Are Virginia Democrats Playing Political Games With Lobby Day?

You may remember the massive turnout by gun owners in Richmond, Virginia back in January of this year, when tens of thousands of folks surrounded the state Capitol and filled the downtown streets for the annual Lobby Day rally organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League. I was honored to be among the speakers addressing the throng of Second Amendment supporterswho gathered for a peaceful yet boisterous protest of the anti-gun agenda of Democrats who had just taken control of the state legislature, and I’ve been looking forward to next year’s rally ever since.

Well, things are going to be a little different in 2021, because somehow gun control activists were given most of the permits that are necessary to hold a public event on the Capitol grounds.

“Games are being played to silence us,” Philip van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League told his members in an email Tuesday.