VA-ALERT: URGENT ACTION ALERT - State Forests!!! [Deadline]

[zephyp]

Fellow gun owners and 2A supporters here is our chance to help influence VA law. Please read the post below from VCDL and support the cause!!!

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We have just learned that the Virginia Department of Forestry has opened a final comment period on a proposed regulation to allow concealed carry in State Forests!

As you might recall we had a victory back in February on getting a regulation approved to allow concealed carry in State Forests. The new regulation allows us to carry in State Forests the same way we carry in State Parks currently - concealed with a CHP.

NOTICE: ***That regulation has NOT yet taken effect. We are about to take the last step before final approval. Do NOT carry in State Forests until I let you know that it is OK to do so. ***

We only have until July 8th to respond (the comment period started on June 8th, but we didn't know about it until now - BIG thanks for Julie Nisley catching this!)

Currently there is only ONE comment posted - mine on behalf of VCDL (I'll bet you guys can move that count upward really quick!).

1. Click here:

http://townhall.virginia.gov/L/ViewStag ... ageid=5042

2. Click on the "In Progress" symbol under "Comment Period" at the bottom of the page

3. Click on "Enter a comment"

4, Enter your name, email address, subject, comment, and the two letter code (found at the bottom, which is used to verify you are a real person sitting at a keyboard).

Sample subject line: "Please approve concealed carry in State Forests!"

Sample message: "I support the proposed regulation change. Please expedite the change!"

Let's Roll!


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[allingeneral]

+1 Done

[zephyp]

Me too. Nice to see that there are no dissenters.

WAKE UP VGOF MEMBERS. ITS TIME TO GO SIGN UP AND SUPPORT THIS PROPOSED CHANGE.

[OakRidgeStars]

Done

[VBshooter]

I'm in!! The list got big in a very short time!!

[Moccasin]

+2- wife signed too

[Bobtail1911]

+1

[goodoleboy]

signed

[OakRidgeStars]

This VA-ALERT has been updated. Please read below:
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Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html
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First, good work! We are at 926 comments in 16 hours.

Second, we need to change the message so that we can get open carry
considered as a legal means of carrying in State Forests. We need at
least 25 people to request a hearing.

To do that, we need to change the subject and messages to be similar
to these:

Suggested subject: "I support the new regulation, but open carry
needs to be allowed"

Suggested message: "I support the new regulation, but I am asking for
a hearing on allowing for the open carry of handguns State Forests.
That would bring State Forests into compliance with a formal opinion
(08-043) published in September 2008 by the Virginia Attorney General."

Here is the link to the comment area again:

http://townhall.virginia.gov/L/ViewStag ... ageid=5042


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[CCFan]

+1 Thanks for posting this, Zephyp.

[Hiwaytahell]

done

[zephyp]

+1 Thanks for posting this, Zephyp.

My pleasure, just wish I/we could do more than sign petitions and march in the street.

[herohog]

PLEASE READ! IMPORTANT CHANGE! There has been a change in what we need you to do!

Suggested subject: "I support the new regulation, but open carry
needs to be allowed"

Suggested message: "I support the new regulation, but I am asking for
a hearing on allowing for the open carry of handguns State Forests.
That would bring State Forests into compliance with a formal opinion
(08-043) published in September 2008 by the Virginia Attorney General."

Here is the link to the comment area again:

http://townhall.virginia.gov/L/ViewStag ... ageid=5042

This was posted earlier but needs to be emphasised...

[NickFac]

+1 Thanks again for posting. When he said he was the only one to have posted, I wonder how long it took for it to fill like it did... lol

[herohog]

I hit it as soon as I read Philip's email and then hit again using my wife's account adding the ope carry part. If anyone needs to hit it again and needs a valid but different email account, use {yourname}.vcdl@herohog.com if you like. It will resolve as a valid address.