By Larry Keane A new Virginia proposal is closer to receiving the governor’s signature and announcing loudly and clearly: assaulting a law enforcement officer is now more acceptable to legislators in the Commonwealth. The bill, which downgrades the penalty for assaulting a police officer in some cases from a felony to a misdemeanor, passed the Democratic-controlled … Read more
So this happened today. Virginia Governor Ralph “Blackface” Northam held a celebratory bill signing ceremony for all of the gun control measures the Virginia legislature passed in the previous session. Listen for the very loud boom and watch the reaction of the assembled “dignitaries.” Here’s another view from Northam’s tweet of the ceremony (the … Read more
Virginia Gov. Ralph “Coonman” Northam saw his dictatorial control crumble in recent days after a court ruling allowed one of the state’s indoor ranges to reopen. Realizing additional court challenges would probably not go well for him, he has issued a new order “allowing” indoor ranges to reopen on Friday, May 15th. Northam had originally … Read more
By Alan Suderman, AP Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed several new gun restrictions he championed during this year’s legislative session, cementing gains by gun control advocates they hope will serve as a “blueprint” for states around the country. The Old Dominion has been the epicenter of the nation’s gun debate after Democrats took full … Read more
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
It isn’t about guns, it’s abut control. Always has been, always will be. Such facts might lead town hall participants to ask Democratic presidential candidates how many law-abiding citizens they are prepared to criminalize and demean in their pursuit of gun control? Do they seriously intend to make felons of millions of residents of the … Read more
By Larry Keane Virginia House Delegate Mark Levine would be amusing if he wasn’t so serious. The Democrat who represents portions of Alexandria, an area just a short row down the banks of the Potomac River from Washington D.C., held a town hall meeting to explain what his bill, HB 961, would do. It would … Read more
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
By CCRKBA Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam should apologize to the thousands of gun owners who turned out Monday for their annual, and peaceful, Second Amendment rally, and to the thousands more his hysteria kept away, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Following a peaceful gathering of law-abiding gun … Read more
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