Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of General Services
 
Board
Department of General Services
 
chapter
Regulations Banning Concealed Firearms in Offices Occupied by Executive Branch Agencies [1 VAC 30 ‑ 105]
Action Promulgation of new regulation banning concealed firearms in executive branch agency offices
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 10/21/2016
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8/31/16  1:02 pm
Commenter: Gail Gordon

My right not to get shot
 

Every citizen should be able to enter the executive office buildings and converse with their legislators to address grievances without fear of being shot by a disgruntled gun owner. Law enforcement officers, properly trained to respond in an emergency, should be the only persons allowed to have guns/firearms/sidearms/weapons (or whatever nomenclature you prefer) in executive branch offices. That is the rule at the federal level and that should be the rule at the state level as well. No one...and I truly mean NO ONE...needs a gun in an executive branch office of the government except law enforcement personnel. All rights enumerated in the Constitution have limits. In other words, someone else's rights stop where mine begin. Banning guns in government offices is not an unreasonable burden on 2nd Amendment rights because no one needs a gun in such places. No one is going hunting or target shooting in a government office building, and the only other thing to do with a gun is kill people. If someone is worried about self defense...that's what the armed law enforcement officers are for. The myth of the good guy with a gun is just that...a myth. The mythical good guy will never get the draw fast enough on the maniac with the AK 47, so ban all guns in government offices - the maniac with the AK 47 and the wannabe cowboy with the handgun who has far too high an opinion of himself and his skills. 

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