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Virginia 2011 Primary Election Results

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Virginia 2011 Primary Election Results

Virginia --(Ammoland.com)- Unfortunately the two candidates who had promised to force votes on Castle Doctrine and Constitutional Carry lost yesterday.

Both Jo Ann Chase and Scott Martin were defeated.

The heartbreak was Jo Ann Chase’s race.

David Imad Ramadan spent about a quarter million dollars and won by only a couple hundred votes.

She was outspent 20 – 1.

In other results some good people were elected to run in the general election for Senate.

Both Jeff Frederick and Dick Black were very dependable votes in the past when they were in the House of Delegates.

But leadership is defined by being willing to force votes and stand up to your party bosses.

Hopefully we can help strengthen their spines to provide leadership.

Michael Webert also won in the House of Delegates race for the new 18th District. He committed to VGOC to sponsor Castle and Constitutional Carry.

For Liberty,k
Mike McHugh
President, VGOC

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Good News And Bad News On Gun Legislation

Monday, February 14th, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Good News And Bad News On Gun Legislation

Virginia Gun Owners Coalition

Virginia --(Ammoland.com)- THE GOOD NEWS: The good news is that I now have great hope that Senator Mark Obenshain will force a recorded vote on Castle Doctrine and Virginia Firearms Freedom.

He actually moved to suspend the rules and discharge a bill on Eminent Domain that Senator Saslaw had single-handedly bottled up in a sub-committee to die.

He has overcome his fear of Senator Saslaw.

The vote failed but there is now a recorded vote for use in November for those groups that fight for property rights.

For the what-it-is-worth department I support the right not to sell your property to a developer just because the government thinks it is a better use of your property.

Please cut copy and paste and email the message below to Senator Obenshain at district26@senate.virginia.gov

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Dear Senator Obenshain,
I commend you for moving to suspend the rules and trying to discharge the Eminent Domain bill.
Now please do the same on HB 1573, Castle Doctrine, and HB 1438, Firearms Freedom.
Please let me know when you will do this.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME HERE
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THE BAD NEWS: The bad news is that the Republicans in Washington are selling out again in the House.

The Un-Patriotic and Un-American Act could be voted on in the House TODAY.

It continues the so-called Patriot Act that provides:

Roving, warrantless wiretaps of virtually EVERY form of electronic communication used by U.S. citizens.
Secret federal searches without warrants OR knowledge of the residents.
Blanket warrants for the search and seizure of all library records, without naming individual suspects or providing probable cause.
Judicial warrants replaced with “National Security Letters” signed by unaccountable Obama Administration bureaucrats and gag orders for those served with these letters which make it illegal to tell anyone about it — including your spouse and your priest!
Drastic expansion of the definition of “domestic terrorism,” which is sure to include gun owners.
Expands asset seizure to permit the taking of assets from anyone “suspected” of terrorism, even if that person is NEVER charged or sent to trial.
Lone wolf provisions which allow the government to spy on ANYONE even if they’re not associated with a terrorist organization or foreign national, without due process or notification.

Virginians please call your congressman and tell them to vote “NO” on the Patriot Act at the numbers below: