Democrats and Gun Control; Virginia Win and Shenanigans
What will the Left do to promote their agenda? Pretty much anything, really, including using unfair tactics. In this case, the massive numbers of pro-freedom Americans made a difference, though. Two articles on the attempt to ban guns in that state:
Virginia Democrats fought to curb the gun control revolt Monday by requiring equal protesters for each when hearings began.
This meant even if thousands of advocates for one side showed up,
only 30 would be allowed in if only 30 advocates for the other side were
present. Virginia Pilot reporter Marie Albiges reported,
“Police told me the room is split so that each side gets the same
number of people to talk/observe the meeting, a directive from the New
Democratic majority.”
The Washington Free Beacon reported “thousands”
of NRA members did show up, but the Virginia Shooting Sports
Association notes members of Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action
were escorted past them to keep numbers equal:
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Very odd to screen citizens for their viewpoints before they're allowed to sit down at a legislative hearing. https://t.co/TGOFH2cP4y
The massive turnout of NRA members still had a strong impact, as Democrat lawmakers withdrew a bill that would have centered on the confiscation of AR-15s and similar guns.
It's a safe bet that they would not have done such a thing if pro-rights people had been outnumbered. Nice to see this failed, anyway, and this is why:
Virginia Democrats withdrew an AR-15
confiscation bill Monday after thousands of NRA members showed up to
oppose new gun controls.
The NRA asked members
to flood the January 13, 2020, Virginia Senate meetings and ensure
pro-Second Amendment voices drowned out those calling for gun control.
Video from hallways outside the meetings showed NRA members responded en masse:
The Washington Free Beacon reports
the presence of thousands of NRA members “appeared to have an impact.”
Democrats withdrew a bill aimed at AR-15 confiscation and moderated
other gun control proposals.
But NRA-ILA Virginia state director Daniel Spiker made clear the changes, though good, were not enough.
He said, “While there were some improvements to some of these bills,
overall, it’s still bad legislation. Putting in more regulations and
making it more onerous on the law-abiding citizens of Virginia is not
something we stand for.”
Richard Cosner, a Chester, Virginia, preacher, was present to oppose new gun controls.
He pointed out attempts to legislate gun control serve as a way to
usurp the Constitution: “The Constitution is specific; it ‘shall not be
infringed.’ If somebody wants to restrict those rights then they need
to follow it by altering the Constitution, not by putting in place
legislation that is in conflict with the Constitution.”
They would alter the Constitution if they could, too. Heck, they'd toss it out burning, if they felt they could get away with such a thing. That is THE reason that the Second Amendment is needed, and THE reason they attack it so often. That's the one that protects all the rest, and they know it. Fascists always want to disarm people first.
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