VA-Alert: vcdl update 11/8/2025-

bad court ruling endangers open carry in virginia

1. Bad court ruling endangers open carry in Virginia

Here is a video by VCDL firearm attorney Gilbert Ambler that explains a bad court ruling on what defines brandishing in Virginia:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHzJCaGNqgw&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

2. Instructions for renewing your VCDL membership

For members who need to renew:

If you membership has expired, simply fill in the form at VCDL.org/membership using your name as it is on your membership card (without any suffix like Jr., Sr., MD., etc.) and your email address associated with your membership account. The system should match to your account. IF YOU RECEIVE A NEW MEMBERSHIP CARD WITH A MEMBER NUMBER STARTING WITH LETTERS, please contact membership@vcdl.org, as you were not properly matched to your prior records.

If your membership has NOT expired, or if you just want to create a member portal account before renewing, please follow these steps:

1. Visit VCDL.org and click the login link on any page
2. Click CREATE ACCOUNT
3. Enter your name exactly as it is on your membership card EXCLUDING ANY SUFFIX (Jr., Sr., MD, etc.)
4. Enter your email that is associated with your membership account. If you are unsure what email we have on file, please contact membership@vcdl.org
5. Create a password by following the prompts
6. Check your email for the welcome email
7. CLICK THE VERIFICATION LINK in the welcome email 

You may now log into your member portal. 

NOTE:  BEFORE YOU ENTER THE MEMBER FORUM THROUGH THE PORTAL you can set your forum screen name by clicking on your name in the top right corner.  Select "Update My Info" and edit the "First Name" and/or "Last Name" fields.  This will determine what name shows up in the member forum.  YOU CANNOT EDIT THIS ONCE YOU LOG INTO THE FORUM.

To renew through the member portal:

1. Click the My Memberships tile
2. Scroll all the way to the right and click the blue renew link next to the TOP membership

This will make your new membership term effective at the expiration of your current term.  The Renew link will appear 60 days before your current membership is due to expire.

IF YOU DON’T SEE YOUR MEMBERSHIP HISTORY please email membership@vcdl.org or secretary@vcdl.org and we will research the issue.

Thank you so much for your support!

3. VCDL virtual membership meeting this Sunday, November 9

4. Help needed: Chantilly gun show on November 21-23

Good Day Everyone: Thank you for all your past efforts at the Chantilly Gun Show. Your efforts are deeply appreciated. 

Call to All VCDL Volunteers: Your Help Is Needed! If you have already volunteered, you are on the list and disregard this email.

Now is the time to get involved. Remember 2020!

Chantilly Gun Show November 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, 2025:

Volunteer now to get your shift of choice. 

As a volunteer at this show you will get free admission, for that day, if you volunteer to take a full shift. There are a limited number of inside table positions.

The show is for VCDL members to volunteer.

Unlike Lobby Day, children, friends, visiting guests, older parents, and grandparents cannot be brought along. We are limited in the number of passes that can be requested. Thank you for understanding.

MANDATORY INFORMATION NEEDED FOR VOLUNTEERING

Your Name:

VCDL Membership #:

Mobile Phone:

Can You Work Outside in the Heat for 4 Hours?:

Can You Work Outside in the Cold for 4 Hours?:

Can You Stand on Your Feet for the Shift?

1st Choice of Shift: 

2nd Choice of Shift:

Detailed instructions for volunteering will be sent one week before the show. 2nd shift Volunteers need to stay until the end of their shift.

Show Location:

Dulles Expo Center

4320 Chantilly Shopping Center

Chantilly, Virginia 20151 

Friday, November 21, 2025

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Outside table only, inside table full)

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Outside table only, inside table full)

Saturday, November 22, 2025

8:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Inside and outside tables)

12:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Inside and outside tables)

Sunday, November 23, 2025

9:00 AM -12:30 PM (Inside and outside tables)

12:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Inside and outside tables)

Renewing memberships and getting new members is what helps VCDL the most and is our show focus!

If you are interested in volunteering, send an email to gun show coordinator Robert Eufemia at: gunshows.chantilly@vcdl.org

5. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office retracts binary trigger claim

Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has backed off its previous misrepresentation that binary triggers make a firearm fully automatic.

https://www.ammoland.com/2025/11/loudoun-sheriffs-office-retracts-binary-trigger-claim-after-public-backlash/

6. [MS] Guns saving lives in Mississippi against aggressive monkey

Monkeys are very strong and capable of doing serious harm if they attack. I remember a woman some years ago who had her face ripped off by one.

https://www.wtkr.com/us-news/mississippi-woman-kills-escaped-monkey-fearing-for-her-childrens-safety

7. Tips on racking a semi-automatic pistol slide for those with weak hands

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8. Total vehicle deaths to total firearm-related deaths for those under 18

Vehicle deaths for those under 18-years-old are more likely than being killed by the misuse of a firearm:

https://crimeresearch.org/2025/10/2023-data-comparing-total-vehicle-deaths-to-total-firearm-deaths-for-those-under-age-18-homicides-or-murder-unintentional-suicide-and-undetermined/

9. A blast from the past courtesy of the Wayback Machine

Here is VCDL’s website from April 30, 2020, using the Wayback Machine website. Toward the bottom you can see photos of some of the huge Second Amendment Sanctuary rallies across the Commonwealth back then.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200430144309/https://www.vcdl.org/