Hundreds of Gun Rights Supporters Protest Alexandria, VA Proposed Local Gun Ban

The fight to preserve gun rights in Virginia has now moved to the commonwealth’s town squares as gun owners in the Old Dominion now face localized gun control. What was once a fight only at the statehouse level, has moved potentially to every one of Virginia’s cities, towns, and counties now that localities have been … Read more

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s Thank-You to Those Who Made (Most of) His Gun Control Dreams Come True

The Virginia legislature has passed nearly all of Governor Ralph Northam’s slate of gun control bills, including a “red flag” law and universal background checks. The only major restriction that didn’t get legislative approval was an “assault weapon” sales ban. That bill has been pushed to next year’s session. The governor issued this statement of … Read more

The New Yorker Reminds its Readers that Gun Rights is Ultimately About White Power

It was Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, but there were few references to the icon of nonviolence, who was killed by a sniper. Contrary to the beliefs of many at the gun rally, with their “Sic Semper Tyrannis” signs, guns often do not protect Americans from the worst of their government, but tend instead to … Read more

Lavin: The Threat Posed By the Richmond Gun Rights Marchers is Masked By Their Whiteness

Seeing Nazis and white supremacists around every cornier and under every bed: Talia Lavin is the same former New Yorker writer who falsely accused an ICE agent of wearing Nazi tattoos. Here are some of her deep thoughts about the peaceful pro-gun crowd in Richmond on Monday. But even with the Base threat—which was thoroughly … Read more

Media Portraying Annual VCDL Lobby Day as Violent, Racist Gun Owners Ready to Fight

After almost every high profile shooting, the still-unidentified perpetrator is always reported to be a crazed right wing NRA life member who married his sister and has a stars and bars sticker on his car. Until he’s not. Until the facts inevitably come out and he’s almost invariably revealed to be a mentally disturbed wacko … Read more

VA Senator: ‘I’ve really never been afraid for my life in a Red Lobster’

Virginia is moving to “relax” its gun laws. And how. Forbes provides readers with a full list of the firearms-related bills working their way through Old Dominion’s legislative process, including one that would alter the state’s five-year concealed handgun permit to a lifetime achievement award. [Full list of laws after the jump.] Needless to say, … Read more