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"They're pretty effective, I have to give them credit."
Jim Sollo, Chairman of Virginians Against Handgun Violence
Virginian Pilot - Nov 11, 2002
VCDL Accomplishments
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- The ONLY organization to get pro gun bills introduced in every legislative session since 1997
- 2009 – Instrumental in getting bill passed and signed into law that 1) allows localities to be sued for having invalid, preempted ordinances on their books and 2) allows for the recovery of legal fees upon prevailing
- 2007 – Compelled the Roanoke Times to remove CHP database from their website
- 2007 – Organized the first “Bloomberg Gun GiveAway” drawing
- 2006 – Instrumental in getting law passed to eliminate the requirement for fingerprinting of CHP applicants for renewals
- 2006 – Established the Gun Dealer Legal Defense Fund to aid Virginia gun dealers fighting NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s lawsuits
- 2005 – Instrumental in getting law passed to allow concealed carry in vehicle on K-12 school property
- 2004 – A bill put in for VCDL passed giving full preemption protections to all gun owners in Virginia
- 2004 – Got hunting regulations changed to allow concealed carry of handguns for self-defense while hunting
- 2003 – Worked with Henrico Board of Supervisors to get permit holders exempted from the gun ban in Henrico parks
- 2003 – Played a key roll in getting preemption laws strengthened so that permit holders were totally protected from grand fathered ordinances while carrying or possessing a firearm
- 2002 – Worked with Roanoke and Salem Civic Centers to remove gun ban wording from signs
- 2002 – Instrumental in getting the Governor to allow Concealed Carry in State Parks
- 2002 – Compelled Arlington to drop its gun ban in City buildings
- 2002 - Got a strengthened preemption bill signed into law
- 2002 – Compelled the City of Richmond to remove illegal signs banning guns from City Hall Building
- 2002 - Compelled the cities of Richmond, Hampton, and Williamsburg and counties of Isle of Wight and Franklin to remove illegal signs banning guns in parks and libraries
- 2001 – Stopped an illegal Gun Ban in Henrico County buildings
- 2001 – Derailed "Operation Scarlet Letter" in Bath County -- the sheriff's scheme to have vehicles display a sticker indicating that the driver had a concealed handgun permit
- 1999 – VCDL originated technical & procedural improvements were made to the Concealed Carry Law
- 1998 – Worked with legislators to get three pro-gun bills introduced. One, the bill to repeal the ban on carrying concealed in restaurants, passed the Virginia Senate, before dying in an anti-gun House committee
- 1998 – VCDL’s bill to completely repeal the ban on carrying concealed in restaurants passed the Virginia Senate, before dying in an anti-gun House committee
- 1998 – Compelled the Prince William County Police to revise its Gun Safety Brochure
- 1997 – Defeated Fairfax County's illegal County Facility Gun Ban regulation in Court
- 1997 – Derailed mandatory statewide FBI fingerprint registration of all CHP applicants
- 1996 – Pressured Lowe's stores to allow Concealed Carry on premises
- 1996 – Forced Fairfax County Police to revamp their "Firearms Safety Presentation" to remove anti-gun propaganda
- 1996 – Distributed JPFO's "Gun Control Kills Kids!" literature at the anti-gun Stand For Children Rally in Washington, DC
- 1995 – Forced Fairfax County to comply with the Virginia CHP law by eliminating:
- Personal history form
- Police interrogation of applicant
- Excessive fees
- 1995 – Instrumental in getting Virginia's concealed carry law changed from "may issue" to "shall issue," swelling the number of permit holders from a few thousand in 1994 to over 180,000 as of mid 2009
- Engineered a change in Fairfax County's hunting restrictions to exempt persons lawfully carrying firearms for personal safety
- Stopped a proposed City Gun Ban in Harrisonburg
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