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NOTES: I was under a time deadline to get the Update out last night because of the VCDL PSA running this morning. Consequently the Update wasn’t proofed as it usual is. I had a few type-os. Don’s last name is Litten, not Litton. Sorry, Don.
I also misspelled “Imminent” in the article about the Newport News store owner being arrested. Other update information:1. The proposed Fauquier County noise ordinance, for now, exempts discharge/hunting, but let’s contact them anyhow
2. VCDL mentioned as a force in last Tuesday’s Cantor/Brat primary by Politico
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1. The proposed Fauquier County noise ordinance, for now, exempts discharge/hunting, but let’s contact them anyhow
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It looks like there was a change to the Fauquier County noise ordinance proposal from last Thursday. ***Hunting and lawful discharge of firearms are exempted,*** AT LEAST FOR NOW.
It is still a good idea to contact the Board of Supervisors to emphasize that we want both of those exceptions KEPT in any final ordinance.
Here is a link to the proposed ordinance:
http://tinyurl.com/qj9s7z7
Here is the link to contact the Board of Supervisors members:
http://tinyurl.com/d9ywa7u
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2. VCDL mentioned as a force in last Tuesday’s Cantor/Brat primary by Politico
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Thanks to Brandon Brod for the link:
From politico.com: http://tinyurl.com/mges5p4
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Taking reelection for granted
A few weeks out from the election, the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights group, pressed Cantor’s campaign to perform what they saw as a routine request: reaffirm his support for the Second Amendment by completing a simple questionnaire. It was the kind of request any typical Republican running in a conservative district would answer.
But Cantor ignored the group, which claims 26,000 supporters, as he had for years. The congressman never responded to the survey or its plea to relocate an annual GOP event in the district from a pavilion that banned concealed guns.
The Defense League responded by making robocalls to Republican voters throughout the district questioning his commitment to the right to bear arms, a staple issue for many GOP voters here.
The slight, his critics argued, was emblematic of Cantor’s broader attitude that he was untouchable.
“We [gun owners] were tired of being treated like mushrooms,” said Philip Van Cleave, the group’s president, who lives in the district. “His chickens came home to roost.” Cantor’s camp viewed the league as a fringe organization; the majority leader was endorsed by the NRA.
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