Posted February 1, 2016 2:04 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

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I’m sure veins are throbbing in the foreheads of gun control activists this morning as details of the deal between Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and the commonwealth’s Republican legislature shows just how far the Clinton ally was forced to retreat after first ordering Attorney General Mark Herring to sever concealed carry reciprocity with most of the country, only to encounter tremendous blowback:

New details revealed on Friday show the gun carry deal between Virginia Republicans and Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D.) is more expansive than first reported.

The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), one of the state’s leading gun rights groups, said in an email to its members that the deal would not only restore the 25 reciprocity deals Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D.) had planned to eliminate but also expand Virginia’s recognition of gun carry permits to all states.

The deal also pushes back the attorney general’s reciprocity deadline from Feb. 1 to March 1 and will require the attorney general’s office to enter into any reciprocity agreement offered by any other state, removing the discretion that allowed Herring’s unilateral action.

Though the deal requires Virginia to recognize gun carry permits from all states, it does not mean that all states …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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