VA-ALERT: Lobby Day Membership contest endings soon, FFL donations requested
-- Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: https://vcdl.org/join -- VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings -- Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html -- VA-ALERT archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/=now -- REMINDER: VCDL's 2018 MEMBERSHIP CONTEST END ON DECEMBER 31 To increase VCDL’s membership, the Board of Directors approved a membership drive contest running until the end of 2018. That is a win-win for everyone! If you open a VCDL membership brochure and unfold the left panel, you will see there is a place for "Show ID / Date / Volunteer Member #" on the top of the leftmost panel. Simply write in your VCDL membership number on that line before handing the brochure to a NEW prospective member. When that person mails in the brochure page with payment, you will get a credit. If the person joins using the VCDL website instead, there is a place him or her to enter your membership number. Be sure to tell them to do so. The member with the most credits as of December 31, 2018 will get a choice of either a rifle, shotgun, or one of three handguns! The person in second place will get the next choice out of the remaining firearms, and so on, until the top 5 individuals have received a firearm. Ammunition or other prizes will be given to those who place in positions 6 through 10. ***The winners will be announced at Lobby Day 2019!*** Working VCDL's booth at gun shows and other events is a good way to increase your recruitment numbers. Signing up friends, family, coworkers, or handing out brochures at non-VCDL events is another way. FIREARMS OR AMMO DONATIONS REQUESTED FROM INTERESTED FFLS If you are a firearms dealer and wish to donate a firearm, ammunition, or other prize for the contest, please contact Philip Van Cleave at: presid...@vcdl.org. Your donation will be acknowledged in VA-ALERT, at Lobby Day, and on the VCDL website! — Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! --- *** 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 [http://www.vcdl.org/] *** IMPORTANT: It is our intention to honor all "remove" requests promptly. To unsubscribe from this list, or change the email address where you receive messages, please go to: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365 [https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365 Powered by Listbox: https://www.listbox.com
VA-ALERT: NRA response to petition request, other items
-- Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: http://vcdl.org/join -- VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings -- Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html -- VA-ALERT archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/=now -- 1. NRA-ILA - keep the pressure up! 2. Correction on checking CHP renewal effective date 3. VCU doesn't trust its own "no guns" policy ;-) 4. Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial stomps on the imaginary "gun show loophole" 5. Ammoland covers the National Reciprocity petition 6. Petition status update 1. NRA-ILA - keep the pressure up! The NRA-ILA has heard from hundreds of us and there has been a response through the state representative. Yes, the message has excuses for the NRA-ILA not to help, but we can turn this around if enough of us make our voices heard! If you haven't done this yet, please do so: We have 13 days left to reach 100,000 signatures on the National Concealed Carry Reciprocity petition. As of 3pm on August 4th there are right at 17,000 signatures. We have a long ways to go in those 17 days! We need national groups to step up to the plate, including the NRA! Here in Virginia there is a statewide NRA-ILA coordinator. I think he would be a logical person to contact about this. I've met him in person and he's excellent. Knowing the NRA, he can't make any decisions himself, but he should be able to pass our message up the chain of command. TIME IS SHORT: EVERYONE, please contact: Patrick DeStefano email: patr...@nrailafrontlines.com Phone: 864-680-0399 and politely ask him to have the NRA join the fight to get those 100,000 signatures by August 17th! **Tell friends and family outside of Virginia to call the NRA-ILA headquarters about the petition! Spread the word!** Contact GOA, CCRKBA, and SAF, too! 2. Correction on checking CHP renewal effective date I came down with a bad case of type-o-itis in the last Update. Here is the corrected item #4 with "90 to 100 days" changed to "90 to 180 days." Ugh. - Member Leo Carling and others have caught a mistake on their renewed permits, where the effective date is wrong. If you put in your renewal application between 90 and 180 days before expiration of your existing permit, the new permit should begin on the date your existing permit expires. Warren County and others have made this mistake. DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT. Talk to the Circuit Court Clerk directly and demand a corrected permit ASAP. 3. VCU doesn't trust its own "no guns" policy ;-) Thanks to member Clayton Rhoades for the link and his acute observation: "VCU must not believe in their own gun ban very much to do exercises to simulate an attack." VCU knew their gun ban wouldn't make anyone safer from the beginning. As with all gun bans, it only endangers those it purports to be protecting. More and more states are allowing college/university carry and of which has been successful. Here in Virginia, Liberty University is leading the way. http://m.nbc12.com/nbc12/db/330650/content/rsoEyXE6 4. Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial stomps on the imaginary "gun show loophole" http://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/editorial-the-gun-show-loophole-seems-to-have-shrunk/article_de9cdcc4-48ea-5862-b1d7-75b1445fbb03.html or http://tinyurl.com/y9wbfv3q Editorial: The gun-show loophole seems to have shrunk If you follow debates in Virginia’s General Assembly, you might get the impression that the state could sharply curtail the violent-crime rate if only lawmakers would close the “gun-show loophole.” New data suggest the impression is mistaken. Federally licensed firearm dealers must conduct a background check on prospective purchasers, but private sellers don’t have to. That’s true regardless of whether the transaction takes place at a gun show or not. Yet to hear advocates and some legislators talk, you’d think gun shows provide hardened criminals with a steady stream of easy weapons. In fact, the claim has never held up well. Most criminals get their guns through other means, such as “sharing arrangements with fellow gang
VA-ALERT: VCDL-PAC ALERT: Senator Dick Black invites VCDL members to an event in Ashburn!
-- Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: http://vcdl.org/join -- VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings -- Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html -- VA-ALERT archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/=now -- Senator Dick Black is one of our strongest allies in the Senate. While he is not up for reelection, fundraising is a full-time job for elected officials. He is having a barbecue on April 29th, and he welcomes VCDL MEMBERS TO ATTEND! Senator Black was marked for death by ISIS a few years back, and that is a threat that NEVER goes away! Dick KNOWS that VCDL members are responsible, and most of all, PREPARED! Contributions to his fundraising efforts are welcome but not required. Please consider coming to support the man who supports your rights. Carry, either openly or discreetly, is encouraged at this event! WHERE: 43471 Thistlewood Court, Ashburn, Va. 20147 WHEN: April 29th, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Sponsorships requested from $50-up, but VCDL members welcome AT NO CHARGE! (I'd appreciate it if you helped him out, just the same!) Dick Black is a friend to gun owners and holds VCDL in a high regard! Bob Sadtler Chairman, VCDL-PAC Authorized by the Chairman, VCDL-PAC, VA 01-42 Paid for by the Virginia Citizens Defense League PAC NOT authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee --- *** 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 [http://www.vcdl.org/] *** IMPORTANT: It is our intention to honor all "remove" requests promptly. To unsubscribe from this list, or change the email address where you receive messages, please go to: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 [https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
VA-ALERT: Welcome back to VA-ALERT, AOL subscribers
-- Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: http://www.vcdl.org/join-VCDL -- VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings -- Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html -- VA-ALERT archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/=now -- AOL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Back in late December, AOL bounced around 1,200 VCDL VA-ALERT subscribers off of the list. We thought we had it restored several weeks ago and sent out a message like this, but AOL bounced all of you off again. :-( It takes about 30 minutes each time for me to resubscribe everyone. AOL has now assured us that they have fixed the issue this time. Let's hope. If you are an AOL subscriber, are seeing this message, and haven't been receiving alerts so far this year, hopefully all is OK now. If you wish to get caught up the alerts you have missed, you can look at the VA-ALERT archive by clicking here: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/va-alert/=now --- *** 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 [http://www.vcdl.org/] *** IMPORTANT: It is our intention to honor all "remove" requests promptly. To unsubscribe from this list, or change the email address where you receive messages, please go to: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 [https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
VA-ALERT: Welcome back AOL subscribers to VA-ALERT!
-- Not yet a Virginia Citizens Defense League member? Join VCDL at: http://www.vcdl.org/join-VCDL -- VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings -- Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html -- VA-ALERT archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/=now -- *** If you are not an AOL email customer, you can disregard this message *** Back on December 27, 2016, AOL for some reason bounced everyone on VA-ALERT who has an AOL email account. We lost well over 1,000 subscribers in one fell swoop. (AOL has had issues before.) Some of you AOL customers probably were wondering why there were no alerts during the busy legislative season. Now you know why. If you ever suspect you might have been unsubscribed for some reason, it is easy to see if any VCDL alerts or updates have gone out recently by going to the VCDL.org web site and looking at "VA-ALERT Archives" under the "VA-ALERT" menu item at the top. If you see a bunch of alert items that you never received, there's a good chance you have become unsubscribed. This can happen if emails sent to you bounce too many times or if you have marked any VA-ALERT messages as "SPAM." Anyway, we have finally got a resolution with AOL and we reactivated all your accounts. We lost you at one of the most important times of the year :-( Click here to see the current status of gun bills in the General Assembly. You'll notice that all of the gun-control bills are dead and gone and a slew of gun-rights bills are alive, with several already heading to the Governor's desk. A VCDL Update will be coming out later tonight. --- *** 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 [http://www.vcdl.org/] *** IMPORTANT: It is our intention to honor all "remove" requests promptly. To unsubscribe from this list, or change the email address where you receive messages, please go to: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 [https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
VA-ALERT: Reminder: VCDL events this week - turnout requested
-- VCDL's calendar: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings -- Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html -- VA-ALERT archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/727/=now -- There are FOUR events this week! Come out to whichever ones you can attend: ANNANDALE - Tuesday VCDL will have a membership meeting in Annandale on TUESDAY, July 19. Fellowship begins at 7:30 PM, with the meeting called to order at 8 PM and adjourning at 9:30 PM. We will be discussing the Dallas and Minnesota shootings, the next push for gun control, and much more. As with all membership meetings, this meeting is open to the public, so please bring along friends and family! For directions, click here: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings Carry is legal in this local government building. See you there. — NEWPORT NEWS - Wednesday VCDL will have a membership meeting in the Newport News area on Wednesday, July 20. We will be discussing a variety of subjects currently effecting Virginia gun owners. Details: Date & Time: July 20, 7:30 PM Location: Denbigh Community Center 15198 Warwick Blvd. Newport News, VA 23608 The meeting is open to the public, so be sure to bring friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc.! — CHESAPEAKE - Wednesday A meeting to look at possible restrictions on shooting in parts of Chespeake is being held at 6 PM on Wednesday, July 20th at: Chesapeake Sheriff’s Administration Building Training Room 401 Albemarle Drive (corner of Holt Drive and Albemarle Drive) Chesapeake, VA **You MUST SIGN UP TO ATTEND the meeting and need to do so ASAP**: Call Karen Green with the Chesapeake Police Department at 757-382-6404 or email her at kgr...@cityofchesapeake.net to sign up to attend . — ISLE OF WIGHT - Thursday On Thursday, July 21, the Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors (BoS) will consider approving a new public shooting range. There is resistance to the range, **so we will need a good turnout** at the BoS meeting to show support, especially if you live in the area. Location: Robert C. Claud Sr Board Room (2nd Floor) Isle of Wight County Courthouse Complex (in Old Courthouse - carry OK - see "Important Note," below) 17000 Josiah Parker Circle Isle of Wight, VA 23397 Time: 6 PM IMPORTANT NOTE: While it is called the “Old Courthouse building,” it actually houses the County’s Executive Branch, including the Board of Supervisor’s meeting room. So, carry IS allowed. Thanks for the prompt and courteous return call of Lt. James Pope with the Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Department, who confirmed the status of the building. If you plan on speaking, there will be a signup sheet in the meeting room. If you don’t plan on speaking, please show up anyway and stand with us. We will be handing out GSL stickers, please pick one up. Also let me know that you are there, speaking or not, so I have a good headcount. Here is some press coverage, including comments from VCDL: State gun rights group asking for support at Isle of Wight supervisors meeting http://www.dailypress.com/news/isle-of-wight-county/dp-nws-iw-notebook-0718-20160717-story.html or http://tinyurl.com/zdn2jhn — GOOD FOR A LAUGH A reporter from the Smithfield Times sent me this email (I kid you not). I am choosing to laugh and not cry. It will be interesting to see their coverage, as I’m sensing some bias: "Mr. Van Cleave, Why do you think it is necessary for members to attend the meeting armed? Is it an attempt to intimidate people? Thanks!" --- *** 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 [http://www.vcdl.org/] *** IMPORTANT: It is our intention to honor all "remove" requests promptly. To unsubscribe from this list, or change the email address where you receive messages, please go to: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 [https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=6619365_secret=6619365-2f3d8413 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
