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To: ManyMoose who wrote (15578)	10/17/2002 2:14:33 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) of 93284

RICHMOND, Oct. 16 -- Northern Virginia lawmakers invoked the sniper attacks today in proposing firearm restrictions at local and state government buildings, but were rebuffed by rural and Republican colleagues who oppose new gun controls. The Militia and Police Committee of the House of Delegates voted by wide margins to defeat a proposal by Del. James F. Almand (D-Arlington) to ban all guns except police weapons in the state Capitol and General Assembly office building in Richmond, which have several heavily used public hearing rooms. Almand's proposal would have banned even those guns for which the owner had obtained a concealed weapons permit, he said....... .....The House panel also defeated a proposal by Del. James M. Scott (D-Fairfax) to bar handguns from the chambers of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, which favored the restriction. ......Philip A. Van Cleave, president of the gun rights group Virginia Citizens Defense League Inc., told the House committee that Scott's proposal would impose unnecessary restrictions on those with legal permits to carry firearms. "We don't see there's any need to restrict law-abiding citizens from bringing protection into these meetings," said Van Cleave of suburban Richmond..... washingtonpost.com Help me understand this one. The proposed legislation would ban guns only in the state Capitol and General Assembly office building in Richmond and from the chambers of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Do people really think they need "protection" in meetings in the State Capital, General Assembly and chambers of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Why shouldn't we allow people with gun permits to carry guns on commercial airplanes? .... Just reflecting on prior news items, it seems there is a greater need for protection on airplanes then there is in Virginia's State Capital building. Is there any reason to believe at the moment that the sniper doesn't have [or couldn't get] a concealed weapons permit? jttmab

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