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  • Bob A

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    VA-ALERT


    1. Action Item: Albemarle County public hearing/vote on July 21

    2. Action Item: Surry County public hearing/vote on August 5



    1. Action Item: Albemarle County public hearing/vote on July 21


    Albemarle County is moving ahead with a public hearing and a vote on a proposed local gun-control ordinance on July 21 at 6 pm.

    Here is a link to the proposed ordinance. It is the same type of tyrannical ordinance we have seen in Fairfax and Arlington Counties. It includes parks and has no exception for citizens, with or without a CHP:

    https://albemarle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=9615468&GUID=2ED7B5E8-4764-422E-AC14-D6933D31BF48



    ACTION ITEM

    We must fight local gun-control everywhere it shows up!

    To submit electronic comments against Item 21-356 Proposed Firearms Ordinance or to register to speak that night in person, click here:

    https://albemarle.granicusideas.com...pm-regular-second-meeting/agenda_items?page=2

    Scroll down to Item 18, “21-356 Proposed Firearms Ordinance”, and click either “Sign in to Speak” or “Comment”

    Talking points:

    * This is a solution in search of a problem. Albemarle County has not had any incidents that justify this infringement on the rights of the citizens of the County

    * Alexandria’s shooting went up 40% beginning the month their ordinance took effect and has stayed up. This ordinance will only embolden those bent on harming others

    * Only 12 localities out of 194 (six percent) have passed this kind of local gun-control, putting the County out of step with the vast majority of the state and the surrounding counties

    * Parks have remote areas that police simply cannot cover or secure

    * The Virginia Citizens Defense League currently has a lawsuit against Winchester over their ordinance. The NRA has a lawsuit against Fairfax County, similarly

    * Gun-free zones are dangerous, as Virginia Beach found out when they had a massacre in one of their government buildings a couple of years ago

    * Vote “no” on this ordinance



    2. Action Item: Surry County public hearing/vote on August 5

    Despite having passed a resolution supporting the Second Amendment and Article 1, Section 13, in 2019, Surry County is getting public input on a draconian local gun-control ordinance, to be heard/voted on August 5.

    Here is the webmail contact information to email the entire Board of Supervisors at once:

    https://www.surrycountyva.gov/formcenter/Contact-Us-4/Contact-Board-of-Supervisors-44

    Select “All Board of Supervisors” option.

    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.

    * The Virginia Citizens Defense League currently has a lawsuit against Winchester over their ordinance. The NRA has a lawsuit against Fairfax County, similarly

    * I urge you to vote AGAINST the proposed ordinance, honoring the promise the Board of Supervisors made on December 5, 2019!
     
    * 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.

    Because gun control has nothing to do with public safety.. duh..
     

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