From Philip Van Cleave
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The Militia, Police, and Public Safety subcommittee met tonight and vetted and then voted on a bunch of gun bills.
Delegates Lingamfelter, Griffith, Nutter, and Wright, all Republicans, voted pro-gun. Delegate Keam, a Democrat, voted mixed - supporting some pro-gun bills and some anti-gun bills. Keam seemed genuinely interested in learning more about the whole gun debate.
We had a good turnout, with lots of people wearing GSL stickers. The antis were there as well.
Here is the status of the bills. Note: the bills that passed out of the subcommittee will be voted on by the full committee next Friday.
HB 8, Carrico, allows CHPs to be renewed by mail. STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed 4 to 0!
HB 26, Wright, clarifies that Circuit Court Clerk can only ask for
certain information from CHP applicants and nothing more. STRONGLY
SUPPORT: Passed 5 to 0!
HB 52, Cole, sets the penalty for not having your CHP with you when
carrying concealed to a $25 civil penalty (not a crime), and that
penalty can be waived by the Court upon presentation of your CHP.
SUPPORT: Passed 5 to 0, but was also referred to Courts of Justice to have the bills' wording tweaked.
HB 79, Lee Ware, block Circuit Court Clerks from giving our CHP
information except to police for legitimate police purposes. It will
keep newspapers from printing CHP holder's names and addresses.
STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed by 4 to 0 with 1 abstention!
HB 108, Cole, requires localities to auction off guns purchased in a
"buy-up". STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed 4 to 1, with a pro-gun amendment!
HB 109, Cole, repeals a law allowing counties to require the reporting
of handgun sales. STRONGLY SUPPORT: Not heard, I believe (I had to step out of the room to talk to the press)
HB 152, O'Bannon, lets electronic security employees carry concealed
with a CHP when working. STRONGLY SUPPORT: Killed by a 5 to 0 vote
HB 171, Pogge, allows a person to have a firearm in their locked
vehicle while on private property, including the parking lot of a
person's employer. The bill also legally immunizes the employer from
the misuse of such a firearm. STRONGLY SUPPORT: Not heard this week
HB 637, Armstrong, waives the CHP fee for designated US Coast Guard
boarding members. NEUTRAL: Passed by a 5 to 0 vote.
HB 684, Jackson Miller, makes carrying a butterfly knife concealed
illegal. OPPOSE: Passed by for the week so the bill could be improved. The committee didn't like adding butterfly knives as a concealed weapon generally and they are working on some other qualification - such as one with a very long blade.
HB 870, Cline, removes the option for a locality for fingerprint new
CHP applicants. STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed by 4 to 0 with 1 abstention!
HB 871, Cline, clarifies that a person has the right to an ore tenus
hearing under certain circumstances if the CHP is denied. STRONGLY
SUPPORT: Passed by until next week.
HB 879, BaCote, allows firearms to be banned in a library by local
ordinance. STRONGLY OPPOSE: Killed by a 5 to 0 vote!
HB 885, Athey, allows a person to have a concealed handgun in a
private car or boat if secured in a container or compartment.
STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed by a 3 to 1 vote with 1 abstention!
HB 995, Nutter, allows military ID or a CHP to be used as proof of
citizenship for purchase of an "assault firearm." STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed by for a week to improve the language.
HB 1092, Crockett-Stark, allows retired law enforcement officers to
carry anywhere they go. NEUTRAL: Passed by a 5 to 0 vote, with wording to be improved before the full committee votes on it.
HB 1151, Iaquinto, makes carrying a butterfly knife concealed
illegal. OPPOSE: This bill was rolled into HB 684.
HB 1191, Griffith, allows the Circuit Court Clerk to be authorized by
a judge to issue CHPs. STRONGLY SUPPORT: Passed by for the week for wording improvements
HB 1209, Ward, requires the State Police to be notified of change of
address of a machine gun owner or change of location of the machine
gun. STRONGLY OPPOSE: Passed by for the week.
HB 1210, Loupassi, allows judges to carry concealed wherever they may
go. NEUTRAL: Killed by a 3 to 2 vote.
HB 1234, McClellan, gun show bill, requires private sales be done
through a dealer and puts other burdens on the gun show promoter.
STRONGLY OPPOSE: Killed by a 4 to 1 vote!! Good coverage on local Richmond TV. Same baloney from anti-gunners and same outcome. Anti-gun Richmond Mayor spoke for the bill. A reporter asked me what I thought might happen with the Senate version of the bill. I said it was the same bill as was just killed and if it passed the Senate it would go to this same subcommittee. I pointed out that Einstein said insanity could be defined as doing the same thing twice in a row and expecting a different result. 
HB 1256, P.J. Miller, widens the number of retired police officers who
qualify to carry concealed without a CHP. NEUTRAL: Passed by a 5 to 0 vote.
HB 1257, P.J. Miller, allows a retired law-enforcement officer to
purchase their duty gun for $1 (maybe we just need to pay our
officers better) NEUTRAL: Passed by a 5 to 0 vote.
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Recent Comments
Fri, 29.01.2010 01:56
A number of bills were considered in the House Militia, Police, and Public Safety subcommittee tonight. As usual, there [...]Comments ()
Fri, 29.01.2010 00:37
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Thu, 28.01.2010 02:36
Now that we have seen several farm related bills die, we can focus on the GUN bills that relate to O.V. In addition, [...]Comments ()
Thu, 21.01.2010 20:07
I received the following reply in my email today: [color=green]Thank you forcontacting my office regarding HB 52. I [...]Comments ()
Wed, 20.01.2010 12:15
Anonymous, I wouldn't want to risk any of those situations. I've heard of all too many situations where [...]Comments ()
Wed, 20.01.2010 11:25
Dr. King was very clear in his support for the right of self defense. His non-violent approach was a tactical decision [...]Comments ()
Wed, 20.01.2010 11:18
You may be right, but I don't know for sure and I sure wouldn't want to take a chance on putting someone else in legal [...]Comments ()
Wed, 20.01.2010 11:16
You're right. I didn't specifically address that but it's pretty clearly spelled out in the State Police information [...]Comments ()
Wed, 20.01.2010 07:36
I don't think that a person ,not driving a vehicle, in the passenger seat ,is responsible for a handgun in the glove [...]Comments ()
Tue, 19.01.2010 13:29
Didn't King try and apply for a handgun permit once but he got turned down? Culpeper = stupid.Comments ()
Tue, 19.01.2010 12:22
Liberal Response to All of the Above: "THEM GREEDY, RACIST, TEA-PARTYERS! BETCHA THEY GOTS ALL THEM MURDER WEAPONS [...]Comments ()
Tue, 19.01.2010 10:40
And the pro-gun people aren't even paid or bussed to come in. Horrah for a free Republic!Comments ()
Tue, 19.01.2010 07:11
Virginia Citizens Defense League is the premier and lead organization in Virginia. Thankfully, they have a Blog site [...]Comments ()
Tue, 19.01.2010 00:21
One point you didn't address directly is that--as I understand it--a firearm locked in the glovebox is considered [...]Comments ()
Fri, 15.01.2010 23:24
Not that I'm aware of. Basically the bill says that National Parks and Forests have to follow the laws of the state [...]Comments ()