Charlottesville Virginia is in a “shall issue” state. The more important aspect is that the police apparently demanded that the right-wing protesters be unarmed before entering the park.
There were two militia groups there, American Freedom Keepers and Pennsylvania Lightfoot Militia and they were carrying long guns and pistols in holsters.
There was a KKK Knight who discharged a hand gun, and they charged him with discharging a firearm ithin 1000 ft of a school.