Join the Virginia Shooting Sports Association and Help Protect Virginia’s
gun rights
Member
Benefits and Services
The VSSA…
1.
Represents
2.
Defends the right to self-defense.
3.
Promotes safe gun ownership & use.
4.
Sanctions championship and other
shooting competitions.
5.
Protects the hunting and shooting
sports.
6.
Keeps you informed through the
bi-monthly member publication, The
Bullet, through legislative email alerts, and the new Weekly Bullet email update.
With Your
Membership in the VSSA You Will:
1.
Receive the informative bi-monthly
member news publication, The Bullet.
It’s educational and has the information you’ve asked for, want and need.
2.
Be among the first to receive the new Weekly Bullet electronic news
journal.
3.
Learn about the most recent voting
records of political candidates - know who your pro-gun representatives are -
it’s your valuable election guide.
4.
Obtain for Free a copy of your
VSSA Member decal and membership card.
5.
Participate in VSSA supported State
competitive shooting events.
6.
Protect your right to keep and use
firearms - for sports, hobby, and peace of mind.
7.
Maintain your right to self-defense -
protect yourself when no one else will.
8.
Honor
9.
Fight fanatical firearms restrictions -
Your voice does make a difference.
10.
Promote and supports organized, competitive
and recreational shooting activities.
11.
Have a full-time, salaried
legislative advocate in
12.
Support the only Virginia-based gun
rights organization that not only protects your gun rights legislatively but
promotes the Second Amendment and the shooting sports to new shooters so the
next generation will enjoy the same freedom we currently enjoy.
13.
Support youth firearm activities such
as the Virginia State Games Shooting Events, Junior State Championships and
safety training.
VSSA’s Accomplishments
VSSA has been instrumental in:
·
Passage
of
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Passage
of
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Passage
of the first partial roll-back (HB404) of
·
Passage
of legislation (HB2282)
to make it harder to close a gun range for noise. Again it was VSSA member Delegate Bill Janis
that introduced this bill.
·
Passage
of legislation (HB 1302) abolishing provisions regulating sales and
purchases in contiguous states.
·
Passage
of legislation prohibiting (HB 1150)
a local government from adopting an ordinance governing the storage of firearms
or ammunition
Every year VSSA’s lobbying
team works to:
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Protect
gun shows and your right to sell parts of your privately owned firearms
collection to other private citizens
·
Repeal
the restaurant ban on carrying concealed handguns in restaurants that serve
alcohol
·
Enhance
·
Passage
of “Castle Doctrine” legislation to put into law that you have the right to
protect yourself in your home free from the fear that a criminal may sue you
for doing so
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Enhance
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Protect
Other Reasons to Join VSSA
·
VSSA joined 41 other state associations
in filing one
of 47 amicus briefs on behalf of the Respondent Richard Heller in the “D.C. Gun
Ban Case”
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VSSA also
promotes hunting. As part of our legislative efforts we work to protect all
shooting sports from the anti-gun and anti-hunting crowd.
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VSSA annually sponsors one of the most
successful charity shooting
events of its type with the proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children's
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The
larger our membership, the louder our voice when we go to the General Assembly
to protect and secure YOUR gun rights.
·
Legislators
and elected officials understand numbers and when we tell them we are
representing thousands of voters who own firearms and these gun owners vote, it
has an impact on those officials.
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Join
now and you can add your voice to thousands of
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Remember:
VSSA is the firewall standing between your firearms freedoms and those who
would take them away. And we need your help to win!
To
join, simply print and complete the membership application
and mail to the address on the form together with the appropriate fee.