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  1. USNA69

    Who needs a gun in Portsmouth

    Resident pulls weapon, fires at would-be robbers Two intruders escape, while two suspects face charges – Cindy Clayton, The Pilot 04 OCT 13 PORTSMOUTH Four people entered a home on Long Point Boulevard armed and masked and intent on robbing their victims, police said. But the...
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    Guns & Ammo - NSA Tracking Credit Card Puchases (PRISM) and Internet Activity

    If NSA is monotoring and tracking credit card purchases, then I have resolved to pay cash for any future purchases of firearms or ammunition. Further, I will no longer purchase any firearm-related items over the Internet. With all that data available to the gummint, there is no real need for...
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    This Is What We Are Up Against

    I hope my neighbors did not hear me screaming at my newspaper, as I read this LTE this morning. Despite mentally composing a number of responses, I chose to do nothing ... except to forward to you this example of the success of anti-2A brainwashing in our Nation. LTE, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot...
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    LEOs Get To Carry Guns, Because ....

    .... they are well trained, reliable, and experienced ... whereas we citizens are not. http://on.wtkr.com/cSWkDqb
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    Dash/Windshield Mounted Video Cameras and State Laws

    Fellow OCers, The subject of dashcams came up in another thread, but I wanted to begin a new one in order to give the issue visibility. Most of us already know the value of carrying a digital voice recorder (DVR). The dashcam is a logical extension of the ability to record an event for our...
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    Oopsie ... Virginian-Pilot's Bias Is Showing Again

    This article appeared in Saturday's Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Olive/ODE/VirginianPilot/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=VmlyZ2luaWFuUGlsb3QvMjAxMy8wMS8xOQ..&pageno=MTk.&entity=QXIwMTkwNg..&view=ZW50aXR5 That prompted me to submit a LTE, taking the reporter to...
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    Who needs a gun in Loganville GA?

    http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-hiding-kids-shoots-intruder/nTm7s/ Well played by the mother. Retreat as far as you can. If the intruder comes for you there, you are legitimately in fear for your and your childrens' lives ... and have met the test for responding with a firearm. Too...
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    Who needs a gun near ODU

    From the Thursday, 22 Nov Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: STUDENT AT ODU REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULT NEAR CAMPUS NORFOLK | An Old Dominion University student was sexually assaulted in her off-campus residence early Wednesday by an unknown man wearing a mask, police said. The assault happened at 4:30 a.m...
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    Old Dominion University in the news ... again

    From the Tuesday, 25 June, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: Norfolk ODU REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULT OF STUDENT A man sexually assaulted a female student in a residence hall at Old Dominion University about 3 a.m. Sunday, the university said. He was with a guest of a resident, said university spokeswoman...
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    Public Building Partially Containing a Court

    I have searched for, but cannot find the post which cited a court case addressing the situation of access to a public building in Virgina, which contains a court, as well as other public services. Can anyone cite this case?
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    OC at the Polls

    Excerpt (page 92) of SBE Guidance to Election Officers My friend and Election Official gave this to me at the polls after I voted. Click the image to expand it to readable size. It speaks for itself.
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    OC at the Polls

    Could not locate the old thread about a member's interaction with the Board of Elections about the improper instructions to Precinct Chiefs about voter OC. If I recall, the member had provided the correct wording to the BOE, but never received confirmation that the corrections had been made. I...
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    Norfolk Virginian-Pilot - Citizen Commentary

    In Sunday's Pilot: http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Olive/ODE/VirginianPilot/Default.aspx?href=VirginianPilot%2F2012%2F02%2F19&pageno=24&view=document Synopsis: I know guns; I have guns; but, why would you need that many guns? I am drafting my response LTE right now.
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    ODU OKs GUN BAN

    At long last, the nightmare of gun-related violence on the campus of ODU has ended. http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Olive/ODE/VirginianPilot/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=VmlyZ2luaWFuUGlsb3QvMjAxMi8wMS8xMw..&pageno=MQ..&entity=QXIwMDEwMQ..&view=ZW50aXR5 Now that this complete ban on the...
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    A bit off-topic: Video and Audio Recording of LEOs

    Many of us carry voice recorders, so this article may be of interest. It appeared in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot on Saturday, 10 Dec...
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    VCDL Campus Protest @ ODU, 11/1/11 @12:30 pm

    VCDL PROTEST @ ODU, 12:30 PM, 01 NOVEMBER Just received from PVC: _________________________ ************************************************** 1. PROTEST AT ODU IS ON - MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ************************************************** VCDL is teaming up with the Old Dominion University...
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    ODU Hopes to Copy the Wildly Successful Va Tech Model

    In an effort to simplify crime and massacre planning for the BGs, ODU seeks to ban guns from campus by regulation. http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Olive/ODE/VirginianPilot/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=VmlyZ2luaWFuUGlsb3QvMjAxMS8wOS8xOQ..&pageno=Mw..&entity=QXIwMDMwMQ..&view=ZW50aXR5
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    Digital Voice Recorders and Recording Conversations in PA

    I am a Virginia resident; I will be visiting PA this weekend. I have reviewed PA gun laws regarding OC and CC and know that PA is very gun-friendly and recognizes my VA Concealed Handgun Permit. As a rule, when carrying at any time in VA, I also carry a digital voice recorder (DVR) and have it...
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    Chesapeake LEOs with Cameras

    Interesting article in Monday's Virginian-Pilot. http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/OLIVE/ODE/VIRGINIANPILOT/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=VmlyZ2luaWFuUGlsb3QvMjAxMS8wOC8wOA..&pageno=MTM.&entity=QXIwMTMwMg..&view=ZW50aXR5 Will be interesting to learn if the video files are archived and...
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    Virginia War Museum

    I last visited the then-War Memorial Museum in 1954 when I was 8 and lived in the adjoining Ferguson Park Apartments. I am pretty sure that I took my cap pistol, but I can't remember being ejected. I may have to visit again with my "grown-up" cap pistol. Admittedly, this image is a tad...
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