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1. A huge victory in Maryland!
2. Gun shows and events
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1. A huge victory in Maryland!
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF.org) and their attorney, Alan Gura, has just had a huge victory in a Maryland court that effects concealed carry in that state. The ruling says that "good and substantial reason" is NOT to be required to get a concealed handgun permit there! The ruling will probably be appealed, but this is good news for our neighbor and for those of us who hope to someday carry while visiting Maryland.
As an important neighboring state with particularly bad gun laws, I felt that many VCDL members would want to follow this one.
From the SAF alert:
MARYLAND RULING A 'HUGE VICTORY' FOR SECOND AMENDMENT, SAYS SAF
For Immediate Release: 3/5/2012
BELLEVUE, WA – A federal court ruling in Maryland, that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends beyond the home and that citizens may not be required to offer a "good and substantial reason" for obtaining a concealed carry permit, is a huge victory, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
Ruling in the case of Woollard v. Sheridan – a case brought by SAF in July 2010 on behalf of Maryland resident Raymond Woollard, who was denied his carry permit renewal – the U.S. District Court for Maryland ruled that "The Court finds that the right to bear arms is not limited to the home."
U.S. District Court Judge Benson Everett Legg noted, "In addition to self-defense, the (Second Amendment) right was also understood to allow for militia membership and hunting. To secure these rights, the Second Amendment's protections must extend beyond the home: neither hunting nor militia training is a household activity, and 'self-defense has to take place wherever [a] person happens to be'."
"This is a monumentally important decision," said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. "The federal district court has carefully spelled out the obvious, that the Second Amendment does not stop at one's doorstep, but protects us wherever we have a right to be. Once again, SAF's attorney in this case, Alan Gura, has won an important legal victory. He was the attorney who argued the landmark Heller case, and he represented SAF in our Supreme Court victory in McDonald v. City of Chicago.
"Equally important in Judge Legg's ruling," he added, "is that concealed carry statutes that are so discretionary in nature as to be arbitrary do not pass constitutional muster."
"A citizen may not be required to offer a 'good and substantial reason' why he should be permitted to exercise his rights," Judge Legg wrote. "The right's existence is all the reason he needs."
"Judge Legg's ruling takes a substantial step toward restoring the Second Amendment to its rightful place in the Bill of Rights, and provides gun owners with another significant victory," Gottlieb concluded. "SAF will continue winning back firearms freedoms one lawsuit at a time."
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2. Gun shows and events
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The Virginia Citizens Defense League thanks the following
member-activists who generously gave of their time to advance and
help defend the rights of their fellow gun owners by working our
recruiting and information booths at gun shows and events around
the state.
Richmond, February 4-5
George Lawson, Bob Sadtler, Dave Troxel, Richard Dekeyser, Paul Henick,
and David Crosby
Virginia Beach, February 18-19
Emy Conrad, Sandy Eisner, Steele McDougal, Josh Kellogg, Ron Pearson,
Michael Kaufman & wife, Ray Cruz, Chat Cartwright, Ernest Scofield,
Bill and Sandra Goode, Robert McRae, and Gary Moeller
Richmond Libertarian Convention, February 25
Bob Sadtler, David Crosby, and Greg Trojan
Dale City, February 25-26
Hugh Conway, Dr. Jerry Coffey, Tess Ailshire, Thomas Pietras,
Terrell Prude, Dexter Guptill, Michael Burnham
Doswell, February 25-26
Bruce Jackson, Mike Irvin, Jeff Hamlin, Tess Ailshire, and Robert Herron
Harrisonburg, February 25-26
Steve Shiflett, Bob Mortensen, Charles Winkler, Dorn Peterson,
Dr. Jerry Coffey, and John Norton
As an all volunteer organization, VCDL depends on YOU to volunteer
your time at our area events, where we recruit new activists and keep
gun owners informed. No experience necessary; if it's your first time
we'll pair you with a veteran volunteer. To find out more about
helping at our gun show tables, go to:
http://www2.vcdl.org/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/vcdl/gs.html
and click on any of the blue links, or contact the coordinator for
the show/event listed below with which you are interested in helping.
Here are the upcoming events with which we need YOUR help:
a. FREDERICKSBURG http://www.guns-knives.com, March 17-18
Saturday, March 17 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 18 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact Robert Herron at Fredericksburggunshows@vcdl.org to
help in Fredericksburg.
b. ROANOKE http://www.showmasters.us, March 17-18
Saturday, March 17 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 18 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact Al Steed, Jr. at SWVAgunshows@vcdl.org to help in
Roanoke.
c. RICHMOND http://www.showmasters.us, March 24-25
Saturday, March 24 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 25 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact David Crosby at CentralVAgunshows@vcdl.org to help
at the Richmond Raceway Complex.
d. NORFOLK http://www.showmasters.us, March 31-April 1
Saturday, March 31 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 1 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please contact Jerry Brunner at Norfolkgunshows@vcdl.org to help at
the Norfolk Scope.
e. HAMPTON http://www.guns-knives.com, March 31-April 1
Saturday, March 31 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 1 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact Ron Lilly at HamptonRoadsgunshows@vcdl.org to help
in Hampton.
f. DALE CITY http://www.olddominionshows.com, March 31-April 1
Saturday, March 31 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 1 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact Michael Burnham at NOVAgunshows@vcdl.org to help in
Dale City.
g. FISHERSVILLE http://www.showmasters.us, April 14-15
Saturday, April 14 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 15 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact John Norton and David Sayen at
Shenandoahgunshows@vcdl.org to help in Fishersville.
h. CHANTILLY http://www.cegunshows.com, April 20-22
Friday, April 20 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 22 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please contact Danny Paulson at NOVAgunshows@vcdl.org to help in
Chantilly.
i. HAMPTON http://www.guns-knives.com, April 28-29
Saturday, April 28 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 29 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact Ron Lilly at HamptonRoadsgunshows@vcdl.org to help
in Hampton.
j. SALEM http://www.cegunshows.com, April 28-29
Saturday, April 28 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 29 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please contact Al Steed, Jr. at SWVAgunshows@vcdl.org to help in Salem.
k. WASHINGTON COUNTY, May 5-6
Saturday, May 5 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 6 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
VCDL will again have a table at the gun show held at the
Washington County Fairgrounds, 17046 Fairground Dr,
Abingdon VA 24212, near Exit 14, I-81.
Please contact Al Steed, Jr. at SWVAgunshows@vcdl.org to volunteer.
l. RICHMOND http://www.cegunshows.com, May 19-20
Saturday, May 19 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please contact David Crosby at CentralVAgunshows@vcdl.org to help
at the Showplace in Mechanicsville.
m. VIRGINIA BEACH http://www.guns-knives.com, May 26-27
Saturday, May 26 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 27 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please contact Gary Moeller at VBgunshows@vcdl.org to help in
Virginia Beach.
n. HARRISONBURG http://www.showmasters.us, May 26-27
Saturday, May 26 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 27 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please contact John Norton and David Sayen at
Shenandoahgunshows@vcdl.org to help in Harrisonburg.
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