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Virginia Citizens Defense League
Defending Your Right to Defend Yourself
1. Help Needed: Fishersville gun show on January 30!
2. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on January 29-30!
3. Virtual VCDL membership meeting on Thursday, January 20
4. R.I.P. Member Herbie Blackwood
5. Norfolk PD and ATF address local impacts of straw purchases
6. As gun sales soared, violent crime plummeted
7. Two reminders on keeping guns pointed in a safe direction while handling
8. A reminder not to let fake groups suppress your will to vote
9. Sign Delegate Marie March’s petition to repeal the Red Flag law in Virginia
10. The Atlantic attempts to tie gun sales to rising homicides and fails
11. Analysis of a self-defense shooting video
12. Video of Richmond criminals trying to break into a vehicle’s gun safe
13. Article on one aspect of how gun control negatively affects the poor
1. Help Needed: Fishersville gun show on January 30!
ATTENTION WESTERN VIRGINIA MEMBERS! - VCDL needs your help!
Volunteers are needed to help at the Fishersville Gun Show Sunday, January 30, at the Augusta Expo Center.
Help is needed on both shifts: 10am-1pm and 1pm-5pm.
- VCDL volunteers are admitted to the show free.
- Parking is free.
- Many show vendors offer discounts to VCDL volunteers.
If you have never volunteered for a gun show before, this is a great time to do so. Be actively involved in the defense of our Second Amendment Rights in Virginia!
We cannot allow our recent political victories to be an excuse to relax. The fight for our Rights continues.
For more information and to sign up to help, please contact:
Jim Kiser, VCDL Western Virginia Gun Show Coordinator -
gunshows.vawest@vcdl.org
2. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on January 29-30!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the Fredericksburg SGK Gun Show Saturday, January 29th & Sunday January 30th 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.
VCDL Volunteers have free admission to the show and many vendors offer discounts to VCDL Volunteers. Parking is free.
Three (3) positions are available for each shift both days:
Saturday, January 29th
• AM shift: 9am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 5pm
Sunday, January 30th
• AM shift: 10am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 4pm
To register for a shift, register online.
https://vcdl.org/events/register.aspx?id=1585002
or contact Jamie Brannan (gunshows.fredericksburg@vcdl.org).
3. Virtual VCDL membership meeting on Thursday, January 20
The monthly virtual VCDL membership meeting is on Thursday, January 20, at 8 pm on the VCDL YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/VirginiaCitizensDefenseLeague
4. R.I.P. Member Herbie Blackwood
VCDL EM Al Steed Jr. sent me this from SW Virginia:
I am sad to announce that VCDL member and supporter Herbie Blackwood passed away in late December. May he rest in peace. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.
5. Norfolk PD and ATF address local impacts of straw purchases
Straw purchases are almost impossible to stop and they are certainly not affected by universal background checks. Raising the penalties won’t help, as those doing straw purchases may not realize it is a crime or know what the current penalty is. It will lock straw purchasers up for a longer time, but it won’t deter them.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2486...pacts-related-to-straw-purchasing-of-firearms
6. As gun sales soared, violent crime plummeted
An article by John Lott Jr.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joh...crimes-committed-with-guns-plummeted-n2601847
7. Two reminders on keeping guns pointed in a safe direction while handling
The most important rule in gun handling is to keep the gun pointed in a safe direction, which is a direction where people or animals would not be shot and property damage would be minimal if the gun were to fire unexpectedly.
In the first video, a man is at a shooting range, but not on the range. He is doing something to his gun – either loading or unloading it. He has his left hand in front of the muzzle of the pistol and the muzzle is also pointing at a woman standing next to him:
https://www.nbc12.com/2022/01/07/gr...-accidentally-discharges-ohio-shooting-range/
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The second is a story about an Italian world junior champion skeet shooter who fatally shot himself in the abdomen while bending over to pick up some shotgun shells. I’m not really sure how he did that with a shotgun. I wish there was a video to show how that accident happened.
https://www.rt.com/sport/545451-skeet-world-champion-shooting-christian-ghilli/
8. A reminder not to let fake groups suppress your will to vote
Dirty tricks in politics are a dime a dozen. Don’t fall for this kind of scam to suppress your vote:
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2483...rvative-votes-in-virginia-governor-s-election
9. Sign Delegate Marie March’s petition to repeal the Red Flag law in Virginia
https://mailchi.mp/0b94639b0575/noredflaggunconfiscationinva
10. The Atlantic attempts to tie gun sales to rising homicides and fails
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/0...n-sales-to-rising-homicides-and-fails-n440739
11. Analysis of a self-defense shooting video
Wow – all kinds of lessons to learn from this video taken in South America, both good and bad.
https://concealednation.org/2021/11...oting-was-a-little-terrible-at-the-same-time/
12. Video of Richmond criminals trying to break into a vehicle’s gun safe
Gun safes secured to your vehicle can help prevent theft, as one of our members shows in a video of one attempted theft that happened in downtown Richmond a couple of years ago. The miscreants certainly tried hard enough to get into that safe:
https://youtu.be/7ODGH2TV8TQ
13. Article on one aspect of how gun control negatively affects the poor
I love how quickly those who claim to be supportive of the poor and of minorities move to strip them of their right to self-defense. Gun control is about controlling minorities, not protecting them!
Hypocrites.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/10/california-gun-control-minorities-suffer/
Virginia Citizens Defense League
Defending Your Right to Defend Yourself
1. Help Needed: Fishersville gun show on January 30!
2. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on January 29-30!
3. Virtual VCDL membership meeting on Thursday, January 20
4. R.I.P. Member Herbie Blackwood
5. Norfolk PD and ATF address local impacts of straw purchases
6. As gun sales soared, violent crime plummeted
7. Two reminders on keeping guns pointed in a safe direction while handling
8. A reminder not to let fake groups suppress your will to vote
9. Sign Delegate Marie March’s petition to repeal the Red Flag law in Virginia
10. The Atlantic attempts to tie gun sales to rising homicides and fails
11. Analysis of a self-defense shooting video
12. Video of Richmond criminals trying to break into a vehicle’s gun safe
13. Article on one aspect of how gun control negatively affects the poor
1. Help Needed: Fishersville gun show on January 30!
ATTENTION WESTERN VIRGINIA MEMBERS! - VCDL needs your help!
Volunteers are needed to help at the Fishersville Gun Show Sunday, January 30, at the Augusta Expo Center.
Help is needed on both shifts: 10am-1pm and 1pm-5pm.
- VCDL volunteers are admitted to the show free.
- Parking is free.
- Many show vendors offer discounts to VCDL volunteers.
If you have never volunteered for a gun show before, this is a great time to do so. Be actively involved in the defense of our Second Amendment Rights in Virginia!
We cannot allow our recent political victories to be an excuse to relax. The fight for our Rights continues.
For more information and to sign up to help, please contact:
Jim Kiser, VCDL Western Virginia Gun Show Coordinator -
gunshows.vawest@vcdl.org
2. Help Needed: Fredericksburg gun show on January 29-30!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the Fredericksburg SGK Gun Show Saturday, January 29th & Sunday January 30th 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.
VCDL Volunteers have free admission to the show and many vendors offer discounts to VCDL Volunteers. Parking is free.
Three (3) positions are available for each shift both days:
Saturday, January 29th
• AM shift: 9am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 5pm
Sunday, January 30th
• AM shift: 10am - 1pm
• PM shift: 1pm - 4pm
To register for a shift, register online.
https://vcdl.org/events/register.aspx?id=1585002
or contact Jamie Brannan (gunshows.fredericksburg@vcdl.org).
3. Virtual VCDL membership meeting on Thursday, January 20
The monthly virtual VCDL membership meeting is on Thursday, January 20, at 8 pm on the VCDL YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/VirginiaCitizensDefenseLeague
4. R.I.P. Member Herbie Blackwood
VCDL EM Al Steed Jr. sent me this from SW Virginia:
I am sad to announce that VCDL member and supporter Herbie Blackwood passed away in late December. May he rest in peace. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.
5. Norfolk PD and ATF address local impacts of straw purchases
Straw purchases are almost impossible to stop and they are certainly not affected by universal background checks. Raising the penalties won’t help, as those doing straw purchases may not realize it is a crime or know what the current penalty is. It will lock straw purchasers up for a longer time, but it won’t deter them.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2486...pacts-related-to-straw-purchasing-of-firearms
6. As gun sales soared, violent crime plummeted
An article by John Lott Jr.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joh...crimes-committed-with-guns-plummeted-n2601847
7. Two reminders on keeping guns pointed in a safe direction while handling
The most important rule in gun handling is to keep the gun pointed in a safe direction, which is a direction where people or animals would not be shot and property damage would be minimal if the gun were to fire unexpectedly.
In the first video, a man is at a shooting range, but not on the range. He is doing something to his gun – either loading or unloading it. He has his left hand in front of the muzzle of the pistol and the muzzle is also pointing at a woman standing next to him:
https://www.nbc12.com/2022/01/07/gr...-accidentally-discharges-ohio-shooting-range/
-
The second is a story about an Italian world junior champion skeet shooter who fatally shot himself in the abdomen while bending over to pick up some shotgun shells. I’m not really sure how he did that with a shotgun. I wish there was a video to show how that accident happened.
https://www.rt.com/sport/545451-skeet-world-champion-shooting-christian-ghilli/
8. A reminder not to let fake groups suppress your will to vote
Dirty tricks in politics are a dime a dozen. Don’t fall for this kind of scam to suppress your vote:
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2483...rvative-votes-in-virginia-governor-s-election
9. Sign Delegate Marie March’s petition to repeal the Red Flag law in Virginia
https://mailchi.mp/0b94639b0575/noredflaggunconfiscationinva
10. The Atlantic attempts to tie gun sales to rising homicides and fails
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/0...n-sales-to-rising-homicides-and-fails-n440739
11. Analysis of a self-defense shooting video
Wow – all kinds of lessons to learn from this video taken in South America, both good and bad.
https://concealednation.org/2021/11...oting-was-a-little-terrible-at-the-same-time/
12. Video of Richmond criminals trying to break into a vehicle’s gun safe
Gun safes secured to your vehicle can help prevent theft, as one of our members shows in a video of one attempted theft that happened in downtown Richmond a couple of years ago. The miscreants certainly tried hard enough to get into that safe:
https://youtu.be/7ODGH2TV8TQ
13. Article on one aspect of how gun control negatively affects the poor
I love how quickly those who claim to be supportive of the poor and of minorities move to strip them of their right to self-defense. Gun control is about controlling minorities, not protecting them!
Hypocrites.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/10/california-gun-control-minorities-suffer/
