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2010 General Assembly A Great Success

The 2009 session of the General Assembly was the most successful for gun owners since 2004.  Let me begin with the biggest win of all.  After a 15 year hard fought battle, we have finally repealed the ban on carrying concealed in restaurants (SB 334/HB505), like Applebees and Olive Garden, that serve alcohol in addition to food.  Beginning July 1, Virginia’s concealed handgun permit holders (CHP) will finally be able to carry their personal protection firearm with them when they take their families to full service restaurants.   

There were other positive CHP reforms passed into law in addition to repeal of the restaurant ban. Senate Bill 3/HB 8 allows a person who previously has been issued a Virginia CHP to submit an application to renew the permit via the United States mail..

Another bill that passed is HB 1191,which will allow a circuit court judge to authorize the Clerk of Court to issue concealed handgun permits in instances where the application is complete, the background check does not indicate that the applicant is disqualified, and, after consulting with the local sheriff or police department, there are no other questions or issues surrounding the application.

Also passed this year was HB1217, which allows local school boards to offer firearm safety education programs in the elementary grades. The bill requires that the program objectives incorporate, among other principles of firearm safety, accident prevention and the rules of the NRA’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program.

The clip below will give you a little more information about our successful lobbying efforts this year.

We must now pay our legislative bills and we need your help.  Only a small portion of VSSA member dues go to pay for our legislative activities.  The generous contributions of our members have help us be as successful as we have been for the last decade.  Please consider a contribution to support the War Chest.

In edition to to making a donation, it is important that every VSSA member that has an email address to contact us and provide us with the email address so we can include you in our legislative alerts.

We will never sell your email address nor will we give it to any other organization.  Also, we will only contact you when your legislators need to hear your voice.  We do not send out weekly updates because we maintain a legislative tracking form on the VSSA web site so you can easily track legislative activity. 

All you need to do to be included in the VSSA Legislative Alert database is click here and enter your email address.  You will automatically be added to our email list.

We thank you for your support and hope you will continue to make VSSA’s legislative efforts a success.   

Let Your Voice Be Heard – Support the VSSA War Chest Today!

The VSSA War Chest is organized for the purpose of defraying the cost of protecting the rights of Virginia gun owners.  Only a small portion of your VSSA membership dues are dedicated to the War Chest meaning we need your additional support. VSSA is the only pro-firearm organization in Virginia that maintains an effective full-time lobbyist in Richmond protecting your rights as a firearm owner.  We need and appreciate your support.  Please take a moment and send your most generous contribution today.