Jen Kiggans Received A “Very Pro-Gun” Survey Grade From Pro-Gun PAC Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc., Accepted A $3,500 Campaign Contribution From VCDL, And Voted In Line With Their Values As A State Senator

Kiggans Received A “Very Pro-Gun” General Assembly Survey Grade From Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL), A Pro-Gun PAC That Claimed To Have Blocked Hundreds Of Gun Safety Bills

Kiggans Received A “Very Pro-Gun” General Assembly Survey Grade From Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.

[Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc., 2019 General Assembly Survey Grades, accessed 2/15/22]

“Very Pro-Gun” Was Highest Available Grade For Survey. “The ‘grade’ shown next to a candidate's name is HOW THEY ANSWERED THE SURVEY. Their survey response was graded and the grade (Very Pro-Gun, ProGun, So-So, Anti-Gun, Very Anti-Gun) was displayed, as we have been doing for the last 10+ years. If no grade appears next to a candidate's name, then they did not return the survey or they sent a letter or email declining to answer the survey.” [Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc., 2019 General Assembly Survey Grades, accessed 2/15/22]

Virginia Citizens Defense League Claimed It Was “Non-Partisan” And Claimed To Have Stopped Hundreds Of Gun Control Bills. “VCDL was founded in 1994 as a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization aimed at advancing and protecting the Second Amendment rights of Virginia residents as it is stated in the United States Constitution and Article I Section 13 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In recent years, the VCDL has stopped hundreds of gun-control bills, held gun safety campaigns, and states that they are the only organization to get pro-gun bills introduced in every legislative session since 1997.” [WUSA 9, 1/20/20]

Kiggans Received $3,500 Campaign Contribution From Virginia Citizens Defense League Weeks Prior To Her General Election

Kiggans Received A $3,500 Contribution From Virginia Citizens Defense League On October 18th, 2019.

Image: see original report, p. 152

[Virginia Board of Elections, Campaign Finance Reports Search, accessed 2/15/21]

January 2020: Kiggans Attended A Lobby Day Organized By Virginia Citizens Defense League To Protest Three Proposed Gun Safety Bills, Including

January 2020: Kiggans Attended Virginia Citizen's Defense League’s Lobby Day.

Image: see original report, p. 152

[Twitter, Jen Kiggans, 1/20/20]

Virginia Citizens Defense League Spearheaded Virginia’s Lobby Day Rally At Virginia Capitol In Retaliation To Three Proposed Gun Safety Bills. “Thousands of demonstrators from across the nation joined forces to rally at the Virginia Capitol area on Lobby Day to fight for the protection of their Second Amendment rights. The organized rally was spearheaded by the Virginia Citizens Defense League in retaliation to three proposed gun safety bills (Senate Bill 35, Senate Bill 70, and Senate Bill 69) that will now go to the house for consideration […] The VCDL called Virginia's Lobby Day its ‘biggest and most important event of the year.’ The organization has been in the works for this rally since the beginning of the month. The plan was to pack up the General Assembly building with members wearing their 'Guns Save Lives' gear and gather at the Capitol steps.” [WUSA 9, 1/20/20]

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