Today we will begin with the first in a series of alerts that will all work toward the goal of getting national reciprocity.
National Reciprocity – Call To Action, Let’s Move This Bill
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The Virginia Citizens Defense League is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians.
Philip has written extensively in support of Gun Owner Rights in addition to his on the ground activism throughout Virginia.
Philip Van Cleave believes in the Right to Keep and Bear Arms as a fundamental human right and is an unabashed supporter who has fought for the right to keep and bear arms for many years in Virginia and across the USA. Visit: www.vcdl.org
2015 Gun Rights Policy Conference After Action Report
If you’ve never attended a Gun Rights Policy Conference, you are really missing an important event & 2015 was no exception…
Malicious Conspiracy Theories On The WDBJ News Crew Shooting
Despite what they say the shooting was for real, but the conspiracy theorists do have one thing right: it IS being used to push for more gun control…
Virginia Citizens Defense League’s Close Encounter with Va. News Crew Killer
Virginia Citizens Defense League president, Phillip Van Cleave, as well as other VCDL members were interviewed by Vester Flanagan…
Reports Nationwide Of Unexpected NICS Delays & Denials for Gun Buyers
An unusually high number of the delays and denials are on people who normally get instant approvals for past purchases…
Washington Voters Gleefully Swallow the 594 Background Check Blue Pill
By a 60% – 40% vote, they are going to be saddled with a Universal Background Check law. This is the first step toward what will eventually be Universal Registration of all their guns…
Deja Vous All Over Again – Ignore Grassroots Gun Owners At Your Own Political Peril
It is almost beyond comprehension that a candidate for VIRGINIA office would believe that gun rights issues important to Virginia voters can be ignored…
Virginia Gun Owners Coalition Is Shutting Down
President and founder of the Virginia Gun Owners Coalition, Mike McHugh, has decided to shut down the organization so he can spend more time on his family…
Town Of Woodstock, VA Moves Quickly In Removing Offending ‘No Guns’ Signs
Hats off to the Town of Woodstock for moving quickly to remove “no guns” signs from their W.O. Riley Park after I notified them of the issue…
Stafford County Virginia Sheriff Jett Betrays Gun Owners
I had no idea that Sheriff Jett was anti-gun, would pressure Target to enforce his personal biases against the 1st and 2nd Amendments, would have his representative lie to VCDL…
Thoughts On Open Carry Of Long Guns
Virginia Citizens Defense League is neutral on how a gun owner carries and what type of gun he carries, as long as it is legal and safe…
Bloomberg, AKA ‘Money Bags,’ Claims To Have Bought A Place In Heaven. No, I’m Not Kidding
Bloomberg simply cannot win the hearts and minds of people with his hare-brained ideas, so he uses his money like a weapon to force others to comply with his twisted vision of the world…
Courts Issue Two Bad Rulings Effecting Gun Owners
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling basically saying that a conviction for any kind of battery, no matter how trivial, against a domestic partner is sufficient for a person to lose all firearms rights…
Who Needs A Gun? The Police Will Protect You! ~ Video
Gangs taking over major highways to have “sideshows” and police fleeing when beer bottles are thrown at their vehicles…
The Virginia Definition of Firearms ‘Brandishing’
Simply wearing a holstered gun or handling a gun is NOT brandishing if it is NOT done with the intent of inducing fear in another. Handling a gun in public is generally not a good idea…
Mental Health – The Next Gun Rights Assault
Rights advocates need to be on the lookout for an insidious new tactic being launched by Mike Bloomberg and his mercenary minions. Their latest line of attack is subverting mental health…
How The Antis Are Planning To Push Gun Control In Virginia
We have been warning gun owners in Virginia for well over a year now that mental health was going to be the next medium for gun control in the Old Dominion. We also know that Michael Bloomberg is behind this push…
Thoughts on Starbucks
The media has been flooded with stories about Starbucks changing their policy on guns. Let’s first be clear – Starbucks is NOT banning guns…
Virginia House Trades Gun Rights For Federal Grant Money
So what is more valuable to you – protecting your right to keep and bear arms or the state getting small grants from the federal government???
Another Great Night For Virginia Gun Owners
Great job, VCDL! All of the gun bills that VCDL strongly opposed are now dead! Even better, an important pro-gun bill passes out of subcommittee…
“Gun Show Loophole” Bill is DEAD in Virginia Senate
Today, in the Courts of Justice committee, anti-gun Senator Marsh’s SB 1001, a bill to close the non-existent “gun show loophole”, was KILLED by a vote of 8 to 7…
4 Good Bills & 12 Bad Gun Bills Submitted In The Virginia General Assembly
The Virginia Citizens Defense League is analyzing the gun bills that are being introduced. Bad ones so far include…
Orapax Virginia Shooting Range Approved
It’s not a full-fledged victory, but Orapax has been approved unanimously to operate a sporting clays range for two years before having to apply for an extension to their Special Use Permit…
Gun Ban Battles Raging On Virginia Citizens Defense League Front Lines
VCDL is not going to give up ANY GROUND, not on sales of semi-automatic rifles, magazines, handguns, background checks, NOTHING. In fact, we are now going to push back even harder than ever…
Gun Owners May Be In For An ‘Interesting’ Four Years
Based on the Obama Administration’s past performance and President Obama’s statements made during the debates, I will point out some of my concerns…
