Virginia AG tells Bloomberg to knock it off

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Not sure if this has been posted yet, I did a cursory search and didn't see it.

http://www.vcdl.org/pdf/AG_McDonnell_letter_to_Bloomberg.pdf

COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
April 13, 2007
Office of the Attorney General
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg
Mayor, City of New York
Municipal Building, One Centre Street
Tenth Floor North
New York, NY 10007

Robert F. McDonnell
Attorney General
900 East Main Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-786-2071
FAX 804-786-1991
Virginia Relay Services
800-828-1120
7-1-1

RE: Unauthorized Undercover Firearm Transactions in the Commonwealth
of Virginia

Dear Mayor Bloomberg:

I write you regarding Chapter 509 of the 2007 Virginia Acts of
Assembly, introduced at my request, addressing "simulated straw
purchases" of firearms in the Commonwealth. A copy of the new law is
enclosed herein for your reference. The intent of this legislation is
to prevent unauthorized activity by non-law enforcement personnel to
conduct otherwise illegal firearms purchases. The recent activities
by agents of the City of New York in Virginia brought this issue to
my attention.

As you know, the U.S. Department of Justice recently wrote to you
that such activity is counterproductive to legitimate law enforcement
efforts to police illegal firearm trafficking, and has potential
legal liabilities. Representatives of your Office have apparently
suggested publicly that they may continue such simulated firearm
transactions in Virginia perhaps with a view towards further
litigation.

The new legislation passed this year at my insistence and signed by
Governor Kaine, makes clear that such non-law enforcement activities
related to undercover illegal firearm purchases will be punishable as
a felony in Virginia. While I understand that you are attempting to
take steps that you believe may enhance the public safety of the
citizens of New York City, such laws are Virginia's duty to enforce,
and our outstanding state police take that duty seriously. Virginia
police and prosecutors now have the tools necessary to stop such
unwarranted firearms purchase activity by unauthorized outside
agents, and will faithfully enforce the law when violations are
discovered.

This new Virginia law strikes the proper balance between ensuring
effective law enforcement and protecting the rights of law abiding
firearms dealers and those of Virginia citizens under the Second
Amendment to the United States Constitution. If in the future you
have specific concerns about criminal justice matters in the
Commonwealth, please contact me, the Governor, or the proper
law-enforcement agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting
such conduct. We will be pleased to address any legitimate public
safety concerns that you might raise.

Thanks for your future cooperation.
Robert F. McDonnell
RFM/pdw

Enclosure
cc: The Honorable Timothy M. Kaine
The Honorable Charles P. Rosenberg
The Honorable John L. Brownlee
The Honorable Harvey Bryant
Col. Steven Flaherty
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In addition, McDonnell will be on O'Reilly tonight at 8:20PM EDT to discuss firearms and mental health.
 
Wow. This guy looks good! Anybody know if he has warts, too? He could get my vote.
 
This new Virginia law strikes the proper balance between ensuring
effective law enforcement and protecting the rights of law abiding
firearms dealers and those of Virginia citizens under the Second
Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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That just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. :D

TC
 
Virginia police and prosecutors now have the tools necessary to stop such unwarranted firearms purchase activity by unauthorized outside agents, and will faithfully enforce the law when violations are discovered.
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The question is, when will Gov. Kaine invite Mayor Bloomberg down to discuss the issue, then arrest him and charge him conspiracy to commit?

'Course, he'd obviously be a flight risk....
 
perfect candidate for cloning. Imagine that, an AG that protects the good people of Virginia from james bond type criminals (Bloomberg).

:neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener: :neener:
 
ask and ye shall receive

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Good. This is what I call creating a problem where otherwise one would not have been. Now, none more shall be.
 
Well arn't you Virginians lucky to have someone like him on yourside.
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Yeah, he looks good. Unfortunately, the Governor is the pain in the butt. I'm surprised he signed it.

I believe this activity was illegal all along. Private detectives are private citizens and have no LE standing in VA. Even if these guys were NYPD, they're out of their jurisdiction and have no LE standing in VA. Any consideration VA LEOs give them is simply professional courtesy. Therefore, what you have here is at best conspiracy to circumvent VA and Federal law. At worst, these transactions should be viewed as actual straw buys (I support this). They met all the requirements of it.
 
It was the opinion of this same Attroney General Bob McDonnell that disarmed law abiding citizens at State Universitites and it is the same Attorney General who helped to write the anti-gun school polices that allowed the VT Killer to massacre so many people.

"The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf, and we ought to guard equally against both of them."

He does not believe the right to keep and bear arms is an invidivual right because he has issued two opinions on firearms one of which he used to disarm people.
 
"He does not believe the right to keep and bear arms is an invidivual right because he has issued two opinions on firearms one of which he used to disarm people."

This is what happens when they start thinking about running for governor in 2009 - they try to cover all the bases so they can have soundbites for everybody.

John
 
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