Thousands of gun-rights supporters and militia members have gathered at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, in an armed show of defiance against a slew of gun laws proposed by Governor Ralph Northam.
Northam – who shot to international infamy last year when a yearbook picture of him in blackface surfaced – has proposed a bevy of new gun laws in the wake of a mass shooting at Virginia Beach last May. Democrats took control of the state’s House of Representatives and Senate in November, giving Northam the political path to passing these laws. The proposed measures include universal background checks, ‘red flag’ laws, and a restriction on handgun purchases. A highly controversial ban on AR-style semi-automatic rifles was struck out by the State Senate last week.
Thousands of gun rights activists descended on the State Capitol in Richmond on Monday to protest these laws. Bearing placards reading “Come and take it,” and chanting “Northam out,” hordes of demonstrators poured through security checkpoints and onto Capitol grounds. Northam had declared a state of emergency on Friday and banned weapons from the grounds, citing a threat of “extremist” violence.
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Does anyone find it odd that after all the hoopla over how the gun owner "terrorist" and " white supremacists" did not shoot everyone in sight in Virginia rally, google has not had one comment when their dream rioting did not come to fruition.
ReplyDeleteGovernor Northam was trying to drum up a riot but no one bit.
ReplyDeleteCan't take guns from the Good people , so get used to it !!!
ReplyDeleteThis is NOT Austrailia baby !!!!!