Please oppose SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. You took an oath of office to support the Virginia and U.S. Constitutions. Both of these documents -- in VA’s Art. I, Sec. 13, and in the 2nd Amd of the Bill of Rights -- include a STRONG protection for the right to keep and bear arms. In effect, you swore to oppose any infringement on this God-given right of self-defense. I would urge you to uphold your oath of office by opposing these bills. Gun Owners of America will let me know how you vote.

Please oppose SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. You took an oath of office to support the Virginia and U.S. Constitutions. Both of these documents -- in VA’s Art. I, Sec. 13, and in the 2nd Amd of the Bill of Rights -- include a STRONG protection for the right to keep and bear arms. In effect, you swore to oppose any infringement on this God-given right of self-defense. I would urge you to uphold your oath of office by opposing these bills. Gun Owners of America will let me know how you vote.

Please oppose SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. You took an oath of office to support the Virginia and U.S. Constitutions. Both of these documents -- in VA’s Art. I, Sec. 13, and in the 2nd Amd of the Bill of Rights -- include a STRONG protection for the right to keep and bear arms. In effect, you swore to oppose any infringement on this God-given right of self-defense. I would urge you to uphold your oath of office by opposing these bills. Gun Owners of America will let me know how you vote.

Please oppose SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. You took an oath of office to support the Virginia and U.S. Constitutions. Both of these documents -- in VA’s Art. I, Sec. 13, and in the 2nd Amd of the Bill of Rights -- include a STRONG protection for the right to keep and bear arms. In effect, you swore to oppose any infringement on this God-given right of self-defense. I would urge you to uphold your oath of office by opposing these bills. Gun Owners of America will let me know how you vote.

Please oppose every gun bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee which will compromise public safety in Virginia. I’m talking about SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. Gun control is a miserable failure. And I’m stunned that Senators would try to bring back the failed one handgun a month law (SB 69). The Virginia Tech murderer killed 34 students and teachers in 2007 after purchasing two handguns one month apart -- thus complying with Virginia’s then one gun a month law. (Source: “Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Addendum to the Report of the Review Panel Presented to: Governor Timothy M. Kaine Commonwealth of Virginia,” p. 71 (November 2009). Virginia’s one handgun a month law did not save one life at Virginia Tech. If anything, it’s been the creation of gun-free zones around schools and universities that has prevented good people from stopping killers. By contrast, dismantling these victim disarmament zones saves lives. Consider that because Texas repealed its gun ban in churches, a good guy with a gun was able to recently save the lives of dozens of people in a church -- long before the police could arrive. Please oppose all gun control. Gun Owners of America will inform me of how you vote.

Please oppose every gun bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee which will compromise public safety in Virginia. I’m talking about SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. Gun control is a miserable failure. And I’m stunned that Senators would try to bring back the failed one handgun a month law (SB 69). The Virginia Tech murderer killed 34 students and teachers in 2007 after purchasing two handguns one month apart -- thus complying with Virginia’s then one gun a month law. (Source: “Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Addendum to the Report of the Review Panel Presented to: Governor Timothy M. Kaine Commonwealth of Virginia,” p. 71 (November 2009). Virginia’s one handgun a month law did not save one life at Virginia Tech. If anything, it’s been the creation of gun-free zones around schools and universities that has prevented good people from stopping killers. By contrast, dismantling these victim disarmament zones saves lives. Consider that because Texas repealed its gun ban in churches, a good guy with a gun was able to recently save the lives of dozens of people in a church -- long before the police could arrive. Please oppose all gun control. Gun Owners of America will inform me of how you vote.

Please oppose every gun bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee which will compromise public safety in Virginia. I’m talking about SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. Gun control is a miserable failure. And I’m stunned that Senators would try to bring back the failed one handgun a month law (SB 69). The Virginia Tech murderer killed 34 students and teachers in 2007 after purchasing two handguns one month apart -- thus complying with Virginia’s then one gun a month law. (Source: “Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Addendum to the Report of the Review Panel Presented to: Governor Timothy M. Kaine Commonwealth of Virginia,” p. 71 (November 2009). Virginia’s one handgun a month law did not save one life at Virginia Tech. If anything, it’s been the creation of gun-free zones around schools and universities that has prevented good people from stopping killers. By contrast, dismantling these victim disarmament zones saves lives. Consider that because Texas repealed its gun ban in churches, a good guy with a gun was able to recently save the lives of dozens of people in a church -- long before the police could arrive. Please oppose all gun control. Gun Owners of America will inform me of how you vote.

Please oppose every gun bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee which will compromise public safety in Virginia. I’m talking about SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. Gun control is a miserable failure. And I’m stunned that Senators would try to bring back the failed one handgun a month law (SB 69). The Virginia Tech murderer killed 34 students and teachers in 2007 after purchasing two handguns one month apart -- thus complying with Virginia’s then one gun a month law. (Source: “Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Addendum to the Report of the Review Panel Presented to: Governor Timothy M. Kaine Commonwealth of Virginia,” p. 71 (November 2009). Virginia’s one handgun a month law did not save one life at Virginia Tech. If anything, it’s been the creation of gun-free zones around schools and universities that has prevented good people from stopping killers. By contrast, dismantling these victim disarmament zones saves lives. Consider that because Texas repealed its gun ban in churches, a good guy with a gun was able to recently save the lives of dozens of people in a church -- long before the police could arrive. Please oppose all gun control. Gun Owners of America will inform me of how you vote.

I was glad to see that the ban on commonly-owned firearms (SB 16) was set aside in the Judiciary Committee. But SB 70 -- the Universal Gun Owner Registries bill -- has to be understood as a first step to a future gun ban. This bill would ensure that every gun sale in Virginia had a Form 4473 attached to it. And as Gun Owners of America has noted, since the ATF is now going around and (illegally) copying those forms, this would mean that every gun sale in Virginia could be sucked up into this de facto national gun registry. See: gunowners.org/news02042013c This would also mean that, if semi-automatics are ever made unlawful in Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam’s SWAT teams would have a handy list of homes to raid. This is exactly what they’re doing in New Zealand. And it’s exactly what has already been done in California and New York -- gun confiscation was preceded by registration. And this is why Gun Owners of America will treat a vote on SB 69, as severely as a vote for a gun ban in its future rating. Please oppose SB 70 -- as well as SB 35, 69 and 240.

I was glad to see that the ban on commonly-owned firearms (SB 16) was set aside in the Judiciary Committee. But SB 70 -- the Universal Gun Owner Registries bill -- has to be understood as a first step to a future gun ban. This bill would ensure that every gun sale in Virginia had a Form 4473 attached to it. And as Gun Owners of America has noted, since the ATF is now going around and (illegally) copying those forms, this would mean that every gun sale in Virginia could be sucked up into this de facto national gun registry. See: gunowners.org/news02042013c This would also mean that, if semi-automatics are ever made unlawful in Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam’s SWAT teams would have a handy list of homes to raid. This is exactly what they’re doing in New Zealand. And it’s exactly what has already been done in California and New York -- gun confiscation was preceded by registration. And this is why Gun Owners of America will treat a vote on SB 69, as severely as a vote for a gun ban in its future rating. Please oppose SB 70 -- as well as SB 35, 69 and 240.

Please oppose every gun bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee which will compromise public safety in Virginia. I’m talking about SB 35, 69, 70 and 240. Gun control is a miserable failure. And I’m stunned that Senators would try to bring back the failed one handgun a month law (SB 69). The Virginia Tech murderer killed 34 students and teachers in 2007 after purchasing two handguns one month apart -- thus complying with Virginia’s then one gun a month law. (Source: “Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Addendum to the Report of the Review Panel Presented to: Governor Timothy M. Kaine Commonwealth of Virginia,” p. 71 (November 2009). Virginia’s one handgun a month law did not save one life at Virginia Tech. If anything, it’s been the creation of gun-free zones around schools and universities that has prevented good people from stopping killers. By contrast, dismantling these victim disarmament zones saves lives. Consider that because Texas repealed its gun ban in churches, a good guy with a gun was able to recently save the lives of dozens of people in a church -- long before the police could arrive. Please oppose all gun control. Gun Owners of America will inform me of how you vote.

I was glad to see that the ban on commonly-owned firearms (SB 16) was set aside in the Judiciary Committee. But SB 70 -- the Universal Gun Owner Registries bill -- has to be understood as a first step to a future gun ban. This bill would ensure that every gun sale in Virginia had a Form 4473 attached to it. And as Gun Owners of America has noted, since the ATF is now going around and (illegally) copying those forms, this would mean that every gun sale in Virginia could be sucked up into this de facto national gun registry. See: gunowners.org/news02042013c This would also mean that, if semi-automatics are ever made unlawful in Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam’s SWAT teams would have a handy list of homes to raid. This is exactly what they’re doing in New Zealand. And it’s exactly what has already been done in California and New York -- gun confiscation was preceded by registration. And this is why Gun Owners of America will treat a vote on SB 69, as severely as a vote for a gun ban in its future rating. Please oppose SB 70 -- as well as SB 35, 69 and 240.