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Volume 3 Issue 1
The Bullet
The Official Publication of the Virginia Shooting Sports Association
 Virginia Shooting Sports Association
The Bullet
A quarterly publication of the Virginia Shooting Sports Asso-ciation. To advertise in The Bullet, call (540) 672-5848. Find us on the Internet at: www.myvssa.org. Member articles welcomed and encouraged. NCRR Shooting Clinic 3 VSSA Offering Free Training to Teachers 3 15th Annual Crush’n Clays 6 Violent Crime Drops 8  June Squirrel Season 9 2013 State Champion-ships 10 From the President 13
 Virginia Y.E.S. 14
Rob Pincus and Appen-dix carry
10  VSSA Shooters Score in Orange Blossom Regional 14 NRA Foundation Grants 16 2013 Virginia Air Results 15
Inside this issue:
 
When this year’s General  Assembly Session began, the VSSA legislative team knew that our work would be cut out for us. With all of the talk cen-tering around President Obama’s federal gun con-trol agenda, we knew the handful of anti-gun legis-lators in the House of Delegates and the State Senate would try and cap-italize on the events that took place in Newtown, CT in December 2012. By the time the last day to introduce legislation rolled around, we saw bill introduced to ban so-called “assault rifles,” so-called “high capacity magazines, close the non-existent “gun show loop-hole,” bills to chip away at Virginia’s pre-emption statute, and bills to re-strict carrying firearms in the state capitol. There were also a handful of pro-gun bills introduced but for the first half of the session, VSSA’s attention was squarely focused on defeating all of the bad bills. Both the House and Senate helped us out by scheduling marathon committee meetings to address all of the fire-arms related bills. VSSA is happy to report that before crossover (the half-way point of the Session) all of the bad bills had been defeated. Having beat back all of the bad bills, VSSA’s leg-islative team was able to turn its attention to the handful of pro-rights bills. A particularly spe-cial surprise was passage of concealed handgun permit (CHP) holder pri-vacy. Introduced by State Sena-tor Mark Obenshain, Sen-ate Bill 1335 began as a will to protect the privacy of permit holders who had an active protective order. But when the bill landed in House Militia and Po-lice, a substitute was of-fered that protected the personally identifiable in-formation of all CHP hold-ers. For the last several years, bills have been introduced to prevent incidents like occurred in 2007 when the Roanoke Times published the entire database. After the Attorney General is-sued an opinion that the database was not intended for that purpose, the data-base was no longer availa-ble for the State Police. However, newspapers could still go to their local Clerk of (cont. on page 2)
 
Another Successful General Assembly Session
Winter/Spring 2013
A Message from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli
You and I understand that our rights come from our Creator—not the govern-ment. Without the ability to defend ourselves, individu-als have no rights. Luckily, our Founders un-derstood that natural rights predate government. That’s why they passed the Second  Amendment to the United States Constitution to pro-tect our right to defend ourselves and loved ones. It states a simple concept that was obvious to them:  A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Being an advocate for gun rights takes more than just voting the right way. It takes persistence. It takes the willingness to stand up for what is right even if it’s
 
 
not popular. It takes leadership and guts. Others will tell you they have good voting records while representing conservative coun-ties. I put the bills in and led from the front, all while representing Fairfax.  As a State Senator from Fairfax, I proved that I was on the side of gun owners across the Common-wealth by being a consistent champion of our Second Amend-ment rights. During my tenure, I: • Worked for the repeal of unrea-sonable restrictions on con-cealed carry permit holders and for reciprocity between states that issue concealed carry per-mits. • Successfully advanced the bill that finally stopped counties from requiring duplicate local back-ground checks when purchasing a firearm—checks that those counties used as nothing more than a back-door wait-ing period on law-abiding Virginians. • Fought for and won protections for law-abiding gun owners, despite com-ing from some of the most anti-gun political territory in the entire Com-monwealth. When I ran for Attorney General, I was endorsed by organizations in-cluding the Virginia Shooting Sports  Association, Virginia Citizens De-fense League, Gun Owners of Ameri-ca and had an A+ rating from the Na-tional Rifle Association. Without your help, I would not be in the position I am today to defend our rights. I have continued my fight against the liberal gun-grabbers. I have led an effort among states to have a Mary-land law barring law-abiding citizens from carrying outside their own homes (similar to the
Heller
case, but outside the home) declared unconsti-tutional.  As Attorney General, I am the law-yer for each government agency. It is still true that lawyers merely ad-vise, while clients (state agencies) decide. When I was in the private sector there were only two times that my clients did not take my rec-ommendations. Since I got into gov-ernment, I lost count of how many times state agencies didn’t heed my advice. That’s exactly why I’m running for governor—to become the decision-maker and your advocate for gun rights. As your governor, I promise to continue my record of defending our constitutional rights. We must main-tain the progress we have made in the Commonwealth on this issue. When I lived in Fairfax, I was a member of the Arlington-Fairfax Izaak Walton League. I’m an avid shooter. I always look forward to range time (especially skeet). I ask for your continued support in my bid to become Virginia’s next gover-nor because I understand the philo-sophical basis of the Second Amend-ment, the practical application as a fellow sportsman, and most important I am the only person running who has been a leader in the fight to defend our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
 
 Also passed by the General Assem-bly and signed by the Governor were SB1363 and HB2317 which provide that residency for members of the armed forces includes both the member’s permanent duty post and the nearby state in which the military personnel resides for the purposes of firearms purchases.  Another bill of interest to gun own-the Circuit Court and get the per-mit holders in their localities. The Fredericksburg Freelance Star was famous for printing the names of individuals who were recently is-sued permits. With the passage of SB1335, they will no longer be able to do this. This was the biggest vic-tory of the Session for Virginia gun owners. ers that passed and was signed by the Governor was Delegate Scott Lignamfelter’s HB1833 which clears up much of the confusion in the Concealed Weapon Statute in the Code of Virginia. The statute had been amended so many times that it was increasingly difficult to navi-gate.
Cuccinelli (cont)
General Assembly Session (continued)
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. The NRA Sports Shooting Event held at the Norfolk County Rifle Range was a terrific success! Our staff of 42 RSO’s hosted over 57 participants and all who attended mentioned how exciting the event was, and how much they have learned throughout the day. Many who never shot before left our Range and actually headed out to a gun store to make a possi-ble purchase of a firearm or bow. The air pistol and rifle discipline taught participants how breathe con-trol, along with a steady trigger pull, made pellet gun/rifle shooting so pre-cise and enjoyable. Many of the ladies who never picked up a firearm before were amazed at how much fun it was to put one in the bulls-eye. Leaving the air pistol/ rifle area, they migrated directly into the range to shoot .22 pistol and rifle. Everyone emerged from the range with grins from ear to ear. Using 410 and 20 gauge shotguns, our RSO staff showed novice shotgun shooters how much fun it was to hit clay targets and poppers. Our Archery discipline did an out-standing job introducing all to ar-chery. From the time we opened to the time we closed, archery had their hands full with people waiting to get a chance to try their skills with a bow.  As our guest's left the club with their paper targets in hand, we had comment after comment about the fun they had and questions of “when are we go-ing to do this again?”.Sport Shooting Day was a great op-portunity for us to change peo-ple’s minds about gun control and educate participants about the different disciplines that are available. Many who had never shot a gun before experienced the enjoyment associated with shoot-ing sports. Those who were “gun shy” or apprehensive about guns, left NCRR with a totally different attitude and respect for the Sport. Norfolk County Rifle Range enjoyed hosting this event for many different reasons, but the most rewarding was seeing those who once were “gun shy” or apprehensive about guns leave the range with a new atti-tude and respect for the sport of shooting. With this in mind, we encourage every gun range to hold a “NRA Sports Shooting Day” to edu-cate and introduce the public to the shooting sports in a safe and enjoyable setting. Beginning July 1, 2013, the VSSA Training Team will offer free NRA certified pistol training to any teacher in the common-wealth of Virginia. This training meets all the requirements for a Concealed Carry of Weapons (CCW) permit in Virginia. You can come to us in Fairfax, or we can set something up with a local range. All we need is access to a range and a classroom, everything else will be provided. Contact our training team lead, Tom Ciarula at Tom-C @ Cox.net to make arrangements.
NCRR NRA Sports Shooting Day Great Success By Brian Hirschler
VSSA Training Team Offers Free Training to Teachers
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