Yes, Virginia…They Are Selling Your Gun Rights

There are a few things you just want to believe in. When the truth comes out, though, it can be heartbreaking.

That was the case when Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam chose to sell out Virginians’ safety for political control to pass gun control laws that will not stop criminals. Northam rejected more than $660,000 in federal grants to reduce crime. At the same time, he’s welcoming the flood of millions of dollars into the Commonwealth to flip control of the state’s legislature to Democrat blue and finally pass his laundry list of gun control bills that the state legislature rejected twice in the past few months.

Control Guns Over Crime

Northam turned down two Department of Justice grants through the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, because the state refused to comply with DOJ federal immigration policies. Those grants were instead transferred to the non-profit Virginia Association of the Chiefs of Police.

House of Delegates Republican Majority Leader Todd Gilbert was vocally critical of the politics-over-safety move.