Sunday, April 28, 2013

VA-ALERT: VCDL Mini-Update 4/28/13

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1. Rockbridge Retreat Project Shooting Fundraiser on May 4th
2. URGENT: Volunteers needed for Doswell show next Saturday and Sunday!
3. Reminder: VCDL President to speak at Charlottesville Republican Woman's League
4. New Senate bill to require a background check for gun powder
5. Pastor's sermon on the biblical view of weaponry, "Ban the Gun or Punish the Crime?"
6. We must remain vigilant - gun haters are regrouping and going to try again
7. ACTION ITEM: Republican Firehouse Primary on May 7th (District 19 in Bedford area)

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1. Rockbridge Retreat Project Shooting Fundraiser on May 4th
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VCDL will have a booth at this event. Come by and say, "hello!" If you want to help at our booth, we'll be glad to have you.

Rockbridge Retreat Project Shooting Fundraiser

Saturday May 4, 2013 11:00 am to 4:30 pm

Firehouse in Rockbridge Baths, VA

NRA Instructor Officiated Shooting Event
3-D Archery, Surpressed Firearms, Pistol, Rifle,
Shotgun, Skeet, MP40, Vector, M16, Black
Widow, AR50 Sniper Rifle & More!

This Family Friendly Event is FREE to Watch!

Fee of $50 to shoot these fine weapons
plus cost of ammo & supplies where needed

All guns must be in a case or holster until on the range.
You can bring your own firearms and ammo to shoot as well.
Free shooting for kids 12 and under with a paid shooting adult.
Extra ammo, archery supplies and food onsite for sale.

For more information, contact
Jason Hall 540-461-1522
rockbridgeretreat@gmail.com
www.RockbridgeRetreat.com

A 501(c)3 non-profit organization providing outdoor activities in Rockbridge County, Virginia,
for disabled Special Operation Veterans and their families in cooperation with the
Special Operations Warrior Foundation and the Shenandoah Valley Veterans Center.


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2. URGENT: Volunteers needed for Doswell show next Saturday and Sunday!
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This item slipped through the cracks. We have NO volunteers at this time.

DOSWELL http://www.guns-knives.com, May 4-5

Saturday, May 4 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 5 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Please contact Robert Herron at Fredericksburggunshows@vcdl.org to
help at the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, near Kings Dominion.


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3. Reminder: VCDL President to speak at Charlottesville Republican Woman's League
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This event is open to the public. From the group's flyer:

Gun Control or People Control?
Your Liberty and the Second Amendment

The Albemarle/Charlottesville Republican Women's League is hosting "Hot Topics" speaker Philip Van Cleave, President, Virginia Citizens Defense League on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.

Northside Public Library
300 Albemarle Square
Charlottesville, VA 22901

Open to the Public

*** Refreshments served ***

The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) is a non-partisan, state-wide grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the fundamental human right of all Virginians to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I Section 13 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It is the only organization to get pro-gun bills introduced in every Virginia legislative session since 1997.


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4. New Senate bill to require a background check for gun powder
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Mark Willmann sent me this link. Wording on the bill is not available yet, but reports are not good. It will affect reloaders and can also affect ammunition. VCDL will have an action item on this in the future:

From thehill.com: http://tinyurl.com/b2nhnhz

Reid bill would require background checks to purchase explosives
By Pete Kasperowicz - 04/24/13 09:19 AM ET

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require background checks to be run on anyone buying explosive powder, a reaction to last week's Boston Marathon bombing.

Reid introduced the bill, S. 792, for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who has been out sick for much of the year. But in a press statement, Lautenberg said the Boston bombing shows that background checks are needed for explosive materials.

"It defies common sense that anyone, even a terrorist, can walk into a store in America and buy explosive powders without a background check or any questions asked," Lautenberg said Tuesday. "Requiring a background check for an explosives permit is a small price to pay to ensure the safety of our communities.

Under current law, people can buy up to 50 pounds of explosive "black powder" with no background check, and can buy unlimited amounts of other explosive powders, such as "black powder substitute" and "smokeless powder."

Lautenberg's bill would require a background check for the purchase of any of these powders.

It would also let the attorney general stop the sale of explosives if a background check shows the applicant is a known or suspected terrorist, and if there is a belief the explosives will be used for terrorism.

It would also require a permit to make homemade explosives, and direct the government to study how to better trace the use of explosive powders.


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5. Pastor's sermon on the biblical view of weaponry, "Ban the Gun or Punish the Crime?"
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Video of a recent sermon by Pastor Cliff Hall of the Valley Cowboy Church on gun control. He does the sermon with a revolver on his hip:

http://valleycowboychurch.net/vcc-tv/

Select the video: Ban the Gun or Punish the Crime


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6. We must remain vigilant - gun haters are regrouping and going to try again
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Compiled by EM Dave Hicks.

From washingtontimes.com: http://tinyurl.com/bted9w3

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Reid shelves expanded gun-purchase background check legislation

By David Sherfinski
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The Washington Times

SNIP

Mr. Reid said Thursday that after speaking with President Obama, the best option going forward after the measure was defeated in the Senate Wednesday was to "hit pause" and regroup.

SNIP

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From washingtonpost.com: http://tinyurl.com/cae5jtm

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Reid pulls gun bill from consideration

Posted by Ed O'Keefe on April 18, 2013 at 4:15 pm

SNIP

"Yesterday, President Obama said it was a shameful day for the Senate, and it probably was, I agree. But we should make no mistake: This debate is not over, in fact this fight is just beginning," Reid said on the Senate floor Thursday.

SNIP


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7. ACTION ITEM: Republican Firehouse Primary on May 7th (District 19 in Bedford area)
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A Republican Firehouse Primary for the 19th District House of Delegates is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th between the hours of 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM. This primary is to fill the seat formally held by the retiring Lacey Putney. Four Republican candidates have filed to run for the seat: Jim McKelvey, successful businessman from Bedford; Terry Austin, Supervisor from Botetourt; Zach Martin, 25 year old college grad from Botetourt; and Zackary Hatcher, Pastor, from Botetourt.

(Jim McKelvey ran for the Republican nomination for Congress in the 5th District in 2010 and received the endorsement of the VCDL-PAC back then. The VCDL-PAC has NOT made an endorsement in this race as of this time, however.)

I encourage all VCDL members in the 19th District to vote on May 7th. This is a critical primary to nominate someone that we can count on to strongly support the 2nd Amendment in the General Assembly.

Contact the candidates and ask them about their position on gun-rights:

Jim McKelvey: http://mckelveyfordelegate.com/

Terry Austin: http://www.austinfordelegate.com/

Zach Martin: http://www.votezachmartin.com/

Zackary Hatcher (Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/hatcherfordelegate


Voting locations within the 19th District are:

*Bedford County and Bedford City voters: Thaxton Community Center (Rt 460 and Rt 831, Thaxton)

*Botetourt County voters: Lord Botetourt High School (1435 Roanoke Rd, Daleville)

*Alleghany and City of Covington voters: Old Alleghany County Board of Supervisors Board Meeting Room (110 Rosedale Ave, Covington)

Thank you for voting on May 7th.

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