- Nov 11, 2009
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1. McAuliffe claims ARs, magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, homemade guns need to be prohibited under a “public health crisis”
2. VA Governor’s race is a toss-up; gun owners could swing it!
3. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Early and in person!
4. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on Oct. 23 and 24
5. VCDL Board member Ed Levine to speak at Young Americans for Liberty meeting on Wednesday in Harrisonburg – open to the public!
6. Reminder: VCDL “Pot Luck” Picnic in Salem is on Saturday!
7. Reminder: VCDL membership meeting in Virginia Beach coming up on Oct. 20
8. R.I.P. VCDL member Ron Owen
9. Concealed handgun permits in the U.S. went up by TWO MILLION in 2020!
10. Caught on video: home invader impersonating police is shot by female homeowner
11. VCDL membership meeting in Stafford on October 28
1. McAuliffe claims ARs, magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, homemade guns need to be prohibited under a “public health crisis”
If McAuliffe wins and the gun-controllers stay in power in the House of Delegates, we will see another push to confiscate guns, magazines, and more. VOTE!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...-crisis-pushes-more-gun-control-for-virginia/
2. VA Governor’s race is a toss-up; gun owners could swing it!
A new report in the Stamford Advocate says the race for governor in Virginia is getting emotional and wannabe second-termer Terry McAuliffe cannot count on support from all Democrats in the Commonwealth who may be fed up with the far leftward tilt of the party.
[PVC: There is a misprint in the article. Virginia’s Election Day is on November 2, not November 3.]
https://conservativefiringline.com/va-governors-race-a-toss-up-gun-owners-could-swing-it/
3. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Early and in person!
If you must vote absentee by mail, be sure to get a witness’s signature on the ballot.
Also, today is the last day you can register to vote, if you haven’t done so.
From the Virginia Department of Elections website:
EARLY VOTING IN-PERSON
You can vote early at your local registrar’s office beginning 45 days before Election Day and ending the Saturday before Election Day. Before visiting your local registrar’s office, you may wish to check your registration status or call your registrar’s office. You can find your registrar’s phone number here. To vote early in-person, do the following:
Starting 45 days before Election Day, visit your local registrar’s office or a satellite voting location in your county or city to vote early. Remember, the Saturday before Election Day is the last day to vote early.
You do not have to have a reason or fill out an application to vote early.
At the registrar’s office or satellite voting location, you must provide your name and address and show an acceptable form of ID or sign an ID Confirmation Statement. To view a complete list of acceptable IDs, please visit our page. If acceptable identification is not provided, you must sign an ID Confirmation Statement or a provisional ballot will be offered and you are allowed until the Friday at noon following the election to provide a copy of acceptable identification to the electoral board or sign
an ID Confirmation Statement. Provisional voters receive a notice to remind them of the deadline and right to attend the electoral board meeting.
Accessible equipment and/or curbside voting is available upon request.
4. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on Oct. 23 and 24
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the Fredericksburg SGK Gun Show Saturday, October 23rd and Sunday, October 24th at:
Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center
2371 Carl D Silver Parkway
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
If you are a VCDL member who has worked at a gun show before or want to be involved for the very first time, VCDL needs your help to protect, preserve, and strengthen our gun rights in the Commonwealth.
Three (3) positions are available for each shift both days:
Saturday, October 23rd
• AM shift: 9am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 5pm
Sunday, October 24th
• AM shift: 10am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 4pm
To register for a shift, register online (https://vcdl.org/events/register.aspx?id=1510144) or contact Jamie Brannan (gunshows.fredericksburg@vcdl.org).
5. VCDL Board member Ed Levine to speak at Young Americans for Liberty meeting on Wednesday in Harrisonburg – open to the public!
VCDL Board of Directors member Ed Levine will be speaking at a Young Americans for Liberty meeting on Wednesday, October 13, in Harrisonburg. The meeting is open to the public and starts at 7pm. It is being held at:
Vinny’s Italian Grill
225 Burgess Rd
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Ed will be speaking about VCDL and protecting our gun rights in Virginia
6. Reminder: VCDL “Pot Luck” Picnic in Salem is on Saturday!
The SW Virginia VCDL "Pot Luck” Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, October 16 from 11am to 2pm at:
Longwood Park
Shelter # 4 at the top of the hill
601 E Main St
Salem VA 24153
Please bring a dish to share with others. VCDL will furnish plates; drinks, napkins; ice and eating utensils. This event is for VCDL Members, families and guests.
PLEASE RSVP to al@vcdl.org with the number of people in your party so we will have sufficient items for all.
7. Reminder: VCDL membership meeting in Virginia Beach coming up on Oct. 20
VCDL will have a membership meeting in Virginia Beach on Wednesday, October 20 at 7 pm.
The location is at a shooting range (come early and pop some caps!):
Freedom Shooting Center
5070 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
http://FreedomShootingCenter.com
This meeting is open to the public, so bring along your friends, family, coworkers, etc.
Thanks to member Sarah Max (who arranged for VCDL members to get great Aflac rates!) and the Freedom Shooting Center for the arrangements.
8. R.I.P. VCDL member Ron Owen
Sadly, I must report that VCDL member Ron Owen passed away on October 2. Ron is survived by his wife, Jean.
Funeral services:
Friday, October 22
Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home
4143 Dale Blvd
Dale City, VA
10am-11am Viewing
11am-11:30am Masonic service
11:30am -12:15pm Church service (also at the funeral home)
1pm - Final honors at Quantico National Cemetery
9. Concealed handgun permits in the U.S. went up by TWO MILLION in 2020!
A study by John Lott Jr. is quoted:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gu...-pandemic-record-high-year-over-year-increase
10. Caught on video: home invader impersonating police is shot by female homeowner
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/c...er-shot-and-killed-while-impersonating-a-cop/
11. VCDL membership meeting in Stafford on October 28
There is a VCDL Membership Dinner Meeting in Stafford on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at:
Vinny's
397 Garrisonville Rd
Stafford, VA 22554
(by the 610 Car Wash)
5:30 - Earliest Arrival Time
6:00 - 7:15 Dinner (order off the menu)
7:15 - 8:45 Meeting
We would like at least 50 people for dinner to make it profitable for the business. More is better! The room will hold up to 100.
We need to provide the restaurant with the number of people having dinner by the afternoon of 10/25 so staffing arrangements can be made.
If you intend on coming, please send an email to: Bruce@vcdl.org, with the subject of "Stafford Dinner x/y" where "x" is the number of people coming to eat and "y" is the number of people coming to the meeting. If two people are coming to eat and attend the meeting, you would put “2/2”. If 2 people are attending the meeting, but not eating, you would put “0/2.”
If the room fills up, people having dinner will, of course, have the priority.
Confirmations will be sent out on 10/26 - 10/27
Come on out for an evening off food, fun, great conversations, and information - It has been too long!
2. VA Governor’s race is a toss-up; gun owners could swing it!
3. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Early and in person!
4. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on Oct. 23 and 24
5. VCDL Board member Ed Levine to speak at Young Americans for Liberty meeting on Wednesday in Harrisonburg – open to the public!
6. Reminder: VCDL “Pot Luck” Picnic in Salem is on Saturday!
7. Reminder: VCDL membership meeting in Virginia Beach coming up on Oct. 20
8. R.I.P. VCDL member Ron Owen
9. Concealed handgun permits in the U.S. went up by TWO MILLION in 2020!
10. Caught on video: home invader impersonating police is shot by female homeowner
11. VCDL membership meeting in Stafford on October 28
1. McAuliffe claims ARs, magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, homemade guns need to be prohibited under a “public health crisis”
If McAuliffe wins and the gun-controllers stay in power in the House of Delegates, we will see another push to confiscate guns, magazines, and more. VOTE!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...-crisis-pushes-more-gun-control-for-virginia/
2. VA Governor’s race is a toss-up; gun owners could swing it!
A new report in the Stamford Advocate says the race for governor in Virginia is getting emotional and wannabe second-termer Terry McAuliffe cannot count on support from all Democrats in the Commonwealth who may be fed up with the far leftward tilt of the party.
[PVC: There is a misprint in the article. Virginia’s Election Day is on November 2, not November 3.]
https://conservativefiringline.com/va-governors-race-a-toss-up-gun-owners-could-swing-it/
3. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Early and in person!
If you must vote absentee by mail, be sure to get a witness’s signature on the ballot.
Also, today is the last day you can register to vote, if you haven’t done so.
From the Virginia Department of Elections website:
EARLY VOTING IN-PERSON
You can vote early at your local registrar’s office beginning 45 days before Election Day and ending the Saturday before Election Day. Before visiting your local registrar’s office, you may wish to check your registration status or call your registrar’s office. You can find your registrar’s phone number here. To vote early in-person, do the following:
Starting 45 days before Election Day, visit your local registrar’s office or a satellite voting location in your county or city to vote early. Remember, the Saturday before Election Day is the last day to vote early.
You do not have to have a reason or fill out an application to vote early.
At the registrar’s office or satellite voting location, you must provide your name and address and show an acceptable form of ID or sign an ID Confirmation Statement. To view a complete list of acceptable IDs, please visit our page. If acceptable identification is not provided, you must sign an ID Confirmation Statement or a provisional ballot will be offered and you are allowed until the Friday at noon following the election to provide a copy of acceptable identification to the electoral board or sign
an ID Confirmation Statement. Provisional voters receive a notice to remind them of the deadline and right to attend the electoral board meeting.
Accessible equipment and/or curbside voting is available upon request.
4. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on Oct. 23 and 24
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the Fredericksburg SGK Gun Show Saturday, October 23rd and Sunday, October 24th at:
Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center
2371 Carl D Silver Parkway
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
If you are a VCDL member who has worked at a gun show before or want to be involved for the very first time, VCDL needs your help to protect, preserve, and strengthen our gun rights in the Commonwealth.
Three (3) positions are available for each shift both days:
Saturday, October 23rd
• AM shift: 9am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 5pm
Sunday, October 24th
• AM shift: 10am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 4pm
To register for a shift, register online (https://vcdl.org/events/register.aspx?id=1510144) or contact Jamie Brannan (gunshows.fredericksburg@vcdl.org).
5. VCDL Board member Ed Levine to speak at Young Americans for Liberty meeting on Wednesday in Harrisonburg – open to the public!
VCDL Board of Directors member Ed Levine will be speaking at a Young Americans for Liberty meeting on Wednesday, October 13, in Harrisonburg. The meeting is open to the public and starts at 7pm. It is being held at:
Vinny’s Italian Grill
225 Burgess Rd
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Ed will be speaking about VCDL and protecting our gun rights in Virginia
6. Reminder: VCDL “Pot Luck” Picnic in Salem is on Saturday!
The SW Virginia VCDL "Pot Luck” Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, October 16 from 11am to 2pm at:
Longwood Park
Shelter # 4 at the top of the hill
601 E Main St
Salem VA 24153
Please bring a dish to share with others. VCDL will furnish plates; drinks, napkins; ice and eating utensils. This event is for VCDL Members, families and guests.
PLEASE RSVP to al@vcdl.org with the number of people in your party so we will have sufficient items for all.
7. Reminder: VCDL membership meeting in Virginia Beach coming up on Oct. 20
VCDL will have a membership meeting in Virginia Beach on Wednesday, October 20 at 7 pm.
The location is at a shooting range (come early and pop some caps!):
Freedom Shooting Center
5070 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
http://FreedomShootingCenter.com
This meeting is open to the public, so bring along your friends, family, coworkers, etc.
Thanks to member Sarah Max (who arranged for VCDL members to get great Aflac rates!) and the Freedom Shooting Center for the arrangements.
8. R.I.P. VCDL member Ron Owen
Sadly, I must report that VCDL member Ron Owen passed away on October 2. Ron is survived by his wife, Jean.
Funeral services:
Friday, October 22
Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home
4143 Dale Blvd
Dale City, VA
10am-11am Viewing
11am-11:30am Masonic service
11:30am -12:15pm Church service (also at the funeral home)
1pm - Final honors at Quantico National Cemetery
9. Concealed handgun permits in the U.S. went up by TWO MILLION in 2020!
A study by John Lott Jr. is quoted:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gu...-pandemic-record-high-year-over-year-increase
10. Caught on video: home invader impersonating police is shot by female homeowner
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/c...er-shot-and-killed-while-impersonating-a-cop/
11. VCDL membership meeting in Stafford on October 28
There is a VCDL Membership Dinner Meeting in Stafford on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at:
Vinny's
397 Garrisonville Rd
Stafford, VA 22554
(by the 610 Car Wash)
5:30 - Earliest Arrival Time
6:00 - 7:15 Dinner (order off the menu)
7:15 - 8:45 Meeting
We would like at least 50 people for dinner to make it profitable for the business. More is better! The room will hold up to 100.
We need to provide the restaurant with the number of people having dinner by the afternoon of 10/25 so staffing arrangements can be made.
If you intend on coming, please send an email to: Bruce@vcdl.org, with the subject of "Stafford Dinner x/y" where "x" is the number of people coming to eat and "y" is the number of people coming to the meeting. If two people are coming to eat and attend the meeting, you would put “2/2”. If 2 people are attending the meeting, but not eating, you would put “0/2.”
If the room fills up, people having dinner will, of course, have the priority.
Confirmations will be sent out on 10/26 - 10/27
Come on out for an evening off food, fun, great conversations, and information - It has been too long!