Banning Firearms At VA Demonstrations – VCDL Is Keeping A Watchful Eye

By Philip Van Cleave

Virginia – -(Ammoland.com)- Virginia Citizens Defense League EM, John Pierce, and I have been in contact with several localities in the western part of Virginia that have very old ordinances on the books that prohibit the possession of guns during protests and demonstrations.

Those old ordinances are invalid when it comes to prohibiting firearms and we are working to get them updated.

Here is John’s report on Roanoke County:

I am currently involved in a separate case involving Roanoke County and the state preemption statute so I have spoken with County Attorney Ruth Ellen Kuhnel on several occasions and her office is very aware of the limits that preemption places upon local power.

When Philip contacted me regarding Roanoke (and several surrounding counties) having local ordinances regarding lawful carry at ‘demonstrations’, ‘parades’, etc, I reached out to Ms. Kuhnel. She immediately understood the concern, agreed that the local ordinance in question needed to be corrected, and promised to work with the county government to do so at the next ordinances revision timeline (most jurisdictions who use services such as Municode to handle their code publication try …Read the Rest

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