VIRGINIA DUMPS “ONE GUN A MONTH”
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012The dominoes keep falling. Virginia has dropped its “one gun a month” law, as seen here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/handgun-ban-lifted-in-virginia/2012/02/03/gIQAfHYNuQ_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Back when they passed it, one of my graduates in Virginia called me to share his misery. He asked, “Mas, how would YOU feel if they passed a ‘one-gun-a-month’ law in the free state where YOU live?!?”
I replied, “Hell, I’d find the money somehow…”
He was not amused.
I don’t blame him. He was right and I was wrong. Arbitrary restrictions on productive members of society are nothing to joke about.
I don’t care how many firearms responsible, law abiding citizens own. I care that evil people don’t have access to them. And, more important, I care that evil people be put away where they don’t have access to INNOCENT VICTIMS…and that their potential victims have the wherewithal to fight back against the evil, and prevail.
This good news from The Old Dominion is the latest in a compelling history of victories for gun owners’ civil rights over recent years. At the time they enacted “one gun a month” in Virginia, there were several states where there was no provision at law for a law-abiding citizen to carry a concealed handgun in public to protect themselves and their loved ones. Now, in 2012, just one of those remains: Illinois, which came surprisingly close to getting shall-issue concealed carry last year, and hasn’t given up yet.
We’re winning, state by state, but we can’t become complacent. The Presidential election looms…and it ain’t lookin’ good for gun owners.
