- Nov 11, 2009
- 30,920
Virginia Citizens Defense League
Defending Your Right to Defend Yourself
VA-ALERT
Surry County, ignoring their own resolution to the contrary, is getting ready to pass local gun-control!!
VCDL member Mark E. just alerted me to an article in the Smithfield Times stating that the Surry County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would ban firearms in government buildings, parks, community and recreation centers, and at public events!
The newspaper says the hearing is on August 7, but the draft copy of the hearing announcement says August 5 (which makes more sense, as that is their regularly scheduled August meeting). We will advise what the correct date and time is in a future alert.
Surry County passed a resolution strongly supporting both the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution UNAMINOUSLY on December 5, 2019. Signers were Michael Drewry, Judy Lyttle, John Seward, Kenneth Holmes, and Giron Wooden, Sr. The text of the resolution is at the bottom of this email.
We cannot let this betrayal go unchallenged!
Here is a link to the proposed ordinance. It is the same draconian crap we have seen in places like Alexandria, Fairfax, Roanoke, Charlottesville, and Arlington! It will do NOTHING to make citizens safer. It will do just the opposite and it has no exceptions for law-abiding citizens, with or without a CHP.
ACTION ITEM:
We need to contact the entire Surry County Board of Supervisors in full opposition to this underhanded scheme. Let’s call and email them!
Here is the email contact information for the Board of Supervisors members:
Mrs. Judy S. Lyttle
Bacon’s Castle District
jslyttle@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. Kenneth R. Holmes
Carsley District
krholmes@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. Giron R. Wooden, Sr.
Claremont District
grwoodensr@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. Michael H. Drewry
Dendron District
mdrewry@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. John M. Seward
Surry District
jmseward@surrycountyva.gov
The common phone number listed for the Board of Supervisors is: 757-294-5271
Talking points:
* While resolutions don’t have the force of law, they do have the force of morality, honor, and trust. The Board of Supervisors effectively made a promise to the citizens of Surry and Virginia to protect our right to keep and bear arms with resolution 2019-38, which passed UNANIMOUSLY. Passing gun control breaks that promise. It’s not illegal, but it is immoral to do so.
* Localities that have passed similar ordinances have not seen a reduction in violent crime. In fact, the first locality to do so, Alexandria, saw shootings go up 40% immediately after the ordinance went into effect and that number has not returned down to pre-ordinance levels yet.
* Taking away someone’s ability to protect themselves from violent crime is NOT good for them or for the general public. The only beneficiaries are criminals, who don’t obey “gun-free zones”. Virginia Beach found this out the hard way when they had a massacre in one of their gun-free zones a couple of years ago.
* I urge you to vote AGAINST the proposed ordinance, honoring the promise you made on December 5, 2019l
Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution from December 5, 2019:
2019-38
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SURRY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURTROOM OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON DECEMBER 5, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: VOTE:
The Honorable Michael H. Drewry, Chairperson Aye
The Honorable Judy S. Lyttle, Vice-Chair Aye
The Honorable John M. Seward Aye
The Honorable Kenneth R. Holmes Aye
The Honorable Giron R. Wooden, Sr. Aye
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
WHEREAS, the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states in part that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”; and
WHEREAS, the same language is also contained in Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Surry County Board of Supervisors feels that the right of citizens to bear arms, as stated in both the United States Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, is a fundamental right that should be protected to the greatest degree possible; and
WHEREAS, the Governor has proposed to the General Assembly of Virginia several measures regarding gun control, and it is expected that both the Governor and individual Delegates and Senators will introduce such legislation in the 2020 session of the General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, the Surry County Board of Supervisors wishes by adopting this Resolution to express its strong support for the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia, and urges the Governor and members of the General Assembly to take no action which would violate the freedoms guaranteed in both Constitutions.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Surry County that the Board hereby expresses its strong support for the rights of citizens to bear arms pursuant to the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia, and urges the members of the General Assembly and the Governor to take no action which would violate the freedoms guaranteed in both Constitutions.
Defending Your Right to Defend Yourself
VA-ALERT
Surry County, ignoring their own resolution to the contrary, is getting ready to pass local gun-control!!
VCDL member Mark E. just alerted me to an article in the Smithfield Times stating that the Surry County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would ban firearms in government buildings, parks, community and recreation centers, and at public events!
The newspaper says the hearing is on August 7, but the draft copy of the hearing announcement says August 5 (which makes more sense, as that is their regularly scheduled August meeting). We will advise what the correct date and time is in a future alert.
Surry County passed a resolution strongly supporting both the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution UNAMINOUSLY on December 5, 2019. Signers were Michael Drewry, Judy Lyttle, John Seward, Kenneth Holmes, and Giron Wooden, Sr. The text of the resolution is at the bottom of this email.
We cannot let this betrayal go unchallenged!
Here is a link to the proposed ordinance. It is the same draconian crap we have seen in places like Alexandria, Fairfax, Roanoke, Charlottesville, and Arlington! It will do NOTHING to make citizens safer. It will do just the opposite and it has no exceptions for law-abiding citizens, with or without a CHP.
ACTION ITEM:
We need to contact the entire Surry County Board of Supervisors in full opposition to this underhanded scheme. Let’s call and email them!
Here is the email contact information for the Board of Supervisors members:
Mrs. Judy S. Lyttle
Bacon’s Castle District
jslyttle@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. Kenneth R. Holmes
Carsley District
krholmes@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. Giron R. Wooden, Sr.
Claremont District
grwoodensr@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. Michael H. Drewry
Dendron District
mdrewry@surrycountyva.gov
Mr. John M. Seward
Surry District
jmseward@surrycountyva.gov
The common phone number listed for the Board of Supervisors is: 757-294-5271
Talking points:
* While resolutions don’t have the force of law, they do have the force of morality, honor, and trust. The Board of Supervisors effectively made a promise to the citizens of Surry and Virginia to protect our right to keep and bear arms with resolution 2019-38, which passed UNANIMOUSLY. Passing gun control breaks that promise. It’s not illegal, but it is immoral to do so.
* Localities that have passed similar ordinances have not seen a reduction in violent crime. In fact, the first locality to do so, Alexandria, saw shootings go up 40% immediately after the ordinance went into effect and that number has not returned down to pre-ordinance levels yet.
* Taking away someone’s ability to protect themselves from violent crime is NOT good for them or for the general public. The only beneficiaries are criminals, who don’t obey “gun-free zones”. Virginia Beach found this out the hard way when they had a massacre in one of their gun-free zones a couple of years ago.
* I urge you to vote AGAINST the proposed ordinance, honoring the promise you made on December 5, 2019l
Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution from December 5, 2019:
2019-38
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SURRY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURTROOM OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON DECEMBER 5, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: VOTE:
The Honorable Michael H. Drewry, Chairperson Aye
The Honorable Judy S. Lyttle, Vice-Chair Aye
The Honorable John M. Seward Aye
The Honorable Kenneth R. Holmes Aye
The Honorable Giron R. Wooden, Sr. Aye
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
WHEREAS, the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states in part that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”; and
WHEREAS, the same language is also contained in Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Surry County Board of Supervisors feels that the right of citizens to bear arms, as stated in both the United States Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, is a fundamental right that should be protected to the greatest degree possible; and
WHEREAS, the Governor has proposed to the General Assembly of Virginia several measures regarding gun control, and it is expected that both the Governor and individual Delegates and Senators will introduce such legislation in the 2020 session of the General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, the Surry County Board of Supervisors wishes by adopting this Resolution to express its strong support for the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia, and urges the Governor and members of the General Assembly to take no action which would violate the freedoms guaranteed in both Constitutions.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Surry County that the Board hereby expresses its strong support for the rights of citizens to bear arms pursuant to the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia, and urges the members of the General Assembly and the Governor to take no action which would violate the freedoms guaranteed in both Constitutions.
