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While future state employees are being allowed by McAuliffe to skip a background check, McAuliffe pushed a series of bills this year to require more background checks for gun purchases…
Last evening in the House, SB347 “Constitutional Carry” withstood attacks from multiple delegates in the form of bill-killing amendments…
This bill is a HUGE win for West Virginians if we can get it to the governor in its current form. Stay tuned as it heads for a vote on the floor of the House…
The senate voted 32-2 to pass the bill. This happened because of you. This happened because you let the Senate and its leadership know where West Virginia stands on our rights…
In case you haven’t noticed it, nearly every media outlet is running biased, & often outright false stories attacking constitutional carry. Most of them are not even making an effort at truth…
But while testifying WV Sheriff Miller also admitted that Sheriff’s departments harass people legally open carrying
It would still be “Constitutional Carry” in the strictest sense, but it will also roll back preemption that the WVCDL and NRA have fought so dearly to win…
Remember, this is not about hunting or poaching. Because hunting at night is already illegal. They don’t need an extra section in the law. This is about denying you modern defensive technology…
Make no mistake, the NRA-ILA’s power on gun rights is enormous. When they choose to exercise it, things get done…
Police in Beloit claim they are launching a new effort to reduce gun violence in which they’re asking city residents to volunteer to have police search their homes for guns…
A Historic Change: For the first time in 83 years, West Virginia has a Republican majority in the House of Delegates. And it is a strong majority with 67 Republican members…
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…
The Charleston suit continues to crawl along, with the City employing, quite frankly, some bizarre procedural tactics…
The West Virginia Citizens Defense League, is pleased to announce political endorsements for the upcoming 2014 general election…
This year’s Lobby Day was a great success. We had roughly 130-150 people turn out (it was difficult to count) and we were able to pack the galleries of both houses…
The 2014 session is coming, and the WVCDL has been working with legislators on our agenda since August. We have high hopes for this session, and have spoken with some key legislators…
Charleston has continued to enforce multiple city ordinances which are in clear violation of state law governing Home Rule cities, made effective July 1 of this year…
The West Virginia Citizens Defense League will be judicious with its endorsements in the 2014 election. They have special meaning. We wish for them to be more than a voting guide for our membership…
Certain West Virginia Sheriffs are violating the law of the state and adding their own requirements for issuing concealed carry permits…
Not One Voice Could Be Heard On The Senate Audio In Support Of Your Rights During The Voice Vote for Gun Rights. Not One…
HB2760 is one of the best pieces of gun-rights legislation to come to West Virginia in over 20 years, but…
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…
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…
Jim was the founder of the West Virginia Citizens Defense League in 2007. The WVCDL was modeled after VCDL, but not affiliated with VCDL.
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, 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…
In a nutshell, West Virginia state law does not criminalize carrying a concealed hand gun on a college, university, or other post-secondary educational institution’s campus…
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…
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…
Including the additions of Kansas and Nebraska earlier this year, the ranks of qualifying states have grown by 25% this year alone…
