[b]Another from VCDL:[/b]
Urgent! This is probably going to be moving very fast, so you will need to react quickly:
SB 228, Senator Trumbo's concealed carry permit recognition bill, was cleaned up and made whole by the House, but was rejected by the Senate. The bill now goes to a Conference committee, consisting of 3 Senators and 3 Delegates, to work out the differences. VCDL has setup a reflector so that you can contact these Senators and Delegates with a single e-mail. Send them a message something like this:
[blue]Dear SB 228 Conference Committee Member,
Please revert SB 228 as it was reported from the House and pass it out of the Conference committee. The House's version of this important bill improves current law, making it easier for Virginia to recognize of out-of-state permits. In turn, Virginians will be able to defend themselves in more states as they travel. Unfortunately, the Senate's version actually makes current law worse, making it much harder for Virginia to recognize the permits of other states! That is totally unacceptable. Instantaneous permit verification is not necessary with the new photo-id requirement. Seven states, including
Michigan and Kentucky, have been recognizing the permits of all other states for years and with great success. Extended recognition will
be just as successful here in Virginia.
Please protect Virginia citizens and fix SB 228! If there can be no agreement to remove the 24/7 language, then please kill SB 228 rather than cripple Virginia's current recognition laws.
Sincerely,
name and address
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The reflector for the SB 228 Conference committee members is:
[email]
[email protected][/email]
A good title might be: Please report House version of SB 228!
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VCDL web page: [url]http://www.vcdl.org[/url]