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1. Correction on Loudoun County story in last Update
2. Gillespie questioned on the radio again about the VCDL Candidate Survey
3. VCDL quoted in story on new DC CHP law
4. VCDL alert item in story about “SWATTING” incident
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1. Correction on Loudoun County story in last Update
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I’m shocked! I can’t believe that those sneaky people in Tennessee stole the name “Loudoun County” from Virginia and then attempted to hide the deed by dropping the second “u” - spelling it as “Loudon County” and hoping we wouldn’t notice!
Their trickery this close to Halloween did goof me up.
I’m still glad they removed those darned “no guns” signs, making their government building much safer for everyone, except criminals and terrorists, just like the local government buildings in the real, and properly spelled, Loudoun County, here in Virginia.
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2. Gillespie questioned on the radio again about the VCDL Candidate Survey
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At the 10 minute mark, Ed Gillespie gets asked yet again about not responding to the VCDL survey:
From wsvaonline.com: http://tinyurl.com/p88wzxv
Survey status for Congressional Senate race: Gillespie and Warner have not returned their survey and Sarvis has returned his survey.
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3. VCDL quoted in story on new DC CHP law
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From freebeacon.com: http://tinyurl.com/kpn6t5e
Gun Groups Slam New DC Carry Law
BY: Stephen Gutowski
October 28, 2014 9:47 am
As the nation’s capital begins to accept concealed carry applications, more and more gun-rights groups are attacking the law.
“Self-defense is a fundamental human right,” NRA spokesperson Catherine Mortensen said. “It isn’t a privilege that should be doled out at the discretion of bureaucrats.”
Mortensen is critiquing the myriad of restrictions that make the new law one of the most restrictive in the nation. One of the most controversial parts of the law requires applicants to prove they have “good reasons to fear injury to person or property.”
Mortensen specifically objected to the fact that the final decision on who will get a DC concealed carry license lies in the discretion of the city’s chief of police.
“D.C. continues to try and circumvent the Constitution after Heller and McDonald, and now, after a federal court has ruled that it cannot ban the bearing of lawfully-possessed arms in self-defense,” she said.
“It’s every bit as bad and unconstitutional a law as they had before,” Virginia Citizens Defense League President Philip Van Cleave said. The federal ruling that declared D.C.’s ban on gun carry unconstitutional also required the city to issue carry permits to non-residents. Virginia has the most concealed carry licensees of the jurisdictions surrounding D.C.
“This couldn’t be more of a disgrace,” Van Cleave said, specifically slamming the restrictive requirement that applicants prove to police that they need a permit. “Self defense? No, self defense doesn’t count.”
He said the requirement was particularly offensive as it was likely “dictated by people who live in gated communities.”
The law is a “real example of what tyranny is” because it shows government “turning its back on citizens and doing whatever it damn well pleases.”
“They’re looking to be the worst possible example of liberty,” Van Cleave said.
Dave Workman of the The 2nd Amendment Foundation criticized the contradiction inherent in the law’s requirement that applicants complete courses with Metropolitan Police Department certified instructors, despite the department’s lack of such instructors.
“You could call that a catch-22,” Workman said.
He called the law’s requirement of two hours of live firearm training a “problem” since there are no public gun ranges in the city.
“There’s a comparison with this law and the original concealed carry law in Chicago,” Workman said. “That law also required shooting, but banned gun ranges” from operating within city limits.
“It’s always a problem with a law contains a requirement that can’t be met,” he said.
The law is a “monumental speed bump” as it currently stands, Workman said.
The 2nd Amendment Foundation successfully argued in federal court that D.C.’s outright ban on gun carry was unconstitutional. The case is ongoing, and the foundation argues the new law is also unconstitutional.
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4. VCDL alert item in story about “SWATTING” incident
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From bearingarms.com: http://tinyurl.com/qxftavb
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