Action | Promulgation of new regulation banning concealed firearms in executive branch agency offices |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 10/21/2016 |
1. There is no problem to solve by this order. Virginia state agency buildings have had no shootings and thus the ban on concealed carry in government buildings is 100% unreasonable. CHP holders are the most law-abiding and honest citizens in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
2. The governor has no authority whatsoever from the Virginia General Assembly to ban guns in state agency buildings. This year the General Assembly passed a bill clarifying that the Governor cannot do any type of gun control without the express permission of the General Assembly. The only reason that bill did not become law is that the Governor vetoed it! The governor clearly ignores the will of the People as expressed through their elected representatives in the General Assembly.
3. Since 1960, all but two of the public mass-shootings have been in gun-free-zones, like this regulation creates. This band would clearly make Virginia state agency buildings less secure and not more secure.
4. Please do not support a gun ban in state agency buildings. The governor is wrong and clearly ignores the will of the people and statistical facts.
Thank you for your time.