TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN:        AS A HOLDER OF A VIRGINIA CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE I

WOULD CERTAINLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER  ALLOWING ME TO CARRY MY PISTOL ON MY

PERSON FOR SELF DEFENSE. I LIVE IN MARYLAND AND OCCASIONALLY VISIT OR TOUR IN

VIRGINIA DURING WHICH TIME I AM ALWAYS ARMED.  AN EXPLANATION OF MY CURRENT

CONDITION AND EXPERIENCE REVEALS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MYSELF MY WIFE AND

ANY FAMILY ACCOMPANING ME WHEN IN VIRGINIA .  AGE 77, OLD AGE SLOWNESS EXCEPT

FOR ALERTNESS AND GUN HANDLING ABILITY( I PRACTICE FREQUENTLY), LEG INFIRMARY

FROM A LIFETIME AGO FIGHTING AN INFANTRY WAR IN KOREA SO NOW IN OLD AGE CANNOT

RUN ANY MORE AND FIND IT DIFFICULT TO EVADE YOUTHFUL THUGS WHEN ON FOOT. 

HANDS ON CLOSE QUARTER DEFENSE FOR ME AND WIFE IS AN ABILITY OF THE PAST

EVEN THOUGH I USED TO INSTRUCT IN THAT DEFENSE,    MOST OF A LIFETIME AGO I WAS

ALSO AN  N. R. A. CERTIFIED POLICE FIREARMS INSTUCTOR SO FAMILIAR WITH USUAL

SITUATION OF THE POLICE ARRIVING AFTER THE ACTUAL CRIME ACTION DUE TO THIS CLOSE

ASSOCIATION WITH ACTUAL RESPONDERS.    KNOWING THAT ONE IS MOSTLY ON THEIR OWN

WHEN UNDER SUDDEN CRIMINAL ATTACK IT IS ONES DUTY TO BE PREPARED TO DEFEND

THEMSELVES AND LOVED ONES.     PART OF MY PRACTICE IS ENHANCING ALERTNESS SO

SECONDS OR MINUTES HAVE ALLOWED AVOIDING BEING CAUGHT UNAWARE OR IN SOME

INSTANCES ELUDE THE CRIMINAL ATTACK JUST BEFORE THEY WERE READY TO CARRY IT

OUT.      ALTHOGH OLD MY PERCEPTION OF OTHERS IS HIGHLY TUNED.    FAIRLY EXPERT AT

BODY ENGLISH AN OTHER INDICATORS OF TROUBLE WHICH NOW IS GREATER THAN IN

YOUTH.  MORE , BUT ENOUGH TO GIVE A PICTURE OF WHY WHEN IN VIRGINIA I

INTENTIONALLY AVOID GOING ANYWHERE THERE IS A RESTRICTION ON MY ABILITY TO BE

ARMED. THIS INCLUDES  YOUR PARKS AND SCENIC ROUTES WHERE SUCH RESTRICTIONS

MAY APPLY .  SINCE I AND WIFE DO NOT DRINK (SHE IS NOW IN HER EIGHTH YEAR OF

CANCER) I AVOID PLACES THAT SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS PREFER TO MAINTAIN

CONCEALMENT OF FIREARM FOR TACTICAL REASONS AND AVOID OTHERS TRYING TO MAKE A

A GRAB FOR AN EXPOSED FIREARM.     WE KNOW OPEN CARRY IS ALLOWED IN SUCH PLACES,

BUT THE BEFORE MENTIONED REASONS ARE JUST COMMON SENSE FOR THE AGED NO

LONGER QUICK WHILE ON FOOT.    IF IT IS FOUND FAVORABLE THAT CHANGES WILL ALLOW

US TO ONCE AGAIN ENJOY VISITING VIRGINIAS MAGNIFIGANT PARKS AND SCENIC ROUTES WE

WILL BE ABLE TO RECALL OUR  YOUTHFUL MARRIAGE AND HONEYMOON IN THE

VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS 51 YEARS AGO. OTHER TOUR TRIPS BACK THEN ALSO. THIS URGE IS SO

STRONG THAT I MAY SELL OUR HOME AND MOVE TO VIRGINA WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. YOUR

DECISION WILL PROBABLY INFLUENCE THIS. 

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR VIEW OF VIRGINIA AS A BASTION OF LIBERTY THAT

ALWAYS SEEMS TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS.   

  RESPECTFULLY  SUBMITTED,  JOHN  PEPPER 

                                                             BOX  313 BLADENSBURG MD. 20710 - - - - 301-927-5543         

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