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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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- Instrumental in Getting Virginia's Concealed Carry Law Changed From "May Issue" to "Shall Issue" in 1995, Swelling The Number of Permit Holders From a Few Thousand in 1994 to Over 110,000 as of Mid 2002
- Worked with Henrico Board of Supervisors to get ban on permit holders in Henrico parks removed
- Played a key roll in getting preemption laws strengthened so that
permit holders are *totally* protected from grand fathered ordinance while carrying or possessing a firearm.
- Distributed Pro-Self-Defense Literature at The Stand For Children Rally in Washington, DC
- Engineered a Change in Fairfax County's "Hunting Laws" to Exempt Persons Lawfully Carrying Firearms For Personal Safety From County Hunting Restrictions
- Derailed "Operation Scarlet Letter" in Bath County
- Stopped a Proposed City Gun Ban in Harrisonburg
- The ONLY Organization to Get Pro Gun Bills Introduced in Each of The Last 6 Legislative Sessions
- VCDL Originated Technical & Procedural Improvements Were Made in 1999 to The Concealed Carry Law
- Pressured Lowe's Stores to Allow Concealed Carry on Premises
- Worked With Legislators to Get Three Pro-Gun Bills Introduced in The 1998 Legislative Session. One, The Bill to Repeal The Ban on Carrying Concealed in Restaurants, Passed The VA Senate, Before Dying in an Anti-Gun House Committee
- Defeated Fairfax County's Illegal County Facility Gun Ban Regulation in Court
- Stopped Mandatory FBI Fingerprint Registration of CHP Applicants in Fairfax And Prince William Counties
- Forced Fairfax County to comply with the Virginia CHP law by eliminating:
...* Personal history form
...* Police interrogation of applicant
...* Excessive fees
- Forced Fairfax County Police to Revamp Their "Firearms Safety Presentation"
- Compelled The Prince William County Police to Revise Its' Gun Safety Brochure
- Forced Roanoke and Salem Civic Centers to remove wording from signs
banning guns
- Instrumental in Getting The Governor to Allow For Concealed Carry in
State Parks
- Got a Strengthened Preemption Bill Signed Into Law in 2002 Session,
Forcing Arlington to Drop its Gun Ban in City Buildings
- Had City of Richmond Remove Illegal Signs Banning Guns From City Hall Building
- Stopped an Illegal Gun Ban in Henrico County Buildings
- Got Cities of Richmond, Hampton, And Williamsburg And Counties of
Isle of Wight And Franklin to Remove Illegal Signs Banning Guns in
Parks And Libraries
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