Blackmoor Vituperative

From the Virginia Citizens’ Defense League:

HB 1577, Delegate Cline’s omnibus bill that makes CHP’s [concealed handgun permits] lifetime, eliminates the local fingerprinting option on CHP renewals, and a few other minor things, passed into law! As expected, both Houses accepted the Governor’s date correction on the bill unanimously. After July 1st, there will be no more local fingerprinting options on CHP renewals. Lifetime permits won’t become law until July 1st, **2007**. And that assumes funding for the State Police to do the annual background check on permit holders (nothing for permit holders to do - this is automatic). The VASP only needs $300,000 of funding and I expect they will get it.

This is a great law: it makes good social and economic sense. Frankly, I am surprised that it passed.