Posted: 1/6/2009 7:48:06 PM EDT
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Just got this in my latest VCDL email. The Virginia Crime Commission is going to meet on Tueday, January 13th, to vote on whether to recommend a bill on gun shows this legislative session. The Commission is not going to take testimony, they are just going to vote. They will probably discuss the issue some more before they vote. I plan on being there to watch the vote. Any of you that want to come and wear a "Gun Save Lives" sticker to show support, I will have plenty with me. Here is the agenda: VIRGINIA STATE CRIME COMMISSION Tuesday, January 13, 2009 General Assembly Building Senate Room B, 10:00 A.M. AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER / APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 9, 2008 MINUTES Delegate David B. Albo, Chairman III. 2009 LEGISLATION Legislation Requested for Drafting and Requiring a Vote: • Private Sales of Firearms at Gun Shows VIII. ADJOURNMENT Note: There will be no public comment. **** ACTION ITEM We need to flood the Commission's inbox with polite, but firm, emails urging them to leave private sales at gun shows, or anywhere else, alone. Email address: [email protected] Suggested subject: Please do NOT restrict private sales of firearms! Suggested message: Dear Crime Commission members, Please do NOT restrict private sales of firearms at gun shows or anywhere else! The bill being considered is just a scheme to register guns sold from private sellers. It will bring unnecessary and pointless hardship on both gun shows and the law-abiding citizens attending those shows. Few guns used in crime come from gun shows and there is no need to change current law. Sincerely, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] |
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RICHMOND, Jan. 13 –– The Virginia State Crime Commission on Tuesday declined to endorse closing the so-called gun show loophole in Virginia law, heightening uncertainty about the prospects of success in the General Assembly.
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