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Posted on 12/22/2015 10:12:17 AM PST by GreaterSwiss
RICHMOND â Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) announced Tuesday that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity agreements with the commonwealth.
Under the policy, Virginians with a history of stalking, drug dealing or inpatient mental-health treatment cannot obtain a permit in a state with comparatively lax laws and carry a handgun legally at home.
Herring said severing the out-of-state agreements can prevent people who may be dangerous or irresponsible from carrying a concealed handgun.
âWhile you are here, you are subject to the commonwealthâs gun laws,â Herring said in a news conference. The change means Virginiaâs standards for obtaining a concealed weapon are applied âevenly, consistently and fairly,â he said.
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Is it just that easy, they declare it to be null and void? Are they skipping the legislative process?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3375574/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3375516/posts
And a big fat FU to Virginia democrats and those who vote for these Stalinists.
These people are mentally ill.
So states must recognize same-sex “marriages” from other states, even though it is not in the Constitution, but can ignore the legal gun permits of the other states, even though protected by the Second Amendment?
I would have thought this was something determined by, and at the discretion of, the legislature, not the state Attorney General. Or is the law written in such a way as to leave to the Attorney General the determination of which states’ Concealed Carry permits to recognize?
The dumbest thing we’ve ever done was to give up the right to carry concelled without permission. Paying a fee and being subject to the whims of gubmint is a violation of my God given tight to self defense.
If you are the Democrat attorney general, sure. These days, each Dem office holder views himself as a little dictator who can act unilaterally on whatever policy he thinks will benefit his constituents.
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