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THE TIMING OF THE STATE AGENCY GUN BAN IS NOT HAPPENSTANCE
In the last alert I mentioned two reasons that McAuliffe came up with the state agency gun ban: he owes Bloomberg some payback for the million dollar campaign donation and McAuliffe wants to be Hillary's running mate.
But why now? McAuliffe could have tried this last year or next year (closer to the Democrat primaries).
It wasn’t an accident. His timing was to activate his base with elections coming up in just a little over two weeks. I think he’s worried about getting control of the Senate, which currently is hanging by a thread and is in control of the Republicans. He wants to motivate Democrats to vote.
But what he has actually done is angered Virginia’s gun owners as I haven’t seen in quite a while! So while McAuliffe was trying to use a pole to poke his sleeping donkeys, the back of that pole just hit a hornet’s nest and hornets don’t tend to be all that forgiving when attacked.
A CHANCE TO STRIKE BACK AND DEFEND OUR RIGHTS
While VCDL is continuing to look at what to do about the state agency gun bans, Virginia’s gun owners can send McAuliffe a very painful message of their own on November 3rd.
McAuliffe desperately wants to get the Virginia Senate back into the hands of his anti-gun cohorts in the Democrat leadership, so he can block VCDL’s efforts and push more gun control on all of us.
Gun owners need to slap that cup from his lips before he can even take a sip!
You, your family, your friends, your likeminded neighbors and co-workers NEED TO VOTE on November 3! DO NOT SIT THIS OUT! DO NOT!
Start talking to people NOW. Offer them a ride to the polls. On election day, contact everyone who said they were going to vote and make sure they don’t forget. Be sure to thank them after they vote.
If you think for any reason whatsoever, that you might not be able to vote on November 3rd, you can vote NOW. Just head to your local registrar’s office and they will let you vote in person.
VOTE! So many races over the last 10 years have been razor thin, with well less than 100 votes having made the difference in some races. Heck, McAuliffe won by a mere 2%!
YOUR VOTE COUNTS, DON’T BE “THAT GUY” WHO DOESN’T VOTE
If gun owners can keep the Senate away from McAuliffe in November, we will have sent a strong message that Virginia’s citizens DO NOT WANT GUN CONTROL. That message will resonate in the General Assembly and it will also bolster the hopes of gun owners across America, as all eyes will now be on our state.
And McAuliffe’s tail will instinctively curl between his legs when he loses the Senate.
ANTI-GUN FORCES OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA ARE AGAIN TRYING TO SEAL OUR FATE
Outside money is pouring in to give McAuliffe control of the Senate. Pro-gun Senator Dick Black (Loudoun, Prince William) is one of those targeted by the money that is going into his opponent’s coffers from Gabby Giffords. This is a serious threat and I hope that gun owners take it that way.
VCDL can do a lot of things, but VOTING is solely UP TO YOU.
If gun owners turn out in numbers, we can at least keep McAuliffe on a short leash as we wait for his term to end. If we don’t turn out, then you can bet he’ll turn up the heat as he tries to placate Bloomberg and Hillary all the more.
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IMPORTANT LOBBY DAY NOTE:
In answer to a question I’ve got from many: yes, we WILL be able to carry on Lobby Day (Monday, January 18, from 8:30 AM to 12 PM). McAuliffe has no control whatsoever of the General Assembly Building nor the Capitol Building. Speaker Bill Howell has confirmed that fact in this statement from yesterday:
https://www.williamjhowell.org/house-re ... -order-50/
“...The Governor’s policy on firearms in state buildings will not apply to the State Capitol or the General Assembly Building…”
It’s good to see the Speaker standing up against McAuliffe’s attack on gun owners. With Howell's help, we should be able to get some good things done for Virginia's gun owners in 2016.
Oh, and did I mention that YOU NEED TO VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD?
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