Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Kopel On Stand Your Ground

by VSSA April 4, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Great Op/Ed by Dave Kopel addressing the “stand your ground” myth. Hat tip to Cam Edwards and NRANews.

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The Spin in Senator Howell’s Op/Ed Qualifies it as a Thrill Ride

by VSSA April 3, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Senator Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) recently wrote this Op/Ed in the Washington Post that says there is “hope” for “reasonable gun laws” in Virginia.  We are used to such pronouncements from the gun ban lobby.  But Senator Howell’s spin on the results of the just completed 2012 Session of the General Assembly truely qualifies the article [...]

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Newsflash to NYTimes Op/Ed Writer Gail Collins: Criminals Don’t Obey the Law

by VSSA March 29, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Gail Collins wades in to the Trayvon Martin matter with this Op/Ed in today’s New York Times, writing how it’s nuts to be talking about reducing the number of young people wearing hoodies instead of the number of people carrying handguns.  She takes the customary swipe at politicians cowering before the NRA, writes about how easy it is to [...]

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Women Well Represented on NRA All American Pistol Team

by VSSA March 28, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Via NRABlog.com NRA’s 2012 All-American pistol teams.

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Gun Banners to Protest at ALEC HQ in DC on Thursday

by VSSA March 28, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

On Thursday, March 29, the gun ban lobby is holding a protest at the DC headquarters of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The gun ban lobby has focus attention on the non-partisan organization as being the clearinghouse for state legislative proposals like “stand your ground” self defense legislation and voter ID legislation, among others.  [...]

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Duke Lacrosse Déjà vu

by VSSA March 27, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Last month, an incident occurred in Sanford, Florida, that has grown into a full blown circus. It doesn’t matter to the racebaters or the hordes of people clammoring on college campuses and other venues demanding justice that all of the facts are yet to be known. In fact, we were first told that this black [...]

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Virginia Tech Approves New Regulation Banning Concealed Carry in Buildings and Major Events

by VSSA March 27, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Yesterday, Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors new regulation that bans firearms in buildings and at major events such as football games. The regulation replaces an existing policy, and applies to firearms carried both by concealed permit holders and non-permit-holders. In July, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said July that universities didn’t have the authority to ban [...]

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Media Narrative: Virginia Locked and Loaded

by VSSA March 23, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

At least for the title of the news story “American Democracy Locked and Loaded” and the lead in being “Virginia is for Lovers – of Guns.” The reporters did not talk to anyone from gun ban groups, but given the slant of the story, they didn’t need to. The report was complete with decade old [...]

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Media Narrative: Virginia Locked and Loaded

by VSSA March 23, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

At least for the title of the news story “American Democracy Locked and Loaded” and the lead in being “Virginia is for Lovers – of Guns.” The reporters did not talk to anyone from gun ban groups, but given the slant of the story, they didn’t need to. The report was complete with decade old [...]

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Media Narrative: Virginia Locked and Loaded

by VSSA March 23, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

At least for the title of the news story “American Democracy Locked and Loaded” and the lead in being “Virginia is for Lovers – of Guns.” The reporters did not talk to anyone from gun ban groups, but given the slant of the story, they didn’t need to. The report was complete with decade old [...]

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Quinnipiac University Poll Ties Lower Ratings for McDonnell, Legislature, To Repeal of Gun Rationing

by VSSA March 21, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The Richmond Times Dispatch reported this morning that Quinnipiac University has released a poll showing approval ratings for Governor Bob McDonnell and the General Assembly have dropped significantly, and ties the lower rating to the passage and signing of two “controversial” bills including repeal of Virginia’s gun rationing law: “The governor’s numbers are down, from a [...]

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Holder in 1995: We need to "Brainwash" People Into Disliking Guns

by VSSA March 19, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

“We have to be repetitive about this.  We need to do this every day of the week, and just really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.” I expect the administration spin on this to be “there is nothing new here.” And they are right, Holder has always been against firearms [...]

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RTD Faith and Values Op/ED on Virginia Tech and Handgun Rationing

by VSSA March 19, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The Richmond Times Dispatch ran this Op/Ed in Saturday’s Faith and Values section, asserting that the repeal of Virginia’s handgun rationing law is “at odds with Tech tragedy.”  I guess the author made the connection between the two because the Virginia Tech wrongful death trial was taking place in Christiansburg last week.  Never mind the fact [...]

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Virginia Congressional Primaries Set for June 12th

by VSSA March 16, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Virginia’s congressional primaries will take place as scheduled on June 12th as scheduled.  Roll Call reports that the U.S. Justice Department had no objections to the redistricting maps approved by the Virginia General Assembly earlier this year. The new district lines were basically incumbent protection plans, though Senate Democrats wanted a second racially gerrymandered district [...]

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Another Sign We Are Winning

by VSSA March 13, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

We can find little things to prove that the pro-rights forces are not only winning legislatively, but gaining ground in the debate as well.  This from The College of William and Mary’s college newspaper in a story about Governor McDonnell signing the repeal of Virginia’s one gun-a-month law: McDonnell’s decision to sign the bill came as [...]

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Women Overwhelmingly Represented on NRA All-American Rifle Teams

by VSSA March 13, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Look at the photos included with this post over on the NRABlog and what do you notice?  The new face of the shooting sports.  Of the 46 college students pictured on the various All-American Teams announced at the end of the NCAA Rifle Championships, over half, 29, were women.  In many cases, these women shooters are [...]

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Does This Mean That Photo ID Requirements to Buy Firearms Will Also Be Tossed by Justice Dept.?

by VSSA March 12, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Apparently half of Texas’ Hispanic registered voters (meaning they are supposedly here legally and U.S. citizens) don’t have Photo IDs and therefore would not be able to vote under Texas’ new voter ID law.  Eric Holder says this means Texas’ new law disproportionately affects Hispanic voters and is therefore unconstitutional. So, does this mean Justice is now [...]

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Anti-gun Group Joins Chorus of Those Applauding Death of Castle Legislation

by VSSA March 8, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Virginians for Responsible Gun Laws sent this email today applauding yesterday’s effective defeat of the last remaining Castle Doctrine bills.  Refering to the bills as “shoot first” legislation, the group called the bills dangerous and unnecessary. Ironically, the group used language similar to language used by a gun rights group in opposing the bills, explaining [...]

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Castle Doctrine Bills Effectively Dead for 2012

by VSSA March 7, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The two remaining Castle Doctrine Bills, HB 48 and SB 4 are effectively dead for the year.  HB 48 had been in a conference committee of the House and Senate until yesterday.  Today, the House of Delegates passed by the Conference Report indefinitely and the Senate recommitted the bill to Senate Courts of Justice, pursuant to Senate [...]

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Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Picks Up Senator Janet Howell’s Discredited Claim

by VSSA March 7, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Josh Horwitz, Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence sent this email yesterday where he touts his recent blog post on the Huffington Post.  The post is entitled When Buying a Gun Becomes Easier than Voting. You may recall that VSSA posted here about a similar claim made by State Senator Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) a couple [...]

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Washington Post Gives Advice to Virginia Senate Democrats, Slaps GOP

by VSSA March 2, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The Washington Post, repeating the talking points of Democrats in the State Senate, believe that Republicans have over reached by passing legislation like the bills repealing handgun rationing and requiring voters to provide ID at the polls in order to cast a vote. Virginia Republicans have embarrassed themselves in the unforgiving glare of the national spotlight this winter [...]

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Virginia State Postal Team Claims 2011 NRA National State Pistol Team Postal Match

by VSSA March 1, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Congratulations to the Virginia State Postal Team, which won the 2011 NRA National State Pistol Team Postal Match with an outstanding score of 2904-106x! The members of the 2011 Virginia State Postal Team who so successfully upheld the honor of the Commonwealth are Joe Chang, Brent Obenour, Lee Fleming, Matt Buckman, Dave Mccormick, Gino Celia, Shawn [...]

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New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg Weighs in On Repeal of Handgun Rationing

by VSSA March 1, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Our friends at the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA) forwarded this article from the New York Daily News.  New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is not very happy with Governor McDonnell’s decision to sign House Bill 940, Delegate Scott Lingamfelter’s bill repealing Virginia’s one gun-a-month law. Mayor Bloomberg blasted Virginia’s repeal of a 20-year-old law [...]

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Antis Raise Ohio School Shooting In Comments on Repeal of One Gun-a-Month

by VSSA February 29, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The local gun ban lobby can’t help but use a tragic shooting for political purposes.  This AP report asked several gun control activists for comments in response to Govenror McDonnell’s signing HB 940.  Here is a sampling of what they got: Goddard, president of the Virginia Center for Public Safety, reserved his harshest criticism for legislators who [...]

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Governor McDonnell to Act Today on Repeal of Handgun Rationing

by VSSA February 28, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has until midnight tonight to act on HB 940, Delegate Scott Lingamfelter’s bill that would repeal the Virginia’s handgun rationing .  The Times Dispatch reports the Governor is expected to sign the bill. McDonnell said on WTOP radio in Washington this morning that he’ll make an announcement later today about the measure.Over the [...]

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Christohper Newport University At It Again

by VSSA February 27, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

We’ve come to expect Christopher Newport University (CNU) to tell us during the Virginia General Assembly that a majority of Virginians want to keep our few gun control laws.  CNU did not let us down this year either. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports the finding’s of the lastest CNU poll (which the RTD commissioned). Of the 1,018 [...]

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Is It Easier to Buy A Gun Than Vote in Virginia?

by VSSA February 27, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

During a February 10th interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, anti-rights State Senator Janet Howell complained about General Assembly Republicans passing legislation to ease gun control laws and strengthening voter identification requirements. “What’s really ironic with what’s happening is it’s going to be harder to vote in Virginia than it is to buy a gun with what [...]

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Senate Insists on Castle Substitute to HB 48

by VSSA February 27, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Today,  the State Senate insisted on its substitute bill to House Bill 48, the only remaining bill codifying a version of the Castle Doctrine.  This action sets in motion the likelihood of a Conference Committee to work out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.  There is no guarentee however that [...]

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Families of Tech Shooting Victims Ask McDonnell to Veto Repeal of Handgun Rationing

by VSSA February 27, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

On Saturday, the Roanoke Times reported that Governor Bob McDonnell spoke with the families of victims of the 2007 mass shootings at Virginia Tech and a student who survived the attack.  They asked the Governor to veto HB 940, Delegate Lingamfelter’s bill repealing Virginia’s handgun rationing law. McDonnell told the families that his staff would [...]

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25th Western Virginia Sports Show at Augusta Expoland Feb 24-26

by VSSA February 23, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The 25th Western Virginia Sport Show is this weekend at the Augusta Expoland. The show will feature hunting and fishing celebrities including Harold Knight, co-founder of Knight & Hale Game Calls. Country music sensation Aaron Tippen will be performing Saturday. Charlie O’Brien – from Mossy Oak’s Deer T.H.U.G.S. TV Show will share his decades of experience spent [...]

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Southhampton County and Muzzleloader Hunting

by VSSA February 23, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Bob Rudzik writes in Tidewater News on the topic of the Southamption County ban on muzzleloader hunting. Dallas Jones, the chairman of the Southampton County Board of Supervisors, as well as the county attorney and numerous others have told me that if I feel so strongly about muzzleloader hunting, I need to work on public opinion [...]

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Three More Bills Headed to Governor McDonnell

by VSSA February 22, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The General Assembly is winding down toward its closing day on March 10th.  As the House and Senate continue to take up each other’s legislation, gun owners had more victories today and three more pro-gun bills are headed to Governor Bob McDonnell for his approval: SB 67, removes the option for a locality to require an applicant for a concealed [...]

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More Bills Headed to Governor McDonnell

by VSSA February 20, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Today was a good day for gun owners in the Virginia General Assembly as both House Bill 22 and House Bill 26 passed the State Senate and are now headed to Governor McDonnell. HB 22 would establish that no locality or entity may participate in a compensated confiscation (“gun buyback”) program where individuals are given anything of [...]

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Militia & Police Subcommittee 1 Meeting Results

by VSSA February 16, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

This evening, the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Subcommittee #1 took action on three bills of importance to gun owners. During their meeting the subcommittee unanimously passed both Senate Bill 245, the update to Virginia’s Emergency Powers statute,  and Senate Bill 563 a bill that streamlines the concealed handgun permit application process. Both SB 245 and SB 563 [...]

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Senate Courts Kills CHP Privacy Bill

by VSSA February 16, 2012 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

WAVY TV has this article on yesterday’s Senate Courts defeat of Delegate Mark Cole’s bill that would have prohibited circuit courts from releasing information related to concealed handgun permit holders. Currently, anyone can go to an individual circuit court and request information on permit holders. The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star publishes the names of permit [...]

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