* There has been NO problem with shootings in Virginia state agencies nor anything else to justify this restriction on law-abiding citizens

* Concealed handgun permit holders are the most law abiding group of people in the Commonwealth, yet even they are prohibited from defending themselves in a state agency building under this proposed regulation

* The General Assembly has NOT granted authority to the Governor to be able to prohibit guns in state agencies.  The General Assembly controls firearms laws in Virginia. 

* A bill was passed in the General Assembly this year clarifying that the Governor lacks the authority to prohibit firearms in state agencies, but the bill did not make it into law because the Governor vetoed it.  The will of the people through their elected representation is clear - this regulation is *not* supported by the majority of voters

* All but two of the public mass shootings since 1960 have happened in gun-free-zones, such as this regulation would create.  This regulation would increase the danger of a mass public shooting in a state agency, not reduce it.

* Most state employees are already made defenseless by administrative rules barring the possession of guns in the work place or on any state owned/leased land, including parking lots.  That makes practicing after work very difficult, since one has to go home first to get one's guns, before heading to the range.  If one believes in gun safety, then one must believe in regular practice.