02/02/11 - URGENT Legislative Action Item! 2/2/11

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1. Time to fight HARD for HB 2386, the concealed *weapon* permit bill!
2. Video of Delegate Todd Gilbert explaining "the People's House" to Deleg
ate Hope

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1. Time to fight HARD for HB 2386, the concealed *weapon* permit bill!
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Thursday night I reported that Delegate Jackson Miller's Concealed WEAPON P
ermit bill, HB 2386, was referred to the Crime Commission by the Militia, P
olice, and Public Safety Subcommittee #1 so that the Commission could revie
w all of Virginia's concealed weapon laws and suggest improvements.

In reality the request for the Crime Commission to review the concealed wea
pons statute could be done separately between sessions, with any changes su
ggested by the Crime Commission implemented in a separate bill NEXT YEAR.


Sending HB 2386 to the Crime Commission is simply an unnecessary delay and
contrary to the interests of Virginia's gun owners.

Also, the subcommittee didn't realize that going to a concealed weapon perm
it would have little or no effect on Virginia's reciprocity with other stat
es because Florida, which has one of the largest reciprocal bases of all 50
states, issues a concealed weapon permit.

Let's fight to get HB 2386 heard in the FULL committee Friday morning, Febr
uary 4th, and reported out of committee instead of being sent to the Crime
Commission!

***We need everyone to do this so we can get enough pressure to change the
course of that bill.***

The prewritten email (which you can modify) will go to every member of the
Militia, Police, and Public Safety committee at once.

Click here to send the message:

http://tinyurl.com/4nu55t8

Let's ROLL!


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2. Video of Delegate Todd Gilbert explaining "the People's House" to Deleg
ate Hope
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From last Thursday's Militia, Police and Pubic Safety Subcommittee #1. Del
egate Hope wanted to ban guns in the General Assembly and Delegate Gilbert
was having none of it:

http://vimeo.com/19342023

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