WV now has a West Virginia Citzens Defense League
Good news from Jim Snyder of the
VCDL...
The West Virginia Citizens Defense League held its first
organizational meeting on Saturday, January 27, 2007, near Morgantown,
West Virginia. Details are available online at www.wvcdl.org
Jim Mullins, President of the
West Virginia Citizens Defense League,
wrote:
I wanted to inform you of this meeting because, like the VCDL, the
WVCDL intends to be a state-level Second Amendment advocacy
organization that will seek to protect and, where necessary,
restore the rights of law-abiding West Virginia gun owners. I
admire the work of VCDL and hope that we will be able to work
together on issues of mutual concern when they arise.
Although anti-gun legislation rarely, if ever, makes progress in
our Legislature (one notable exception was the passage of a State
Capitol carry ban in 2002, whose repeal we intend to seek), there
are many areas where West Virginia laws need to be improved.
In addition to crafting pro-gun legislation, WVCDL will seek to
generate the necessary public pressure on individual legislators
and the legislative leadership to force committee action on pro-gun
bills. In preparation for forming WVCDL, I met individually with
about one-third of the members of our state Senate and the Speaker,
majority leader, and minority leader of our House of Delegates to
introduce myself and the WVCDL.
Our real work now lies ahead in spreading the word of our existence
and building the membership base necessary to promote our
legislative efforts. We would appreciate any assistance you may be
able to provide. We wish you the best of luck with your efforts
and we are willing to assist you when and where we can.
Sincerely,
Jim Mullins, President
West Virginia Citizens Defense League
info@wvcdl.orgIf you have any friends or family members in WV, let them know about
WVCDL and how to contact them.
We certainly hope WVCDL succeeds in improving WV's gun laws.
* * * * *I would like to add that WVCDL might be just as important to those of us living in western Virginia who visit the Mountain State regularly to see family, for business, or for recreation. I think I'll make a donation to them ASAP.
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