Certain West Virginia Sheriffs are violating the law of the state and adding their own requirements for issuing concealed carry permits…
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West Virginia Prosecutor Files For Gag Order on NRA T-Shirt Teen & Reporters
Prosecutors were hoping to bar Jared, his father and his lawyer from sharing their story with the press, under the guise that their request would serve Jared’s better interest, something Jared’s father Allen Lardieri sees as ironic…
West Virginia State Senate Shows Their Colors on Gun Rights, Its Not Good
Not One Voice Could Be Heard On The Senate Audio In Support Of Your Rights During The Voice Vote for Gun Rights. Not One…
Message from West Virginia Citizens Defense League Vice President, Art Thomm
HB2760 is one of the best pieces of gun-rights legislation to come to West Virginia in over 20 years, but…
West Virginian Firearms Preemption Bill on the Move
Bill HB2760 is a work of art. It completely preempts municipalities & counties from enacting firearms ordinances of any kind. It voids existing ordinances. It allows for you to receive court costs and attorney fees if you have to fight…
Powerful West Virginia Citizens Defense League Joins Firearms Policy Coalition
While the U.S. Senate held hearings on new federal gun control proposals, another prominent Second Amendment rights group joined the fast-growing Firearms Policy Coalition…
Virginia Gun Rights Leader Jim Mullins Has Died
Jim was the founder of the West Virginia Citizens Defense League in 2007. The WVCDL was modeled after VCDL, but not affiliated with VCDL.
West Virginia Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Expands to Texas
Texas will now recognize valid Concealed Pistol Licenses from West Virginia, and in turn, West Virginia will recognize valid Concealed Handgun Licenses from Texas.
West Virginia Senate Unanimously Passes Firearms Destruction Prevention Legislation
SB 149 would mandate police authorities return all seized firearms, not currently being held as evidence in a criminal investigation, to the lawful owner.
West Virginia Senate Passes NICS Exemption
SB 353 would expedite the process of purchasing a firearm for valid concealed carry permit holders by making West Virginia eligible for an exemption from the FBI NICS.
West Virginia Prosecutor Pam Neely’s Twisted Beliefs Can Put You in Jail
Berkeley County Prosecutor Pamela Games-Neely sent a letter to the legislature ranting in true Sarah Brady fashion about the lack of a law preventing lawful carry of firearms on college and university campuses…
Joshua Beck Arrested AGAIN for Carrying on BRCTC Campus
Joshua Beck, a student at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in Martinsburg who was arrested last week for a felony charge of carrying a weapon on school property…
Caution: Gun-Free Schools Law Applies to Many West Virginia Polling Places
Before you go to vote today, remember that if your polling place is located at a primary or secondary school–regardless of whether it is a public, private, or religious school–you may not possess any firearms on school property…
Remington Secures West Virginia Law Enforcement Shotgun Contracts
Remington Law Enforcement Sales was awarded a statewide term contract to supply the West Virginia State Police with Remington Model 870TM Police shotguns…
Some Thoughts On Self-Defense And The Law
Most of us who choose to carry a handgun for person protection would probably agree that it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6…
Cities of Charleston & Martinsburg WV File Motions to Dismiss WVCDL Gun Control Lawsuits
Defendants in WVCDL’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality and statutory validity of a variety of local gun control ordinances in the cities of Charleston, south Charleston, and Dunbar filed a motion to dismiss…
Manchin Can’t Make Up His Mind on Anti-Gun Traver Nomination
Our new U.S. senator, Joe Manchin is noncommittal on President Obama’s nomination of anti-gun zealot Andrew Traver to be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
West Virginia 2011 Legislative Session Ends with NO Gun-Related Legislation Passing
The 2011 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature ended at midnight with good news and bad news for West Virginia gun owners…
Message to West Virginia Gun Owners from the 2011 Legislative Session – JOIN or DIE
I mean that all gun owners in West Virginia are going to have to unite behind future legislative initiatives if we are going to break the growing legislative logjam that shows no signs of breaking on its own…
West Virginia Citizens Defense League to Form Local Chapters & Target Key Legislative Leaders
In the coming weeks and months, WVCDL is going to begin organizing into various local chapters throughout the state that will regularly meet and organize on the local level…
U.S. Attorney’s Office, ATF and Huntington Police Department Announce Major Weapons Roundup
Fifty-five Individuals Charged; Major, Long-Term Undercover Operation Takes More Than One Hundred Guns and a Half-Million Dollars In Drugs Off of the Streets of Huntington.
West Virginia Citizens Defense League Lobby Day This Monday
WVCDL’s annual Lobby Day at the West Virginia Legislature is this Monday, February 21, at the West Virginia State Capitol…
Call To Action For West Virginia NRA Members
The NRA has the influence and the pull to get our Legislature to pass anything that it publicly endorses and supports…
What Grass Roots Gun Rights Can Learn From Egypt
You have an incredible amount of power at your fingertips. Your keyboard is a mighty tool of change. Use it…
Yet Another State Introduces Constitutional Carry Legislation
Constitutional Carry – whereby law-abiding persons can carry concealed without a permit. No permit, no permit tax, no mandatory government training class…
Gun Rights Good News & Bad News in West Virginia Legislature
Good News: WVCDL’s West Virginia Gun Owner Protection Act of 2011 to be Introduced Soon…
Group Files Suit to Challenge Martinsburg, WV Gun Control Ordinance
West Virginia Citizens Defense League Files Suit to Challenge Martinsburg Gun Control Ordinance Martinsburg, W.Va. –-(Ammoland.com)- This morning, the West Virginia Citizens Defense League filed a 6-count civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia challenging a Martinsburg city ordinance prohibiting the possession or carrying of firearms in city-owned […]
West Virginia Citizens Defense League To Sue WV Towns Over Local Gun Control Ordinances
WVCDL will be filing two important lawsuits to challenge several local gun control ordinances that violate a combination of federal constitutional, federal statutory, state constitutional, and state statutory provisions…
FNH USA Sponsors Unique All-Equipment-Provided Sniper Match
This event is the only one of its kind that offers all steel targets at distances up to 1,200 yards and at varying angles across mountain valleys…
West Virginia NRA Disabled Shooting Sectionals come to Morgantown
West Virginia NRA Disabled Shooting Sectionals come to Morgantown FAIRFAX, VA –-(AmmoLand.com)- The 2010 West Virginia NRA Disabled Shooting Sectional will take place at the West Virginia University Rifle Range in Morgantown on Friday, March 19. The two-day event, co-sponsored by West Virginia Paralyzed Veterans of America and PVA’s Sports Director Roger Sack, will begin […]