{"id":29900,"date":"2020-01-15T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=29900"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:42:12","slug":"northam-issues-temporary-ban-on-firearms-on-va-capitol-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=29900","title":{"rendered":"Northam Issues Temporary Ban On Firearms On VA Capitol Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5265,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiamercury.com\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/10\\\/virginia-democrats-enact-immediate-gun-ban-at-state-capitol-complex&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5266,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.usnews.com\\\/news\\\/us\\\/articles\\\/2020-01-14\\\/ap-exclusive-northam-to-ban-guns-from-capitol-grounds&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200211183637\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.usnews.com\\\/news\\\/us\\\/articles\\\/2020-01-14\\\/ap-exclusive-northam-to-ban-guns-from-capitol-grounds&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 06:34:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 06:34:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5267,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.usnews.com\\\/news\\\/best-states\\\/virginia&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5268,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/35SD3Vh&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Rules-Radicals-Practical-Primer-Realistic\\\/dp\\\/0679721134\\\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?crid=2Y5O2DJ5VMWTU&amp;keywords=alinsky+rules+for+radicals&amp;qid=1579102721&amp;sprefix=alinsky+r,aps,156&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=nolaonguanmo-20&amp;linkId=80b5bf68f4b0058eea30cc21699ab57a&amp;language=en_US&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>One of the first acts of the new Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiamercury.com\/2020\/01\/10\/virginia-democrats-enact-immediate-gun-ban-at-state-capitol-complex\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban firearms in the State Capitol and the adjacent office building<\/a>. The new rule went into effect as of 11:59pm Friday, January 10th. This was done on a straight party line vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) has gone the General Assembly one better &#8211; or worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Northam-file.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Northam-file.jpg 970w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Northam-file-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Northam-file-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Northam-file-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Northam-file-440x294.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><figcaption>AP File Photo<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/us\/articles\/2020-01-14\/ap-exclusive-northam-to-ban-guns-from-capitol-grounds\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the Associated Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Fearing a repeat of the deadly violence that engulfed Charlottesville more than two years ago,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia<\/a>\u00a0Gov. Ralph Northam plans to declare a temporary emergency Wednesday banning all weapons, including guns, from Capitol Square ahead of a massive rally planned next week over gun rights.<\/p><p>That&#8217;s according to two state officials who were briefed on the plans but not authorized to speak publicly about them. The governor, a Democrat, plans to announce the plans at a news conference Wednesday afternoon because of credible threats of potential violence and extremism, one official said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Supposedly, there were &#8220;inflammatory&#8221; postings by out-of-state pro-gun groups. I don&#8217;t suppose they are talking about the <a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2020\/01\/15\/davidson-county-becomes-10th-nc-county-to-adopt-2a-resolution.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">NC House Republican Caucus who will be sending representatives<\/a> to Lobby Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> They also managed to throw the words &#8220;militia&#8221; and &#8220;Charlottesville&#8221; into the conversation. Unless there is an Antifa-wing of the Demanding Mommies that I don&#8217;t know about, this is just so much hyperbole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northam&#8217;s declaration will also ban helmets and shields. I guess any Viking Norsemen will have to leave them at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/The-vikings-300x194-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29901\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Northam and his backers attempts to portray honest gun owners seeking to petition their own legislature for redress is nothing short of an attempt to delegitimize them. It is an &#8220;othering&#8221;. It is straight out of Rule 13 of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/35SD3Vh\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alinsky&#8217;s Rules for Radicals<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"2020 VCDL Lobby Day\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first acts of the new Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly was to ban firearms in the State&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5026,282,5013,5027,1987],"class_list":["post-29900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gov-ralph-northam","tag-gun-free-zones","tag-vcdl-lobby-day-2020","tag-virginia-capitol-grounds","tag-virginia-citizens-defense-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29903,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29900\/revisions\/29903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}