VCDL -- Board of Supervisors -- Prince William & Fairfax

[wittmeba]

http://vcdl.org

VCDL Page - Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.

1. ACTION ITEM for Prince William County members
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If you live in Prince William County, contact your Board of Supervisors member and let him or her know that you oppose requiring long guns to be unloaded in vehicles on public roads.

Cory Stewart - Chairman
Office Phone: 703-792-4640
cstewart@pwcgov.org

Martin Nohe - Coles District Office
Office Phone: 703-792-4620
mnohe@pwcgov.org

Jeanine Lawson - Brentsville Office
Office Phone: 703-792-6190
jlawson@pwcgov.org

Pete Candland - Gainesville District
Office Phone: 703-792-6195
gainesville@pwcgov.org

John D. Jenkins - Neabsco District
Office Phone: 703-792-4667
jjenkins@pwcgov.org

Ruth Anderson - Occoquan District Office
Office Phone: 703-792-4643
randerson@pwcgov.org

Maureen S. Caddigan - Potomac District
Office Phone: 703-792-4645
mcaddigan@pwcgov.org

Frank J. Principi - Woodbridge District Office
Office Phone: 703-792-4646
FPrincipi@pwcgov.org

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2. ACTION ITEM for Fairfax County members
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If you live in Fairfax County, contact your Board of Supervisors member and let him or her know that you oppose requiring long guns to be unloaded in vehicles on public roads.

Sharon Bulova - Chairman
Phone: 703-324-2321
chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov

Penelope A. Gross - Vice Chairman - Mason District
Phone: 703-256-7717
mason@fairfaxcounty.gov

John C. Cook - Braddock District
Phone: 703-425-9300
braddock@fairfaxcounty.gov

John W. Foust - Dranesville District
Phone: 703-356-0551
dranesville@fairfaxcounty.gov

Catherine M. Hudgins - Hunter Mill District
Phone: 703-478-0283
hntrmill@fairfaxcounty.gov

Jeffrey C. McKay - Lee District
Phone: 703-971-6262
leedist@fairfaxcounty.gov

Daniel G. Storck - Mount Vernon District
Phone: 703-780-7518
mtvernon@fairfaxcounty.gov

Linda Q. Smyth - Providence District
Phone: 703-560-6946
provdist@fairfaxcounty.gov

Pat Herrity - Springfield District
Phone: 703-451-8873
springfield@fairfaxcounty.gov

Kathy L. Smith - Sully District
Phone: 703-814-7100
sully@fairfaxcounty.gov

[MarcSpaz]

I fired out a couple of messages this morning.

It has come to my attention that there are plans for a new rule or statute requiring long guns to be unloaded in vehicles on public roads. I strongly oppose this action. The Commonwealth of Virginia is a Right to Carry state, acknowledging its citizens right to openly carry legally owned and possessed firearms for personal defense. This includes long guns.

Per the most recent FBI statistics, all long guns combined, nationwide, account for less than 300 firearms related deaths each year. I cannot find any law enforcement agency publication that highlights criminal use of a long gun while in a vehicle. In fact, there are many federal law enforcement and private sector studies that show citizens legally defend themselves and others several million times a year with firearms. There are no tangible or perceived gains when it comes to public safety with the proposed rule or statutory change. Any such proposed change to rules or statutory code will only infringe on our US Constitution’s Second Amendment Rights and Virginia Constitutional Rights of the citizens of the Commonwealth, preventing them from adequately defending themselves.

For the sake of the preservation of Liberty and for citizens to provide for their own self-defense, I ask that you actively oppose any rule or statutory changes that would impose on the possession and open transportation of loaded long arms on public roads.

[kelu]

Email sent.

I am writing to oppose the requirement that long guns to be unloaded in vehicles.
The statistics do not support such a requirement, and we do NOT want to transform step by step Virginia into Maryland.
When I have immigrated from a former communist country in USA, I have chosen Virginia for the liberty loving people here. Please don't make me to change my mind.

[MarcSpaz]