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Gun Confiscation Coming in Virginia
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DarthRevan
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To be fair... the event ended a while before that.
minininjer
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DarthRevan
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When all the speakers wrapped up and the crowds started dispersing
deerdad
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Nice. I wish my daughter could get some range time with you. She gets tired of listening to me.
June4th
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A show of numbers was needed today and numbers showed up. The organizers and good people accomplished all they aimed for, imo. Now end the event peacefully and take the fight to other venues.
deerdad
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radioman
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So, Virginian Democrats say that the people of Virginia
voted in a democratic government for a reason, meaning
too bad for the pro second amendment crowd. When you
apply the same logic to President Trump the same Democrats
that quote the above now say we need to impeach because
the American people were wrong to elect such a crazy person?
Shows the hypocrisy among people on the left.
voted in a democratic government for a reason, meaning
too bad for the pro second amendment crowd. When you
apply the same logic to President Trump the same Democrats
that quote the above now say we need to impeach because
the American people were wrong to elect such a crazy person?
Shows the hypocrisy among people on the left.
I somehow imagined it going well into the evening. But, I must not confuse it with what we typically see the antis do when they protest.
CrackPot
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Most people at the rally have jobs and need to go earn to cover the welfare of the lefties so the lefties can sit around all day and protest.
Anyone still watching the Breitbart feed? Who are these people he is filming now (group of 5 youngish black people)? These guys are amazing. Said they have been invited to the WH a few times so wondering if they are part of a group or something.
Jason Flare
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Jason Flare
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A lot of people from other states:
Today's final score is 0–0.
The antis scored no points because we gave them nothing to malign us with. No violence. No visible presence of any WN shitheads. We left the place cleaner than we found it.
But we scored no points either, because we looked pathetic, like we're out there for a picnic and some plinking, rather than out there to defend our rights. Too many people milling about quietly, staring at their cell phones, not even displaying any situational awareness. When you look like that, and detractors refer to your gear as cosplay, they're right.
The next protest needs to be peaceful, but disciplined. March in unison, at a brisk pace. Chant in unison — at a volume that will annoy bystanders. Disrupt traffic in unison. Don't decide the marching route based on what's convenient for authorities.
The union organizers of yesteryear could get 50 workers together and project more presence and command more respect than we did today with tens of thousands. Doing this is a science and a skill — one that the left learned a century ago. We need to learn faster.
The antis scored no points because we gave them nothing to malign us with. No violence. No visible presence of any WN shitheads. We left the place cleaner than we found it.
But we scored no points either, because we looked pathetic, like we're out there for a picnic and some plinking, rather than out there to defend our rights. Too many people milling about quietly, staring at their cell phones, not even displaying any situational awareness. When you look like that, and detractors refer to your gear as cosplay, they're right.
The next protest needs to be peaceful, but disciplined. March in unison, at a brisk pace. Chant in unison — at a volume that will annoy bystanders. Disrupt traffic in unison. Don't decide the marching route based on what's convenient for authorities.
The union organizers of yesteryear could get 50 workers together and project more presence and command more respect than we did today with tens of thousands. Doing this is a science and a skill — one that the left learned a century ago. We need to learn faster.
DarthRevan
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I mean I get it, it’s MA... but where the f*** was everyone back on 07/20/16?
No signs of support from out of staters, just “lol thank god I'm in NH!” And posts of the like.
And yes I know that wasn’t the majority of posts here but there were still people who said similarly.
Never saw a poster that day of “(State X) stands in solidarity with MA gun owners!”
namedpipes
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My wife is an anti gun nut. She believes she follows news from both sides. Tomorrow, I'm going to ask her if she heard about that 2A rally yesterday, where 120k heavily armed civilians peaceably assembled, said their piece, cleaned up the litter in the area and went home.
DarthRevan
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Still better than what us in MA could muster...
But I agree, nothing has changed, and no one has the lead yet.
Palladin
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‘F— You!’ MSNBC Reporter Heckled at 2nd Amendment Rally
A live shot for MSNBC reporter Gabe Gutierrez on Monday went sideways when a heckler started blasting him with obscenities at a gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia.“Y’all a bunch of f—ing liars, you lying pieces of s—… f— you!” a bearded man, resembling a skinny mall Santa, yelled in the...
Lol not sure if serious RKBA supporters are not union retards. This wasn't a labor rally.
They're going to require a lot of counseling after this and a lot of detergent to wash their soiled undies!
Quite serious. This attitude holds us back. You can learn from leftist agitators' methods and tactics without having to approve of their cause.
deerdad
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To be fair, "it" never said she was looking to put together a confiscation squad and completely banning evil black rifles. She's still a piece of excrement either way.
The part you don't get is the demographic is against leftist f***ery, expecting people to engage in it, using their methods, is retarded... and it would be twisted against us in 2 secs flat.
Jason Flare
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Safest city in America for a few hours today.
Nick Fury
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‘F— You!’ MSNBC Reporter Heckled at 2nd Amendment Rally
A live shot for MSNBC reporter Gabe Gutierrez on Monday went sideways when a heckler started blasting him with obscenities at a gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia.“Y’all a bunch of f—ing liars, you lying pieces of s—… f— you!” a bearded man, resembling a skinny mall Santa, yelled in the...www.yahoo.com
The best they could get is “skinny mall Santa” giving MSNBC some shit... Lol!
mibro
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Not sure marching in step, chanting, etc. would do anything other than make RKBA supporters look like paramilitaries. Would that be helpful?
Even if it were a good idea that kind of thing requires a minimum of training and rehearsal, not so easy for people from all over the state.
It is going to be hysterical watching msm and leftists contort themselves into a knot while trying to depict this as a mob of angry white supremacists...
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amm5061
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The comments are pretty good, too.
A Look at Expected Participants in Virginia Gun Rally
State officials and US hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Richmond, Virginia
www.voanews.com
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A look at some of the groups involved:
Virginia Citizens Defense League
The Virginia Citizens Defense League, an influential grassroots gun-rights organization with a long record in the state, has been the leading force behind Monday's rally.
Each year on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday the group holds a lobby day, typically attended by several hundred gun enthusiasts who rally and meet with lawmakers to discuss legislation.
But this year's event is expected to draw an enormous crowd.
The VCDL has donated over $200,000 to state lawmakers since 2002, records show. The group has emphasized the rally is intended to be peaceful and urged members not to bring long guns, saying they would be a "distraction."
"The eyes of the nation and the world are on Virginia and VCDL right now and we must show them that gun owners are not the problem," the group wrote in a recent email to its members.
The group's president, Philip Van Cleave, has been in the national spotlight before. In 2018, Van Cleave was duped into participating in Sacha Baron Cohen's ambush chat show, where he advocated for arming children.
Gun Owners of America
The influential pro-gun group Gun Owners of America describes itself as the only "no-compromise" gun lobby in Washington and enjoys a loyal following.
Founded in 1975 by a California state lawmaker, Gun Owners of America joined the VCDL to seek an injunction against enforcement of Gov. Ralph Northam's executive order banning guns from the Capitol Square. The state Supreme Court upheld the ban late Friday.
On its website, the group has urged its members to attend Monday's rally.
Meanwhile, the National Rifle Association, the country's best known gun-rights organization, has distanced itself from Monday's rally and instead held a lobby day last week.
Hundreds of people attended the event, where the NRA handed out unloaded 30-round gun magazines. A spokeswoman for the group headquartered in northern Virginia said the magazines were meant as a "morale booster" for the NRA members who showed up to urge lawmakers to reject the gun control measures proposed by Northam and Democratic lawmakers.
Oath Keepers
Former U.S. Army paratrooper Stewart Rhodes formed The Oath Keepers in 2009, and the group has become one of the nation's largest anti-government organizations, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
In 2014, Oath Keepers members joined an armed standoff between federal officials and Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy over grazing rights on government land.
Later that year and in 2015, members patrolled the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, amid protests over the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. They wore camouflage body armor and openly carried rifles.
The group urged its members in a post on its website to attend Monday's rally and said it was sending trainers to Virginia to organize and train "armed posses and militia."
"It is NOT just about one day at a rally. It's about organizing and training up Virginians in each town and county to make their Second Amendment Sanctuary Counties truly strong, united, and capable of actually defending their lives, liberty, and property," the group's website says.
Three Percenter Movement
The Three Percenters are a loosely organized movement that formed in 2008, according to the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups.
On its website, the right-wing group says it isn't an anti-government militia but "we will defend ourselves when necessary."
The Three Percenters derives its name from the belief that just 3% of the colonists rose up to fight the British. They have vowed to resist any government that infringes on the U.S. Constitution.
The Oregon Three Percenters joined an armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016. Dozens of people occupied the remote refuge for more than a month to protest federal control of Western lands. The group also took part in a violent right-wing rally in Portland last year.
White supremacists
J.J. MacNab, a fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, said she didn't expect large numbers of white supremacists. But MacNab said she thinks those who do attend will try to capitalize on the large expected crowd for a moment in the limelight.
"It's going to be a big event — they want to be part of it. They're desperate to do Charlottesville 2.0," she said, referring to the 2017 rally that descended into violence.
Last week, authorities arrested at least seven men they linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base. Three of the men were planning to attend the rally in Richmond, according to an official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an active investigation.
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Thousands of gun-rights activists crowd Virginia capital for rally - The Boston Globe
The size of the rally and the expected participation of white supremacists and fringe militia groups raised fears that the state could see a repeat of the violence that exploded in 2017 in Charlottesville. But the rally concluded uneventfully around noon, and attendees spilled into the streets...
www.bostonglobe.com
The size of the rally and the expected participation of white supremacists and fringe militia groups raised fears that the state could see a repeat of the violence that exploded in 2017 in Charlottesville. But the rally concluded uneventfully around noon, and the mood was largely festive as attendees — many carrying military-style rifles — spilled into the streets, chanting “USA!” and waving signs denouncing Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam.
Many of the protesters wore camouflage. Some waved flags with messages of support for President Donald Trump.
Trump, in turn, tweeted support for their goals.
“The Democrat Party in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia are working hard to take away your 2nd Amendment rights,’’ he tweeted. ‘‘This is just the beginning. Don’t let it happen, VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2020!
The Virginia State Police, the Virginia Capitol Police and the Richmond Police had a heavy presence, with officers deploying on rooftops, others patrolling in cars and on bicycles.
Authorities were looking to avoid a repeat of the violence that erupted in Charlottesville during one of the largest gatherings of white supremacists and other far-right groups in a decade. Attendees brawled with counterprotesters, and an avowed white supremacist drove his car into a crowd, killing a woman and injuring dozens more. Law enforcement officials faced scathing criticism for what both the white supremacist groups and anti-racism protesters said was a passive response.
In contrast to Charlottesville, there was little sign of any counterprotesters challenging the gun-rights activists.
Police limited access to Capitol Square to only one entrance, and a long line formed to get into the rally zone. Thousands more stood outside on nearby streets, where a temporary weapons ban instituted by the governor didn’t apply and they were free to carry weapons.
When that event was canceled, students from March for Our Lives, the movement launched after 17 were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in 2018, decided they had to do something.
A group of about 15 college students and one high schooler slept overnight in the offices of two Democratic lawmakers to ensure they could make it into the Capitol area safely. The lawmakers who hosted them, Hurst and Del. Dan Helmer — who’s sponsoring a bill that would block the National Rifle Association from operating an indoor gun range at its headquarters — camped out as well.
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THIS IS WHAT WE WERE DOING FROM NOW ON; WE NEED TO ASK OUR GOP REPRESENTATIVES TO LET US SLEEP IN THEIR OFFICES TO ENSURE WE COULD MAKE IT SAFELY TO THE MEETING. SO FAR THAT WAS NOT THE CASE! WHEN THEY INVITED US INTO A FAKE MEETING WE ARE USUALLY AMBUSHED AND KILLED ON THE WAY!!!!
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