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West Virginia AG: Coronavirus Does Not Erase 2nd Amendment Rights
BREITBART ^ | April 16, 2020 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 04/16/2020 8:11:18 AM PDT by Morgana

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is advising sheriffs in his state to stay on task processing concealed carry permit applications and issuing those permits for applicants legally able to carry a gun.

Morrisey wants residents of this state to maintain the ability to defend themselves, regardless of coronavirus shutdowns and/or social distancing requirements.

The NRA-ILA quoted Morrisey saying, “While we want our residents to be safe and practice good social distancing, we also want to ensure they can still exercise their right to keep and bear arms.”

On March 27, 2020, Breitbart News reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) comments, in which he made clear counties and municipalities cannot shut down gun sales during the coronavirus crisis.

Paxton was asked to opine on the extent of a county’s power during an emergency and said:

While the Legislature granted local officials certain emergency powers to address disaster situations, that local authority is not without limitation. Relevant to your question, provisions in the Local Government Code prohibit municipalities and counties from regulating, among other things, the transfer, possession, ownership, or sale of firearms, notwithstanding any other law.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: Texas; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guns; kenpaxton; nra; patrickmorrisey; secondamendment; texas; westvirginia

1 posted on 04/16/2020 8:11:18 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

West Virginia has Constitutional Carry and residents do not need concealed carry permits.


2 posted on 04/16/2020 8:12:52 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Morgana

Is there a huge exodus from VA to WV lately? They are so different.


3 posted on 04/16/2020 8:13:22 AM PDT by madison10 (Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus & germs are everywhere)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

WV sells guns like Pez


4 posted on 04/16/2020 8:15:10 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Now if West ( by gawd ) Virginia could welcome with open arms western Virginia counties... ( it has happened before)


5 posted on 04/16/2020 8:28:35 AM PDT by HangnJudge (China Lied, People died, Never Forget, this Decade's 9-11)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Not true. West Virginia allows carrying non-concealed, but still requires concealed carry permits.


6 posted on 04/16/2020 8:51:54 AM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yep, I carry my Ruger SP101 .357 loaded with hollow points with me in my range bag everywhere I go. With a quick access pocket it makes me feel quite secure in these uncertain times. No permit required in Hillbilly heaven.


7 posted on 04/16/2020 9:00:57 AM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: Morgana

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8 posted on 04/16/2020 9:01:50 AM PDT by sauropod (Pelosi Galore: We know she's lying when we see her dentures flying.)
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To: Morgana

Nice... Another sane AG...


9 posted on 04/16/2020 9:43:24 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Ikemeister

What about “Printing” when CCW ?


10 posted on 04/16/2020 7:40:13 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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