VCDL VA-ALERT: National Park Carry - Help Needed!

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EM Dave Yates, who is working the National Parks situation for VCDL,
has put together the following two alert items:

1. VCDL is seeking volunteers to help coordinate efforts to once and
for all restore the right to self defense in National Parks & Wildlife
Refuges.

On January 9th, 2009, the VCDL led petition to amend the Parks weapons
regulation was partially realized. However, on March 19th an activist
judge issued an injunction against that rule because a holstered and
concealed handgun somehow might affect the environment. While the NRA-
ILA appeals this decision to stay the new regulation in court VCDL is
asking for volunteers to help coordinate agency & congressional
contacts, collect news articles, reports, data, etc. If you can
help, contact Executive Member Dave Yates - nps@bighammer.net

2. ACTION ITEM:

While the NRA-ILA appeals the new regulation "stay", the court has
given DOI until 4/20/09 to answer the Court. This means either
conducting the environmental analysis that the Court wants, or a host
of other options. VCDL believes that the best course of action is for
DOI to conduct the environmental impact analysis and implement the
January 9, 2009 regulation. We need ALL of you to contact your US
Representatives and Senators. Tell them:

You want their office to contact DOI on your behalf and urge DOI to
conduct the environmental analysis necessary to implement the January
9th, 2009 regulation permitting loaded weapons in National Parks &
Wildlife Refuges.

Also, tell your Congressman or Senator's legislative assistant to
support HR 1684 & SB 816 which codify the new regulations.

You can contact your Representative & Senator by web mail form, email,
fax or, phone.

Virginia Representatives can be found and contacted here:

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml#va

The House of Representatives website is:

http://www.house.gov

The House switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

The Senate website is:

http://www.senate.gov

Virginians can contact our Senators by calling, faxing or emailing.

Jim Webb: (202) 224-4024 - http://webb.senate.gov
Mark Warner: (202) 224-2023 - http://warner.senate.gov

Make sure you speak to a legislative aide. If none are available,
tell them you want them to call you back. Be polite, brief but give
enough detail so they can have a good understanding of the situation
and your position. Do NOT accept 'the representative/senator is a
strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment'! Make sure they understand you
want them to urge DOI to implement the January 9th weapons regulation
AND to support and vote for HR 1684 & SB816 which codify the new
regulations.


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VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to
Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.

VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org
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