Virginia pro-gun rally: Despite anger, threats
of insurrection, massive rally is carried out
peacefully outside state Capitol
Washington Post,
by
Gregory S. Schneider *
Original Article
Posted By: shalimar,
1/20/2020 4:54:22 PM
Thousands of gun-rights advocates packed the streets around the Virginia Capitol on Monday, bristling with weapons, flags and threats of insurrection but never erupting into the violence authorities had feared.
Armed militias carrying assault-style weapons marched in formation until the crowds grew too thick. Protesters without firearms filed through 17 metal detectors at a single entrance to Capitol Square, where about 6,000 people cheered fiery speeches on the Second Amendment.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
offrope 1/20/2020 4:57:28 PM (No. 293558)
It must cause the WaPo great pain to report this. The narrative was supposed to say it was violent.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 1/20/2020 5:03:53 PM (No. 293564)
I admit to being pleasantly surprised...no, astonished that none of the communists managed to instigate anything. Now if they dump those stupid bills I may get some optimism back.
14 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
4poster 1/20/2020 5:18:37 PM (No. 293578)
I’m so glad it turned out this way. No anti fascist infiltration. Perhaps they were spooked.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/20/2020 5:25:01 PM (No. 293581)
Believe me Antifa was more than spooked. SS (pun intended) for Scared S****less. They probably recall a Texas church shooting where the attacker lasted 6 seconds. There was enough armament down there to take down a tyrant !!! and it was all in the hands of patriotic law abiding citizens. God Bless America.
22 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
FleetUSA 1/20/2020 5:27:43 PM (No. 293583)
Virginians are sane, it is the governor and the lefty legislation who are insane.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 1/20/2020 5:36:55 PM (No. 293592)
Hundreds armed with ARs, and not a shot fired, no one hurt. Mostly because the antifa thugs were cowering in their mom's basement, scared to bring their pipes and chains to a rifle fight.
17 people like this.
It was peaceful and nobody got hurt,
Shout it from the roof tops, the patriots of Virginia
won this round. Congrates Virginia ya done good.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Videodrone 1/20/2020 5:45:48 PM (No. 293599)
To me, it looks like this was an effort to gauge response/turnout and mapping comms traffic as well as gathering individual cell phone data - as I've said a few times, if you can not remove your cell phones battery the "off" state is only a user GUI, as long as it has a charge it can be interrogated by a Stingray like device and disclose location and history, text messages and more
8 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
edgar 1/20/2020 6:15:44 PM (No. 293629)
When the good guys are armed, the bad guys stay away.
11 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
NYbob 1/20/2020 6:36:49 PM (No. 293646)
I guess even a brainwashed moron calculated that coming at someone who is armed and resolute with a metal fence pole, could be their last act of stupidity in this life.
Hey bloomers, did you enjoy the rally? Sorry rats. Turns out patriots know how to behave in public. Good job to everyone who attended. Now recall that snake of a Gov.
9 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/20/2020 6:41:24 PM (No. 293651)
Goes back to that old saying, “If we legal gun owners were violent or dangerous, you’d already know it.”
10 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
judy 1/20/2020 7:00:17 PM (No. 293666)
20,000 people ...no arrests! The Governor built a wall around the Capitol....gee I thought Dems didn’t like walls, declared a state of emergency , hired security, scared everyone beyond belief...the media & Dems over reacted...they wanted another Charlottesville!
9 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
John C 1/20/2020 7:15:18 PM (No. 293676)
Yes # 12. I heard over 20,000, not the 6,000 in the first line. Fake news from WoPo under reporting.
5 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
padiva 1/20/2020 7:19:30 PM (No. 293679)
I wasn't able to see photos. Was there trash all over the place?
3 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 1/20/2020 8:13:42 PM (No. 293700)
Gee, the fear mongers are liars. Who would have guessed?
The dems cannot tell the truth because they need the public to be fearful. Then the government must step in to save them. We hear stories about how more people are anxious. Is it possible that the dems are scaring them with their lies? The truth is the dems are terrified because they know the jig is just about up. The truth is, shortly the impeachment mess will be thrown back into Nasty Pelousy's plastic face. Then we are going to have an election and the dems are going to be handed their walking papers. Then we will continue to reclaim our rights. The Country will remember we don't NEED big government.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/20/2020 10:03:41 PM (No. 293730)
All those guns made for a very polite crowd. Bet law enforcement was very polite too.
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 1/21/2020 1:42:31 AM (No. 293817)
The ComPost is so disappointed.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
judy 1/21/2020 4:02:31 AM (No. 293838)
Actually it was 22,000!
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