Richmond, Va-
General Assembly
1/10/2020
Update: 530PM-- Governor considering extending the ban to the entire outside grounds of State Capital as well. Reviewing "incoming intelligence" regarding the necessity to do so.....
Today in the Virginia General Assembly the first skirmish by Virginia Democrats and its impending "war on guns" was implemented this morning by the Rules Committee.
The stated position taken by Virginia Democrats is that guns no longer keep people safe.
The newly elected Speaker of the House of Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn of Fairfax (Burke) stated that "these are policies and rules that should have been passed a long, long time ago". Filler-Corn went further:
"OUR FOCUS HERE IS TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE"
Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (D)
Is not every elected official "focus" to keep Virginians safe? When was the last time that the Capital experienced an "active shooter" and if it ever should happen would an individual intent on going harm abide by such a rule regarding possession inside Capital?
Democrats are using the Rules Committee to fuel the alarmist attitude that legal gun owners are a threat to not only them but Virginians at large. This is the messaging. Democrat legislators are telling Virginians that they should FEAR gun owners. WHY? Because they as legislators are worried about safety; not yours but theirs. They keep attempting to spin the narrative that its law abiding gun owners who are a threat to "public safety".
Democrats could not be anymore wrong!
This rule is merely yet another in a long list of anti-liberty and anti-freedom proposals the Virginia Democrats seek to enact. Everyone of them related to "public safety" is being signed off by Everytown for Gun Safety advocacy lobby that put many of the Democrats in the Assembly last November. Virginia legislation is being drafted not by our own elected officals but by anti-gun lobbying groups.
Capital Police have made no statements regarding the necessity of a gun ban on Capital grounds nor provided ANY guidance related to the the ban enacted by Democrats. Colonel Anthony Pike of the Capital Police commented to reporters that he nor the Capital Police made any recommendations for any ban of firearms on the grounds.
The gun ban is certainly not about "public safety". It is a means to address the thousands of gun owners that are planned to attend Lobby Day in Richmond on January 20, 2020 and the National Rife Associations planned rally on Monday.
The ban goes into effect today at 5PM on Capital grounds and every person entering the building will be required now to enter through a metal detector.
The ban is merely the first skirmish fight for Democrats. They understand that they have poked the Republicans throughout the Commonwealth who own guns in such a manner that now they must use the Rules Committee to enact bans at the Capital.
As The Conservative State has written on before this is not the first ban enacted by Democrats. Northam has issued bans already in state buildings as well as Terry McAuliffe banned guns in 2017.
https://conservativestateus.blogspot.com/2020/01/gov-terry-mcauliffe-forgotten-2017-gun.html
Democrats are making no secret of their intent to ban firearms throughout Virginia not just on the State Capital grounds. These measure was merely rushed through before the rallies that are scheduled in Richmond over the next two weeks.
Democrats have miscalculated. The gun is not nearly has powerful as the individual voter.
The genius of elections is all these measures can be repealed once the Democrats are voted out of office in the House of Delegates in 2021 and the Senate 2023 but the most important election in Virginia on the horizon is not the Presidential Elections but rather next the Governor's election.
The power of the veto is a powerful political tool and Republicans must secure that power by winning the next race for Governor to stand as the stop back to the Progressives in Virginia and the Legislature.
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