THOUSANDS of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday, protesting plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.
He was one of the few African-American rally goers in the crowd that was overwhelmingly white and male.Cops had warned extremist groups traveling from outside the state could hijack today's protest in a bid to spark a "race war". The Virginia Citizens Defense League, which organized the rally, called for "10,000 patriots" from across the US to hand their guns to someone else and enter the Capitol unarmed.
Following the peaceful march, president Donald Trump tweeted: " will NEVER allow our great Second Amendment to go unprotected, not even a little bit!"Most people who today protested the proposed legislation likely interpret this wording as an individual's right to a firearm, and agree that the state should not limit this.
The notorious Unite The Right rally in August 2017 saw racists parading with flaming torches and clashing with anti-fascist protesters before neo-Nazi James Fields rammed his car through the crowd, killing one and injuring 28.
The group said the rally is meant to be peaceful and urged members not to bring long guns, saying they would be a distraction. In 2014, members joined an armed standoff between federal officials and a Nevada rancher, and in 2015 Oath Keepers staged armed patrols in Ferguson, Missouri, amid protests over the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown.Three Percenter Movement
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
Don’t believe the headline. Some did show up, inevitably. But most were just Americans who believed in the 2nd Amendment. And it a peaceful protest even though it was a fully armed mass of protesters. No arrests, no damage.
wow america has more problems than the world. but they prefer to concentrate on iran, china bla bla
Nonsense
Trump’s fine people.
Nonsense
Yet there wasn’t a single bit of violence? Who would’ve thought
You lie like hell.
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