Posted on 01/05/2020 7:47:24 PM PST by Perseverando
Hundreds of pro-gun political activists showed up to an NRA town hall in Roanoke, Virginia, on Friday night as the backlash continues to grow over the plans by Virginia Democrats to enact their far-left agenda aimed at decimating Second Amendment rights.
Sources told The Daily Wire that up to 400 people attended the event, many of whom were women and first time political activists.
The event comes as Virginia Democrats attempt to confiscate legally-owned firearms from law abiding citizens in a move that resembles what communist China has called on the U.S. to do in recent days. China has millions of people locked up in concentration camps, is engaged in forcefully harvesting the organs of detainees, and has instituted a massive surveillance state that it is using to clamp down on the freedoms of its citizens.
The Daily Wire reported last month:
The grassroots resistance to Virginia Democrats’ extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda has exploded as nearly 90% of the counties in the state have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities in response to the Democrats’ anti-freedom agenda.
More than 100 cities, towns, and counties have passed resolutions in preparation for Democrats taking over the state who had indicated a desire to confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding citizens.
The rapidly growing resistance to Democrats’ attempts to confiscate firearms is expected to reach new levels in a little over a week as thousands of pro-gun Virginians are planning to attend the NRA’s legislative action day in Richmond on January 13.
The event is being held on the 13th at the Virginia State Capitol because that is when the first hearings on the issue start in the Virginia State Senate.
Last night, hundreds of NRA members joined shoulder to shoulder in Roanoke, Virginia to discuss how they will stand and fight against the Northam/Bloomberg gun confiscation plan.
We sat down with a few of these patriots and here was the message they had for Richmond. #valeg pic.twitter.com/GMrufukada
— NRA (@NRA) January 4, 2020
Catherine Mortensen, NRA spokesperson, told The Daily Wire, “We believe it’s best when lawmakers talk directly to voters. We know that NRA members are active and engaged in grassroots activism. The more people out there and sharing the message, that’s a win.”
“The 13th is the first meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee. That’s the first committee of jurisdiction on all the Northam gun control,” Mortensen continued. “We want to make sure that our members and supporters are in Richmond at that committee hearing on that day so that their voices are heard. It’s critical that our members are there early in the session to make the biggest impact in order to stop these gun bills from moving forward.”
“We’re trying to get our members directly to their lawmakers. We want our members and supporters having those face-to-face meetings with their lawmakers,” Mortensen added. “We know that law-abiding gun owners are active and engaged. And they may be members of several different groups. This gives them additional opportunities to engage in grassroots activism, and that is all positive. If numerous groups are out there and sharing the message, that’s a win.”
“The NRA is focused on encouraging our members and supporters to be active and engaged with their legislators from the first day of the session to the last,” Mortensen concluded. “The NRA will have a strong presence at the Capitol throughout the legislative session, but we know it’s the voice and the presence of our members that carry the most weight with lawmakers.”
I LIKE that idea.
Thanks.
The one good thing now though is i can drive over curbs and dividers if I need a shortcut and don’t have to worry about bottoming out :)
But I don’t like the lousy turn handling. IT needs to be lowered for that.
I was just doing a tongue-in-cheek comment.
Wish I remembered what 51 felt like.
My Dad taught me that respect for one’s elders was conditional on them returning some semblance of respect so I don’t think getting old and not kicking the old oak bucket are blanket reasons for being respected.
We started out a bit rocky way back when but I have come to like you and your points of view..too bad we’ll likely never meet.
Very good. I think you nailed it very well.
They are under some kind of spell and that spell is controlled by the dark side.
They are unable to discern the difference between good and evil. Group think controls them.
Please see my tagline.
Why did they vote for the Democrats?
The resistance that matters was at the ballot box, you dopes. I hope you have learned that lesson for the rest of your lives!
It’s a good thing, for sure.
There is one guy in the middle, but he’s hiding his non-grayed beard with a sign.
“like a hot chick in a bikini. “ It’s January!
I just posted that to get a rise and because of a mid life crisis :) (don’t ask)
These guys have better aim and can handle a weapon better from having more experience and are thus more dangerous, I’m guessing.
Good for them
You have time for mid-life crises?
Yeah I have a very boring life
It seems being crazy is good for popularity in your late teens and 20s and even the first half of the 30s, but then at 51 you’re alone with frozen dinners and a cat :)
I’d like to go a bit deep here and say it has to do with less human-to-human contact. They are either watching something packaged for them or on their phones.
We lose something ineffable when we reduce our human contact more and more. There is an unconscious communication that is culture, that is civilization. It can never be recaptured once it is lost.
The danger is not that machines will take our jobs but that we will actually become the machines. And of course machines can be programmed by others.
Jung was not far off with his “collective unconscious.” But he didn’t realize that we could lose it.
Our Federal Representative was Gerrymandered out and now we Have MaChecin who suggested to the Governor to use the VA State National Guard to extract gun owners and their guns from their Homes. The Gov and his Democrats have forwarded a budget with 1/2 million $s set up to incarcerate such citizens. He also has a $ 100 Million budget with no restriction which can be used at his digression in this mode.
........Cry for me, Virginia .........
All it takes is one Manchurian Candidate to lite this fuse.
I wouldn’t rely too much on the “Yutes” in this case.
Better cry for the families of the confiscators. Some of them won’t be going home.
I was just joking :)
Jealousy from living in a NYCUSSR
Looking in PA.
Really enjoy the range when I go
Where are all these people on Election Day?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.