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VA-ALERT: RESTAURANT BAN REPEAL PASSES SENATE!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Van Cleave
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:04 PM
Subject: VA-ALERT: RESTAURANT BAN REPEAL PASSES SENATE!!!
Big win for gun owners!
The Senate voted today, 24 to 15, to pass SB 476, Senator Hanger's
restaurant ban repeal!
Special thanks to Senator Hanger and Cuccinelli!
(In the next alert I will indicate which Senators voted pro-gun and
which didn't.)
Anti-gun Senator McEachin had an amendment that would have required
that you identify yourself to the restaurant as a CHP holder and then
wear some kind of insignia so that the staff wouldn't serve you
alcohol!!! So Senator McEachin thinks permit holders should wear a
"scarlet letter," as if we are criminals or should be ashamed of
ourselves.
The only person I am ashamed of is Senator McEachin.
Senator Hanger offered a substitute amendment that would require the
permit holder to let a restaurant staff member know that you are
carrying, but that is all. He offered that amendment to make sure he
had enough votes to get the bill passed. And the bill did, with that
amendment.
VCDL is not thrilled with that amendment, obviously. Imagine telling
an 18 year old waitress, "Hi! I have a gun!" We will be looking at
options to improve the bill in the House and have some new wording
already.
Saslaw lied by saying that anyone who dared to carry openly in a NoVA
restaurant would be kicked out. His implication was that no one was
open carrying in restaurants now and that no one could say that gun
owners were carrying around alcohol currently.
Ha! - Senator Saslaw has no idea just how clueless he actually is.
Fifty or more VCDL members meet once a month at a NoVA restaurant, all
carrying openly and without being kicked out, ever. Open carry in
NoVA restaurants happens day in and day out, as it does across the
state.
Saslaw then tried to kill the bill by sending it to a committee at the
last minute.
Cuccinelli spoke against Saslaw's attempt to kill the bill.
The attempt to refer the bill was defeated by 23 to 16.
Senator McEachin then pleaded to have the bill voted down, indicating
his contempt and distrust of permit holders.
He failed. We didn't.
--
HB 436, Delegate Jackson Miller, allows police officers to arrest on a
class 1 or class 2 misdemeanor AT WILL has passed the House and is on
its way to the Senate. Not an anti-gun bill, but one that can have
negative effects for gun owners, and opposed by VCDL accordingly.
--
The following bills are DEAD due to not being heard by a committee or
by being deferred:
PRO-GUN bills: :-(
HB 109, Delegate Cole, state agency preemption
HB 210, Delegate Cole, allows private K-12 schools and child day
centers to hire armed security officers
HB 212, Delegate Cole, repeals a law that allows localities to keep a
record of handguns
HB 424, Delegate Marshall, allows full time faculty at universities
and colleges with a CHP to carry
HB 1088, Delegate Sickles, protects social security numbers in hunting
and fishing licenses
HB 1292, Delegate Athey, allows loaded firearms in locked containers
in vehicles and boats (Senate version is still alive)
HB 1371, Delegate Gilbert, college carry
HB 1544, Delegate Gilbert, restaurant ban repeal (Senate equivalent is
still alive)
SB 332, Senator Cuccinelli, protects CHP list (still alive in a House
bill)
--
ANTI-GUN bills: ;-)
HB 281, Delegate Toscano, would have prevented someone with a
protective order from having a gun in their own home
HB 435, Delegate Jackson Miller, would have required a person to ID to
a police officer (not really anti-gun, but opposed because of likely
negative effect on gun owners)
HB 588, Delegate Marsden, puts air guns under concealed weapons law
HB 608, Delgate Eisenberg, would have prevented someone with a
protective order from having a gun in their own home
HB 1055, Delegate Jim Scott, would prohibit firearms possession,
purchase or transport for someone who has had their parental rights
terminated
HB 814, Delegate Ward, requires questions to be asked about gun
ownership for protective orders
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VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to
Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Van Cleave
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:04 PM
Subject: VA-ALERT: RESTAURANT BAN REPEAL PASSES SENATE!!!
Big win for gun owners!
The Senate voted today, 24 to 15, to pass SB 476, Senator Hanger's
restaurant ban repeal!
Special thanks to Senator Hanger and Cuccinelli!
(In the next alert I will indicate which Senators voted pro-gun and
which didn't.)
Anti-gun Senator McEachin had an amendment that would have required
that you identify yourself to the restaurant as a CHP holder and then
wear some kind of insignia so that the staff wouldn't serve you
alcohol!!! So Senator McEachin thinks permit holders should wear a
"scarlet letter," as if we are criminals or should be ashamed of
ourselves.
The only person I am ashamed of is Senator McEachin.
Senator Hanger offered a substitute amendment that would require the
permit holder to let a restaurant staff member know that you are
carrying, but that is all. He offered that amendment to make sure he
had enough votes to get the bill passed. And the bill did, with that
amendment.
VCDL is not thrilled with that amendment, obviously. Imagine telling
an 18 year old waitress, "Hi! I have a gun!" We will be looking at
options to improve the bill in the House and have some new wording
already.
Saslaw lied by saying that anyone who dared to carry openly in a NoVA
restaurant would be kicked out. His implication was that no one was
open carrying in restaurants now and that no one could say that gun
owners were carrying around alcohol currently.
Ha! - Senator Saslaw has no idea just how clueless he actually is.
Fifty or more VCDL members meet once a month at a NoVA restaurant, all
carrying openly and without being kicked out, ever. Open carry in
NoVA restaurants happens day in and day out, as it does across the
state.
Saslaw then tried to kill the bill by sending it to a committee at the
last minute.
Cuccinelli spoke against Saslaw's attempt to kill the bill.
The attempt to refer the bill was defeated by 23 to 16.
Senator McEachin then pleaded to have the bill voted down, indicating
his contempt and distrust of permit holders.
He failed. We didn't.
--
HB 436, Delegate Jackson Miller, allows police officers to arrest on a
class 1 or class 2 misdemeanor AT WILL has passed the House and is on
its way to the Senate. Not an anti-gun bill, but one that can have
negative effects for gun owners, and opposed by VCDL accordingly.
--
The following bills are DEAD due to not being heard by a committee or
by being deferred:
PRO-GUN bills: :-(
HB 109, Delegate Cole, state agency preemption
HB 210, Delegate Cole, allows private K-12 schools and child day
centers to hire armed security officers
HB 212, Delegate Cole, repeals a law that allows localities to keep a
record of handguns
HB 424, Delegate Marshall, allows full time faculty at universities
and colleges with a CHP to carry
HB 1088, Delegate Sickles, protects social security numbers in hunting
and fishing licenses
HB 1292, Delegate Athey, allows loaded firearms in locked containers
in vehicles and boats (Senate version is still alive)
HB 1371, Delegate Gilbert, college carry
HB 1544, Delegate Gilbert, restaurant ban repeal (Senate equivalent is
still alive)
SB 332, Senator Cuccinelli, protects CHP list (still alive in a House
bill)
--
ANTI-GUN bills: ;-)
HB 281, Delegate Toscano, would have prevented someone with a
protective order from having a gun in their own home
HB 435, Delegate Jackson Miller, would have required a person to ID to
a police officer (not really anti-gun, but opposed because of likely
negative effect on gun owners)
HB 588, Delegate Marsden, puts air guns under concealed weapons law
HB 608, Delgate Eisenberg, would have prevented someone with a
protective order from having a gun in their own home
HB 1055, Delegate Jim Scott, would prohibit firearms possession,
purchase or transport for someone who has had their parental rights
terminated
HB 814, Delegate Ward, requires questions to be asked about gun
ownership for protective orders
-------------------------------------------
***************************************************************************
VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to
Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org
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