NRA Sounds Alarm on 6.3 Million Americans Losing Concealed Carry Handgun Rights
After Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring decided to unilaterally dismantle the commonwealth reciprocity agreements for concealed firearm licenses, the National Rifle Association is claiming the move will affect as many as 6.3 million permit holders.
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In a statement to the Daily Caller, executive director of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Chris Cox said:
“Plain and simple, this is putting politics above public safety. This decision is both dangerous and shameful. The Attorney General knows that permit holders are among the safest groups of citizens in the commonwealth and the rest of the country.”
Cox added that “Herring has chosen the path of making self-defense harder” by eliminating the reciprocity agreements with 25 other states.
Officials of Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe’s administration have made gun control a top priority, trying to push through extensive anti-gun measures.
But such measures proved to be unfruitful. Virginia’s Republicans maintained control of the State Senate in 2015, despite major opposition funding from Michael Bloomberg.
Whether or not the decision by Herring has any lasting effect on crime or violence in Virginia, the new concealed carry structure will surely change the lives of many gun owners in the Old Dominion state.
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