Virginia Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Gun Rights Rally

[Teh One Who Knocks]

SARAH MCCAMMON - NPR


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Fearing potential violence, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is declaring a state of emergency and is banning firearms and other weapons on the Capitol grounds in Richmond ahead of a gun rights demonstration planned for next week.

"We have received credible intelligence from our law enforcement agencies that there are groups with malicious plans for the rally that is planned for Monday," Northam said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

Gun rights supporters are preparing to converge on Richmond for a lobbying day and a rally Monday morning. They're opposed to efforts by Virginia Democrats — who've just taken over control of the Virginia legislature following the November 2019 elections — to pass a slate of gun control bills backed by Northam.

The event, hosted by Virginia Citizens Defense League, is expected to draw thousands of armed demonstrators, some from out of state. Organizers have said they hope to hold a peaceful event.

But Northam said officials have heard reports of "out-of-state militia groups and hate groups planning to travel from across the country to disrupt our democratic process with acts of violence." He said they "are coming to intimidate and to cause harm."

Northam is raising concerns about a reprise of the deadly violence surrounding the white supremacist march in Charlottesville in August 2017. He said state intelligence analysts have identified threats and rhetoric online that mirror the chatter they were picking up around that time.

"Please know that we have been preparing extensively to protect public safety at Monday's rally. But no one wants another incident like the one we saw in Charlottesville in 2017," Northam said.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On a Facebook page organizing the gun rights demonstration hosted by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, several commenters expressed frustration at Northam's move to restrict guns from the Capitol grounds. One wrote, "This is simply a move to infringe on not only our 2nd Amendment rights but our 1st Amendment rights as well."

Northam asked organizers of the event to "disavow" any groups who would threaten violence.

[DemonGeminiX]

You wouldn't have had to declare a state of emergency if you didn't wipe your ass with people's constitutionally-protected natural rights, dipshit.

This guy's a clown.

[Muddy]

He's flipping out because of the attendance to that rally at the capitol.

[DemonGeminiX]

He's flipping out because of the attendance to that rally at the capitol.

From what I've seen and heard, it's supposed to be tens of thousands, all armed. Whether or not that actually comes to pass, I guess we'll see on Monday. But if they do show up, and the police/security/national guard tries to do something about it, it's gonna end up being a really bad day.

[Muddy]

From what I've seen and heard, it's supposed to be tens of thousands, all armed. Whether or not that actually comes to pass, I guess we'll see on Monday. But if they do show up, and the police/security/national guard tries to do something about it, it's gonna end up being a really bad day.

Here, you'll like this..

https://va2nd.com/

[DemonGeminiX]

That's practically the entire state. You'd think the legislators would take a hint. :lol:

[Pony]

Sure doing a hell of a job representing their people.

[DemonGeminiX]

Does Virginia have a recall procedure for their state officials?

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZEc18bATc

[Muddy]

That's practically the entire state. You'd think the legislators would take a hint. :lol:


Sure doing a hell of a job representing their people.


Does Virginia have a recall procedure for their state officials?

It's like I was saying about him coming from and being elected by Northern Virginia.. It's the affluent Liberal suburb of D.C.

[DemonGeminiX]

It's like I was saying about him coming from and being elected by Northern Virginia.. It's the affluent Liberal suburb of D.C.

Yeah, but that's one section. There's a whole lot more Virginia left over once you get rid of that liberal section. Did the rest of the state all sleep through the last election?

[Muddy]

Yeah, but that's one section. There's a whole lot more Virginia left over once you get rid of that liberal section. Did the rest of the state all sleep through the last election?

General election is not electoral.. The non-metropolitan areas are much less populated.

[DemonGeminiX]

General election is not electoral.. The non-metropolitan areas are much less populated.

Neither is ours, but we still beat out the massively populated liberal Atlanta and Savannah consistently.

[Muddy]

Neither is ours, but we still beat out the massively populated liberal Atlanta and Savannah consistently.

:thumbsup: Good for you, we didnt..!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

General election is not electoral.. The non-metropolitan areas are much less populated.

It's the same way in Colorado....Colorado has almost 6 million people in it now, and 3.3 million of them live in Denver metro. Add in Colorado Springs and Ft Collins, the two other biggest metro areas in the state (all of which are liberal), and no matter how the rest of the state votes, the liberal votes outnumber the conservative votes. And it's just getting worse as more and more people keep moving here.

[lost in melb.]

:excellent:

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRZYbAq2xCk

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_op29cQw8c

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPL1lNlLEW0

[KevinD]

Waiting for Monday, and wondering what the MSN will use to distract us.

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lN7H1bFKY

[Muddy]

Here's a pretty good watch.. Alex Jones is at the Capitol.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vAGRqDMRkrKl

[DemonGeminiX]

Well apparently, ain't nothing going down. They had a tiny little blurb about it on the news, but nothing extensive. So we can assume nobody did anything extraordinarily stupid.

[Muddy]

If they did, it would be the number one reason Governor Blackface would use as excuse to grab guns from Virginians.

[DemonGeminiX]

If they did, it would be the number one reason Governor Blackface would use as excuse to grab guns from Virginians.

Oh, I wasn't just talking about the people at the rally. I'm taking about everybody: pro gun people, anti-gun protesters, police and security. It only takes one spark to make that powder keg explode, and the spark can come from anywhere.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

https://i.redd.it/qg2hfnd3tzb41.jpg

[Muddy]

Oh, I wasn't just talking about the people at the rally. I'm taking about everybody: pro gun people, anti-gun protesters, police and security. It only takes one spark to make that powder keg explode, and the spark can come from anywhere.

Zero arrests..! Well.. one arrest, antifa jackass had a mask on which is illegal here.

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsT5BJr1JJE

[DemonGeminiX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJsp3QhntqE

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[DemonGeminiX]

That guy is a fucking disease.

[Muddy]

Another small tidbit.. They cleaned up all their trash after the rally and the local businesses are saying the area hasn't looked this good in quite some time.. :lol:

https://wtvr.com/2020/01/20/pro-gun-volunteers-pick-up-trash-protest-peacefully-we-want-to-show-an-example/

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Another small tidbit.. They cleaned up all their trash after the rally and the local businesses are saying the area hasn't looked this good in quite some time.. :lol:

https://wtvr.com/2020/01/20/pro-gun-volunteers-pick-up-trash-protest-peacefully-we-want-to-show-an-example/

https://i.imgur.com/KinJOc2l.jpg

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VERSUS

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[DemonGeminiX]

A little education for y'all, courtesy of PragerU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojzaXo9yiUI

[lost in melb.]

These Virginians are dangerous. Lock them up!!

https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/11886030-3x2-xlarge.jpg?v=2

[Griffin]

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