Sadly, Virginia's recent spate of insanity is not limited to our new Attorney General. The equivalent of some sort of mad cow disease seems to have enveloped the entire GOP in the state and these loons are trying to take the state back to a semblance of the Old West where a dispute in a saloon often progressed into a gun fight. While the Democrat controlled State Senate did its best to block GOP pro-gun bills (in the mind of the Virginia GOP one can never have too many guns), one of the more insane ones slipped through. You see, soon it will be legal to have concealed weapons in bars - or more correctly, restaurants since to have a on premises liquor license in Virginia an establishment must technically be a restaurant. Can't you just see tourist families coming to Virginia so that parents can worry about what nut case may be packing heat? You will be safe from the gays, but might die in a shoot out while dining out. Here are highlights from the Virginian Pilot:*
Calling guns in bars a "recipe for disaster," the state's police chiefs have pleaded with Gov. Bob McDonnell to veto legislation that would ease Virginia's concealed weapon laws. Virginia Beach police Chief Jake Jacocks Jr. sent a letter to McDonnell last week on behalf of the state association of chiefs comparing the combination of firearms and alcohol with drinking and driving.
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"We can fully expect that at some point in the future a disagreement that today would likely end up in a verbal confrontation, or a bar fight, will inevitably end with gunfire if you sign this legislation into law," Jacocks wrote.
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On Tuesday, Jacocks got support from Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms, a McDonnell supporter and gun owner. "Not only is it stupid," Sessoms said, "I think it could be a fatal mistake." But their efforts seem unlikely to sway McDonnell.
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"It was important to let him know directly how we felt about this issue," Jacocks said. If police across Virginia see an increase in gun violence at bars, the association will come back and ask the General Assembly to reconsider its decision, Schrad said. Statistics on gun-related incidents at establishments with liquor licenses were not available Tuesday.
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As one reader commented, when are Ken "Cooch" Cuccinelli and Bob McDonnell going to try to re-legalize slavery in Virginia? Maybe the soccer moms who voted for McDonnell because his looks or some other brain dead reason will reconsider their stupidity next time they are in a restaurant with their children and have to wonder who in the crowd may be drunk and also have a concealed weapon.
Calling guns in bars a "recipe for disaster," the state's police chiefs have pleaded with Gov. Bob McDonnell to veto legislation that would ease Virginia's concealed weapon laws. Virginia Beach police Chief Jake Jacocks Jr. sent a letter to McDonnell last week on behalf of the state association of chiefs comparing the combination of firearms and alcohol with drinking and driving.
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"We can fully expect that at some point in the future a disagreement that today would likely end up in a verbal confrontation, or a bar fight, will inevitably end with gunfire if you sign this legislation into law," Jacocks wrote.
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On Tuesday, Jacocks got support from Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms, a McDonnell supporter and gun owner. "Not only is it stupid," Sessoms said, "I think it could be a fatal mistake." But their efforts seem unlikely to sway McDonnell.
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"It was important to let him know directly how we felt about this issue," Jacocks said. If police across Virginia see an increase in gun violence at bars, the association will come back and ask the General Assembly to reconsider its decision, Schrad said. Statistics on gun-related incidents at establishments with liquor licenses were not available Tuesday.
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As one reader commented, when are Ken "Cooch" Cuccinelli and Bob McDonnell going to try to re-legalize slavery in Virginia? Maybe the soccer moms who voted for McDonnell because his looks or some other brain dead reason will reconsider their stupidity next time they are in a restaurant with their children and have to wonder who in the crowd may be drunk and also have a concealed weapon.
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