grill in Midlothian (on Hull Street
Road). The owner is pro-gun and would love for us to have a meeting
there.

Actually that is where I went with the Japanese reporter this
afternoon and the owner was nice enough to let them film in the
restaurant.

The owner and I discussed the possibilities of a meeting, or an event,
to be held there.

I'll let you know what we will be doing in a future update.


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