We fought for this since 1996 and the NRA never supported it until last year. I sat in committee meetings to give testimony and had to bear watching the NRA rep refusing to support the repeal more times than I care to remember.
ALL of the credit for this achievement goes to VCDL who fought every step of the way for this.
Exactly. I don’t recall the NRA tirelessly petitioning over the past several years through the last two governors to get this passed. VCDL has been there every step of the way making sure this gets through all the procedural hurdles and naming names along the way.
You're going to have to understand the NRA was able to pass this. Politicians count the number of phone calls and letters they get and that's what convinces them to vote one way or another. As good as the VCDL might be, they don't have the numbers or for that matter, the dollars.
How much money did the VCDL spend on lobbying?