The Battle Over School Carry in Virginia Continues

By Justin Stakes

Looking At School Carry Differently.

Covington, VA -(Ammoland.com)- One of Wednesday’s veto override failures has made me believe that we need to approach school carry from a different angle.

Before continuing, let me make Virginia Citizens Defense League’s position clear: VCDL opposed the two bills that let judges carry in schools, without either a CHP or training, ON PRINCIPLE because we felt that if a judge can carry, so should the rest of us.

That said, we didn’t put up a fight and later in the session changed the status of the two bills to “neutral.” We did so because in our view the more lawfully armed citizens that can carry in our schools, the better.

That would include the judges; whether trained or not, with or without a CHP.

Virginia Citizens Defense League also believes that all of you, whether trained or not, with or without a CHP, should also be able to carry in a school – the Second Amendment and Article I Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution protects that right, regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court has said in dicta (comments outside of an actual ruling).

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