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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
There are 34 bills we Strongly Oppose, including Red Flag law (Emergency Substantial Risk Order), One Handgun a Month, Universal Background Checks, gun and magazine bans, preemption weakening & more.
Red Flag laws are a very real and serious threat to our liberty. If we don’t educate as many people as possible on the severity of the threat these laws pose, we could well end up with Red Flag laws.
An injunction will be filed in a federal court to stop implementation of the bump-stock ban until there has been a ruling on the merits of the lawsuit. We don’t want people destroying their stocks…
While obviously disappointed in the outcome, the Virginia Citizens Defense League Board of directors considers the lawsuit to have been successful because it put the media’s deceptive editing practice
The Falls Church library has a rule that says, “8. No person may bring guns, knives, or any weapons into the library, except as permitted by law.” Despite the fact that perfectly legal to carry openly
Some recent Winchester Star online commentary pushing gun control quoted some of the usual gun-control fake facts and false conclusions.
A CHP holder in Alabama made the fatal mistake of thinking everybody knew he was a good guy trying to stop a mass murderer when the CHP holder drew his gun.
With a larger majority of Republicans in the Senate, Trump can continue the all-important task of filling federal judicial vacancies without a significant fight over each one.
I don’t care if it is raining razor blades & Tyrannosaurus Rex has come back to actively to eat humans. Those threats pale in comparison to what is at stake in tomorrows election, GO VOTE!
We must protect gun law preemption at all costs, as the worst tyranny, in my experience, is found at the local government levels.
Danger can appear anywhere and at any time. You’re either ready or your not. I was ready, but very thankfully, it was but a false alarm.
After the gun confiscations that took place in Louisiana immediately after Hurricane Katrina, VCDL pushed for protections in Virginia law against such a thing happening here.
Last Tuesday, those opposing a new shooting range in King George County, VA held a meeting in the local government parks & recreation building.
Virginia families out for a fun night suffer one of the most obnoxious, mean-spirited, angry, and self-righteous persons you would ever hope not to meet.
If you would like between 1 and 10 newly revised Carry Cards, as fast as we can get them to you, send a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and your most generous contribution…
The Virginia Beach Police Chief is actually calling on Congress to restrict our rights. His job is to enforce laws, NOT LOBBY TO STRIP THE PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS!
There was a large pro-gun turnout at last weeks Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting on an attempt to basically ban the discharge of firearms in the County.
All I could think was that this could well be our future if gun owners sit back and hope that others will carry their water for them..
Here’s the rub: apparently the Loudoun County Sheriffs Department knows who was doing the shooting, but is not going to prosecute them.
The Virginia State Police are way, way behind on entering CHP holder information into the Virginia Criminal Information Network…
Their mindless opposition to Americans being able to protect themselves while visiting Virginia is abhorrent..
I told them that I cannot willingly spend my money on a company that is hostile to gun owners and gun rights organizations in order to please a small, but very ignorant minority.
If implemented, this is a true ban, which classifies bump stocks as machine guns! No grandfathering of existing items. They must be destroyed or turned over to the police,.
In order to spit in Bloomberg’s eye, Virginia Citizens Defense League gave away a handgun and a rifle, calling the event the “Bloomberg Gun Giveaway.”
Today the House of Delegates voted down SB 715, Senator Amanda Chase’s bill that would have allowed EMS and fire personnel with CHPs to carry everywhere they go WHILE ON DUTY..
This is a serious situation. The gun-controllers have handed Trump their wishlist and most of it is coming our way if we don’t fight back hard!
The sweet lady was lied to over and over as they tricked her into making the fake training film that was supposed to be shown “only in Israel.”
Everything was elaborately and expensively staged; every contingency planned for, with explanations that make unbelievable things seem plausible…
The Mossberg Shockwave is NOT considered a short-barreled shotgun under the law, however. Member John V. shared his experience on firing one.
Virginia Citizens Defense League member W.B. sent me this on his experience flying American Airlines while bringing along a firearm.
