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Pro Gun Candidates Sweep Virginia
Running on a ant-gun ticket fail’s every time in politics.

Virginia Citizens Defense League

Virginia --(AmmoLand.com)- The three statewide candidates who turned in their VCDL surveys just won a crushing blow against their opponents, putting gun owners in a strong position to get some work done in 2010! Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, and Ken Cuccinelli won their races handily and VCDL congratulates them!

Have a pro-gun Governor will be a tremendous boost, especially after the last 4 years in the desert.

By my count the Republicans now have 60 seats, the Democrats have 38, and independents have 2. Those numbers don’t necessarily mean much, as some Republicans are anti-gun and some Democrats are pro-gun. Overall, I would say that the General Assembly is now slightly more pro-gun than it was on November 2nd.

A look at some key House races: Pro Gun

• Pro-gun Tag Greason (100% on VCDL survey) defeated anti-gun incumbent Dave Poisson – this is a huge change of position for District 32.
• Pro-gun Richard L. Anderson (94% on VCDL survey) defeated anti-gun incumbent Paul F. Nichols – a major change of position for District 51
• Pro-gun Bill Cleaveland (94% on VCDL survey) won District 17, pro- gun William Frahlin’s old district – a wash, but this win avoided the district falling into less friendly hands.
• Pro-gun Catherine Crabill, who the Republican leadership ran away from after she quoted the ideals of the Founding Fathers about the Second Amendment, LOST, but only by about 3%. That’s pretty good for being abandoned by your own party.
• Pro-gun Jeff Fredericks’’s old district, 52, went to anti-gun Luke E. Torian by a mere 600 votes over pro-gun Rafael Lopez. Turnout, turnout, turnout!

A look at some key House races: Anti Gun

• Anti-gun incumbent Chuck Caputo of District 67 lost to Jim LeMunyon, who looks to be another Republican In Name Only (RINO) based on a mostly anti-gun survey he returned to the anti-gunners. He did not return his VCDL survey. So this district looks like a wash, or maybe just a little better. A bad Democrat loses to an almost as bad Republican.
• Anti-gun incumbent Margaret Vanderhey of District 34 lost to Barbara J. Comstock. Neither VCDL nor the antis got a survey from Ms. Comstock, so I can’t determine if this is an improvement or a wash at this time.
• Anti-gun incumbent Bobby Mathieson of District 21 lost to Ron A Villanueva. Neither VCDL nor the antis got a survey from Mr. Villanueva, so I can’t determine if this is an improvement or a wash at this time.

A big Lobby Day turnout on January 18th is needed – please mark your calendars to be there.

About:
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.

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Maryland Shall Issue joins GOA on Amicus in Support of the Chicago Gun Case

Maryland Shall Issue.org

Maryland --(AmmoLand.com)-MSI will be teaming up with Gun Owners of America in issuance of an amicus in support of the McDonald v Chicago case that the Supreme Court will be looking at.

This so-called “Heller II” case could be the one that defines the right to keep and bear arms as a fundamental right and, thus, opening up the possibility of breaking the gridlock that we’ve faced here in Maryland for years.

MSI has pledged a minimum of $1000.00 towards this effort, though we will give more if we have it. In keeping with our long standing practice, we do not solicit funds between membership drives unless we have a specific project that is in excess of our regular expenses. We now need your additional support and are asking for the membership to donate in order to advance this effort.

When MSI joined the amicus for “Heller I” in 2008, you responded generously and raised over $2500.00 in just a week. Let’s repeat that effort to get us quickly to the $1000.00 mark so that we can show that Maryland citizens are serious about their 2nd amendment rights.

You can donate via USPS at the PO Box at the bottom of the Update or go to marylandshallissue.org to donate electronically.

About:
Maryland Shall Issue is an all volunteer, non-partisan effort dedicated to the preservation and advancement of all gunowners’ rights in Maryland, with a primary goal of CCW reform to allow all law-abiding citizens the right to carry a concealed weapon; and to the education of the community to the awareness that ’shall issue’ laws have, in all cases, resulted in decreased rates of violent crime.”

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