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I’m at the #Richmond2ARally. Follow my thread for live updates. 
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Alex Jones is here. He says the governor is “trying to create a crisis” and that this is a “psychological false flag”. He’s just entered the gun-free perimeter accompanied by two bodyguards.
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These guys set up a perimeter of cones. I walked through it and got warned to “get out of our circle” 
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This is Vanessa Dallas from Virginia Beach, Virginia. “If Jews had guns, there wouldn’t of been a holocaust.” She then discusses Northam as a baby-killing socialist.
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“We are the good guys. This is the safest place in the whole Commonwealth of Virginia. You don’t see anybody shooting... All the criminals are out there going in gun free zones to kill people that aren’t armed.”
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This is Sheriff Richard Vaughan of Grayson County, VA. “If the bills go through as proposed, they will not be enforced. They are unconstitutional.” This is not true, according to the Exec. Dir. of the VA Assoc. of Chiefs of Police...
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“The courts are the proper branch of government to determine the constitutionality of laws duly enacted by the legislature.” -Dana Schrad, executive director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police.
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A group of militias from across the country have joined together and started marching to the Capitol.
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The gentleman in the glasses was just talking about how he keeps losing signal & believes it’s because the gov’t is trying to shut it down. In fact, there are thousands of people here and not enough bandwith to support. I’ve overheard this statement a lot today.
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Here is former Proud Boy turned neo-Nazi, Jovi Val, at the
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Police just separated
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Armed attendees chatting with Richmond Police
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This is the first protest group (
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This is Chau Kelley, a Vietnamese-American from New Hampshire in love with Trump... and guns.
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This is Aubrey “Japharii” Jones, the president of Black Lives Matter 757. He doesn’t believe the reaction would’ve been the same today if it were thousands of African-Americans marching with guns.
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The rally has ended without any arrests (according to an organizer). All eyes were on attendees as any bad press could hurt Trump or pro-gun legislation. I saw a number of incidents that were nipped in the butt as soon as they started escalating.
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Watch as someone with the
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“You’re a cuck. You’re a pussy. You’re a piece of shit.”— I think
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This guy calls himself “Postmaster Dude” and has an interesting theory about the Richmond Police.
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Nicholas Freitas, a member of the VA House of Delegates, thanks attendees for how they conducted themselves today.
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Virginia: § 18.2-422: It shall be unlawful for any person over 16...w/ the intent to conceal his identity, wear any mask/hood/other device whereby a substantial portion of the face is hidden/covered so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, to be or appear in any public place.pic.twitter.com/luP25tfmYc
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Note: Protesters in Charlottesville were told to remove their masks. Police pointed guns at protesters in Newnan, GA (diff state, I know) citing their anti-mask law meant for the KKK... It was not enforced today.
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Current Virginia gun laws: * Do not require a permit to purchase rifles, shotguns or handguns. * Do not require firearm registration. * Do not require licensing. * Do not require a permit to carry a rifle or shotgun... cont’d...
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...cont’d * Do not “regulate the transfer or possession of .50-caliber rifles or large capacity ammunition magazines.” * Do not require a background check before transferring a firearm between unlicensed people. cont’d...
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...cont’d * Do not impose a waiting period before the sale of a firearm. * Do not require owners to report lost or stolen guns.
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The new proposed changes: * Ban assault weapons/silencers/high-capacity mags/other “dangerous weapons.” * Require background checks on all firearm transactions. * Reinstate the law repealed in 2012 allowing no more than one handgun purchase a month. cont’d
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... * Allow municipalities to enact “ordinances that are stricter than state law.” ie. banning guns in libraries/municipal buildings * Require lost/stolen guns to be reported to authorities within 1 day. cont’d
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