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https://vcdl.org/VCDL-Lobby-Day-2021
VCDL has organized a Lobby Day since 2002. Last year the Governor went into full panic, banning firearms in the buildings, erecting fences, etc. and the Lobby Day went viral. A group of guys even brought and assembled a guillotine. This year it's going to be different due to COVID and in light of last year. Given the shenanigans in D.C yesterday I can only imagine how much Dear Leaders will be panicking this year.
VCDL's Lobby Day is a day when normal, everyday Americans go to the Virginia Capitol to tell our state legislators to SAY NO TO GUN CONTROL. We know that gun laws won't stop crime. We know that rights are not negotiable. We know that our voices MUST be heard or legislators will think we don't care what laws they pass.
Why Should I Go? Will It Change Anything?
Over 60 bad gun bills were introduced in 2020 alone! The massive attendance at the 2020 Lobby Day was a major factor in defeating them! The bills that did make it through were severely diminished from their original form.
We're not going to sugar coat it. Bills were passed in 2020 that must be repealed. But many, many bills were defeated, including bills to make semi-automatic firearms and suppressors illegal and to limit magazine size. Another defeated bill would have stopped reciprocity with over 25 states!
We will see all those pieces of legislation back this year and more. That is why Lobby Day 2021 is vitally important! You can be a part of this historic event.
As we said, due to COVID-19 restrictions things will be different this year. The House of Delegates is meeting remotely and the Senate will be in the Science Museum. The Pocahontas Building looks like it will open up, but will probably be highly restrictive as to who can enter. So there's no real reason for us to be in Capitol Square.
This doesn't mean we should not go to Richmond! It just means that we can set our own rules and schedule this year. We've decided to lobby in a different way. We want everyone to know that we are coming to Richmond so we will be in vehicles decked out with VCDL signs and flags. We will form caravans coming from all four corners of the state, with people joining in all along the way, and we will all arrive in Richmond on Monday afternoon.
VCDL has organized a Lobby Day since 2002. Last year the Governor went into full panic, banning firearms in the buildings, erecting fences, etc. and the Lobby Day went viral. A group of guys even brought and assembled a guillotine. This year it's going to be different due to COVID and in light of last year. Given the shenanigans in D.C yesterday I can only imagine how much Dear Leaders will be panicking this year.
VCDL's Lobby Day is a day when normal, everyday Americans go to the Virginia Capitol to tell our state legislators to SAY NO TO GUN CONTROL. We know that gun laws won't stop crime. We know that rights are not negotiable. We know that our voices MUST be heard or legislators will think we don't care what laws they pass.
Why Should I Go? Will It Change Anything?
Over 60 bad gun bills were introduced in 2020 alone! The massive attendance at the 2020 Lobby Day was a major factor in defeating them! The bills that did make it through were severely diminished from their original form.
We're not going to sugar coat it. Bills were passed in 2020 that must be repealed. But many, many bills were defeated, including bills to make semi-automatic firearms and suppressors illegal and to limit magazine size. Another defeated bill would have stopped reciprocity with over 25 states!
We will see all those pieces of legislation back this year and more. That is why Lobby Day 2021 is vitally important! You can be a part of this historic event.
As we said, due to COVID-19 restrictions things will be different this year. The House of Delegates is meeting remotely and the Senate will be in the Science Museum. The Pocahontas Building looks like it will open up, but will probably be highly restrictive as to who can enter. So there's no real reason for us to be in Capitol Square.
This doesn't mean we should not go to Richmond! It just means that we can set our own rules and schedule this year. We've decided to lobby in a different way. We want everyone to know that we are coming to Richmond so we will be in vehicles decked out with VCDL signs and flags. We will form caravans coming from all four corners of the state, with people joining in all along the way, and we will all arrive in Richmond on Monday afternoon.
