Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made numerous false statements during an interview she gave at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, claiming that the Democrat Party is not a &#8220;left&#8221; party and alleging without evidence that the pro-Second Amendment activists in Virginia were waving &#8220;Confederate flags.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, another thing that I&#8217;ve been really thinking and sitting with today is that, there&#8217;s this, um, gun rights protest that&#8217;s happening down in Richmond &#8230; but here&#8217;s the image that has struck with me the most about that, is that when we go out and march for the dignity and for the recognition of the lives of people &#8230; the whole place is surrounded by police in riot gear without a gun in sight,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said. &#8220;And here are all of these people flying Confederate flags with semi-automatic weapons and there&#8217;s almost no police officers at that protest.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s claim is weak at best as the overwhelming majority of images and video that was available online showed no Confederate flags at the rally. The Daily Wire also spoke to over half a dozen activists who attended the rally, all of whom said they did not see a single Confederate flag.
While there is certainly the possibility that a fringe protester may have had a flag that eluded media scrutiny, Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s claim suggested that the flying of Confederate flags was a common occurrence at the rally, which is verifiably false.
Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s false claim lined up with what left-wing publications like CNN and MSNBC sought to cast the rally as: a white nationalist event. Yet, the event was completely peaceful, no incidents happened, and fringe groups were rejected.
NBC News, which pushed the false narrative that the protest was a white nationalist event, even later had to admit that it was false in an article <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tense-virginia-rally-gun-rights-supporters-chant-we-will-not-n1118811">titled</a>: “At tense Virginia rally, demonstrators reject extremists, defend law-abiding gun owners.”
The event also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/narrative-fail-minorities-lgbt-community-women-show-up-in-force-at-pro-gun-rally">attracted numerous</a> minorities, women, members of the LGBT community, and Democrats who believed in supporting the Second Amendment.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> contrasts today’s gun rights march in Richmond with protests against Eric Garner’s killing: &quot;Why were there almost no police officers” despite protesters “flying confederate flags and [carrying] semiautamtic weapons”? <a href="https://t.co/JRL9B76EQW">pic.twitter.com/JRL9B76EQW</a>
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Later in the interview, Ocasio-Cortez gas-lighted the audience by falsely claiming that the current Democrat Party is really a &#8220;center-conservative&#8221; party and is &#8220;not a leftist party.&#8221;
&#8220;We don&#8217;t have a left party in the United States,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed. &#8220;The Democratic Party is not a left party. The Democratic Party is a center or center-conservative party. We do not advocate, we can&#8217;t even get a floor vote on Medicare for All, not even a floor vote that gets voted down, we can&#8217;t even get a vote on it. So this is not a party.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez later admitted that there are far-left members of her party that are trying to drag the Democrats even further left.
Even the leftist New York Times editorial board <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-elizabeth-warren-nytimes-endorsement.html">said</a> in its endorsement of two Democrat presidential candidates this week that the current field of Democrats that are running in 2020 are “the most” far-left “in decades on issues like health care, the economy, and government’s allocations of resources.”
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AOC GASLIGHTS: Democrats Are ‘Conservative’; Virginia Gun Protesters Had ‘Confederate Flags’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Gun Control

Second Amendment

In an interview with Turning Point USA published Sunday (video below), Jack Wilson, who was awarded the Texas Governor&#8217;s Medal of Courage last week for his life-saving response to a mass shooter at his church, gave a powerful defense of Second Amendment rights, which he maintains, are essential to keeping all our other rights under the Constitution.
Jack Wilson, 71, is a volunteer member of the security team at the West Freeway Church of Christ near Fort Worth, Texas, where a mass shooter opened fire during a church service on Dec. 29, 2019. As Texas allows licensed congregants to carry in churches, Wilson, a former Texas Army National Guardsman and NRA instructor, was armed, along with other members of the security team.
The expert marksman responded with remarkable speed when the shooter opened fire. Within six seconds of the gunman&#8217;s first shot, Wilson shot him dead, undoubtedly saving many lives. For his heroic actions, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Abbott presented Wilson last week with the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-misfires-on-jack-wilson-11579219312">Governor’s Medal of Courage</a>, the highest civilian honor the state of Texas awards.
After receiving the prestigious award, Wilson spoke with TPUSA about what prepared him for that harrowing moment when he confronted the shooter, including not only his years of training with firearms but his realist views on self-defense and the presence of &#8220;evil&#8221; in the world.
&#8220;There&#8217;s evil in the world,&#8221; Wilson told the conservative nonprofit. &#8220;Be prepared to protect yourself.&#8221;
&#8220;I killed evil. I took out evil,&#8221; Wilson said of the harrowing moment he took down the gunman with a single shot.
&#8220;I spent six years at Texas Army National Guard, 30 years in the defense world, D.O.D. world, had my own business for 21 years teaching people how to shoot,&#8221; said Wilson.
&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t start at the moment that you need to protect yourself,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;You have to learn, choose a firearm you&#8217;re comfortable with, become proficient with it, train with it.&#8221;
&#8220;Without the Second Amendment — my opinion, very strongly — you will lose all other rights,&#8221; Wilson stressed. &#8220;The firearm is not the evil thing. The person behind it is either good or evil. It’s not a firearm issue. It is a person issue.&#8221;
Wilson also provided some details about how he and the rest of the security team was prepared for the actions of the shooter. When he first walked into the service, Wilson said he recognized him as an &#8220;obvious&#8221; potential threat in part because he appeared to be wearing a wig and a fake beard. &#8220;We were observed the individual, we were watching the individual,&#8221; he said, noting that he walked into the audio-visual room and instructed them to train one of the cameras on the individual.
&#8220;The individual got up and that&#8217;s when he turned &#8230; and pulled the shotgun &#8230; from underneath his coat,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Richard told him, &#8216;Drop the gun! Drop the gun!&#8217; I had people in front of me that prevented me from taking a body shot, a torso shot. The only shot I had was the headshot. When I took the headshot, the subject went down. From the time the individual turned with the gun in his hand till I was over him was a total of six seconds.”
&#8220;I did not do what I did &#8230; for hero status. I don&#8217;t see myself as a hero,&#8221; Wilson emphasized. &#8220;My role is more of a protector for anyone who happens to be in the congregation&#8230;&#8221;
In the end, he said, God is the one who should get the credit for the lives saved, saying, &#8220;God gave me the training, gave me the mindset, to be able to stop the situation.&#8221;
Video below via TPUSA:
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-hammers-bloomberg-for-his-comments-on-hero-with-gun-who-stopped-shooting">Trump Hammers Bloomberg For His Comments On Hero With Gun Who Stopped Shooting</a>

West Freeway Church of Christ

WATCH: Hero Who Stopped Texas Church Shooter: ‘Without The Second Amendment, You Will Lose All Other Rights’

Greg Abbott

Texas

Attending a pro-Second Amendment rally outside Virginia&#8217;s state capitol on Monday, Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said he will not be enforcing unconstitutional gun control laws.
&#8220;Grayson County Virginia Sheriff Richard Vaughan is here with his deputies. He said he won’t enforce stricter gun laws,&#8221; The Virginian-Pilot&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/AlissaSkelton">Alissa Skelton</a> reported. &#8220;We are here to stand up for the Second Amendment, he said.&#8221;
&#8220;Many people are shaking his hand and thanking him,&#8221; noted Skelton.
&#8220;If the bills go through as proposed, they will not be enforced,&#8221; Mr. Vaughan said on camera. &#8220;They&#8217;re unconstitutional. We swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Virginia, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll do.&#8221;
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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&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Richmond2ARally?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Richmond2ARally</a> <a href="https://t.co/mjpQupE6of">pic.twitter.com/mjpQupE6of</a>
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As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-terrorism-alyssa-milano-other-democrats-triggered-by-pro-2a-protesters-in-va">The Daily Wire</a> on Monday morning, tens of thousands of pro-Second Amendment Americans gathered outside Virginia’s capitol to express opposition to a spate of gun control bills pushed through by the commonwealth&#8217;s Democrat-majority state legislature and backed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-kkk-blackface-photo-emerges-virginia-ryan-saavedra">controversial Democratic Governor Ralph Northam</a>.
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Protesters gathered in the wake of three controversial gun control bills passing the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate last week. “The three bills that made it through include a law that will allow local authorities to ban weapons from public spaces during some events, another that limits handgun purchases to one a month, and a law requiring background checks for all firearm purchases,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
“The good guys won’t have the guns,” argued Republican Sen. Amanda Chase (Chesterfield). “They won’t be able to protect themselves, and we’re basically creating a disastrous situation in which criminals will not follow the law, and it will only hurt and create victims.”
As outlined by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">The Daily Wire</a>, here are the three gun laws sparking the protests:
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<li><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lis.virginia.gov_cgi-2Dbin_legp604.exe-3F201-2Bsum-2BSB35&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&amp;r=ksyXiO9uHm8aOu377TmyBg&amp;m=E1cLqjPNpOTZMsqEF6xThaBZeuo655xCnWqwNUE8G-o&amp;s=V3e6PzeNJP8EPwyJUs3a0PdzLBsDHH1rNpu9pyo9dBI&amp;e=">Senate Bill 35</a>: Authorizes any locality to prohibit the possession of firearms and ammunition in public spaces during permitted events or events that would otherwise require a permit. Introduced by Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Mount Vernon.</li>
<li><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lis.virginia.gov_cgi-2Dbin_legp604.exe-3F201-2Bsum-2BSB69&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&amp;r=ksyXiO9uHm8aOu377TmyBg&amp;m=E1cLqjPNpOTZMsqEF6xThaBZeuo655xCnWqwNUE8G-o&amp;s=zAb21OJWZSa3Iio8QplBQNNR2rM5c6cS-FRHszV5EX8&amp;e=">SB 69</a>: Prohibits anyone who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun within a 30-day period, making the offense a Class 1 misdemeanor. Exempts those with valid Virginia concealed handgun permits and those replacing a lost or stolen handgun, as well as law enforcement agencies, state and local correctional facilities, private security companies and those with special circumstances with a  background check from Virginia State Police. Also exempts purchases made during a private sale for a personal collection of rare or historical items. Introduced by Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton.</li>
<li><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lis.virginia.gov_cgi-2Dbin_legp604.exe-3F201-2Bsum-2BSB70&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&amp;r=ksyXiO9uHm8aOu377TmyBg&amp;m=E1cLqjPNpOTZMsqEF6xThaBZeuo655xCnWqwNUE8G-o&amp;s=zHEbWKxrkdSADd_LQigfeRxh6MgVFdyUqM6Py6CQpWw&amp;e=">SB 70</a>: Requires background checks for any firearm transfer and directs State Police to set up a process for obtaining such a check from a licensed firearms dealer. Anyone who sells a firearm without a background check is guilty of a Class 6 felony, and the person who receives the firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Exempts transfers between immediate family members and by estate administrators, as well as transfers during lawful activities at shooting ranges or similar spaces designed for target practice. It also exempts temporary transfers that occur while the owner is present or are necessary to prevent death or bodily harm. Additionally, it allows transfers of antique firearms, transfers that are part of a buy-back or give-back program and those that occur by operation of law. Introduced by Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.</li>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">Virginia Gov Declares Emergency Gun Ban For Massive Rally; Here Are The Three Gun Control Laws Prompting Protests</a>

Pro-2A Rally In Virginia

WATCH: VA Sheriff: We Will NOT Enforce ‘Unconstitutional’ Gun Control Laws

Gun Laws

Guns

Virginia

President Trump has been directing more criticism as of late toward former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose platform features radical gun control, which he has been promoting through his pro-gun control nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety since 2013.
After several tweets slamming &#8220;Mini Mike Bloomberg&#8221; last week, Trump hit the late addition to the Democratic presidential field on his past comments on Jack Wilson, a 71-year-old NRA instructor and volunteer security guard at a Texas church who stopped a shooter literally dead in his tracks before he could take more lives.
&#8220;It may be true that someone in the congregation had his own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,&#8221; Bloomberg <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/479007-trump-slams-bloomberg-over-comments-on-man-who-shot-dead-texas-gunman">said</a> during an appearance at a church in Montgomery, Alabama, a few weeks ago. &#8220;You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.&#8221;
Trump added to his growing collection of &#8220;Mini Mike&#8221; tweets on Sunday by calling out Bloomberg over the comment.
&#8220;Now Mini Mike Bloomberg is critical of Jack Wilson, who saved perhaps hundreds of people in a Church because he was carrying a gun, and knew how to use it,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;Jack quickly killed the shooter, who was beginning a rampage. Mini is against the 2nd A. His ads are Fake, just like him!&#8221;
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Now Mini Mike Bloomberg is critical of Jack Wilson, who saved perhaps hundreds of people in a Church because he was carrying a gun, and knew how to use it. Jack quickly killed the shooter, who was beginning a rampage. Mini is against the 2nd A. His ads are Fake, just like him!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1219004689716412416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Texas&#8217; Republican Gov. Greg Abbott honored Wilson last week with the Governor’s Medal of Courage for rapidly shooting a gunman who opened fire in the church. Within six seconds of the shooter firing on congregants of the West Freeway Church of Christ, Wilson took down the gunman with a single shot. As <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-misfires-on-jack-wilson-11579219312">The Wall Street Journal</a> noted last week, &#8220;most of America rightly regards Mr. Wilson as a hero who used his gun to save innocent life on that December Sunday.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s tweet comes amid massive backlash to the Democrats&#8217; gun control agenda in Virginia. Late last week, the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate passed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">three controversial gun bills</a> that have inspired tens of thousands of pro-Second Amendment rallyers to converge on Richmond, a development that has prompted Virginia&#8217;s Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam to issue a temporary state of emergency, banning all weapons at the state capitol.
Bloomberg&#8217;s <a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/gun-safety?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxb6H9NKS5wIVRR6tBh1rEASKEAAYASAAEgLaAfD_BwE&amp;utm_expid=.Ean3QEj9S1KUM4de8VlRlg.2&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F">gun control platform</a> calls for imposing an &#8220;effective background check system so that no one can purchase a gun without passing a completed background check,&#8221; closing all so-called &#8220;loopholes,&#8221; &#8220;including one that prohibits married domestic abusers from possessing guns, but not many unmarried ones,&#8221; &#8220;reinstat[ing] the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and banning &#8220;all guns in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities – except for law enforcement.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s Sunday tweet followed a series of posts hammering Bloomberg last week, including one accusing the former mayor of engaging in a &#8220;vanity project.&#8221;
“Mini Mike Bloomberg ads are purposely wrong — A vanity project for him to get into the game,” Trump wrote Friday. “Nobody in many years has done for the USA what I have done for the USA, including the greatest economy in history, rebuilding our military, biggest ever tax &amp; regulation cuts, &amp; 2nd A!”
The president also mocked &#8220;Mini Mike&#8221; for avoiding the debate stage thus far. “Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to,” her wrote. “He is a terrible debater and speaker. If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!).”
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Mini Mike Bloomberg ads are purposely wrong &#8211; A vanity project for him to get into the game. Nobody in many years has done for the USA what I have done for the USA, including the greatest economy in history, rebuilding our military, biggest ever tax &amp; regulation cuts, &amp; 2nd A!
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Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to &#8211; he is a terrible debater and speaker. If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!).
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Trump Hammers Bloomberg For His Comments On Hero With Gun Who Stopped Shooting

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Michael Bloomberg

On Monday morning, tens of thousands of pro-Second Amendment Americans gathering at Virginia&#8217;s capitol to express opposition to a spate of gun control bills pushed through by the Democrat-majority state congress and backed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-kkk-blackface-photo-emerges-virginia-ryan-saavedra">controversial Democratic Governor Ralph Northam</a>.
The gathering thus far has been completely peaceful, with rally attendees reciting the pledge of allegiance, singing the national anthem, and chanting &#8220;USA,&#8221; together.
Still, the peaceful protesters were maligned by Hollywood elites and left-wing politicos.
&#8220;This is what’s happening in Virginia right now,&#8221; actress and activist Alyssa Milano captioned a video of gun owners walking to the protest Monday morning. 
&#8220;Trump’s America,&#8221; she added. &#8220;<a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithVirginia?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#IStandWithVirginia</a>.&#8221;
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This is what’s happening in Virginia right now. Trump’s America. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithVirginia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IStandWithVirginia</a> <a href="https://t.co/ewUfKrk6Qs">pic.twitter.com/ewUfKrk6Qs</a>
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&#8220;So! I see a bunch of incel (involuntary celibate) ammosexuals have gathered in Virginia,&#8221; former Democratic congressional candidate Pam Keith bashed the protesters. &#8220;While I believe in the right of the people to protest peacefully. I reject threatening goon squads. <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithVirgina?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#IStandWithVirgina</a>.&#8221;
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So! I see a bunch of incel ammosexuals have gathered in Virginia.
While I believe in the right of the people to protest peacefully. I reject threatening goon squads.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithVirgina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IStandWithVirgina</a>
&mdash; Pam Keith (@PamKeithFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1219259673452470272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Left-wing writer Danielle Campoamor said pro-Second Amendment protesters are &#8220;f***ing a**hole[s]&#8221; with &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; though the protesters&#8217; racial and ethnic backgrounds are varied. She also accused them of committing &#8220;terrorism.&#8221;
&#8220;White privilege is having the freedom to walk around in public with shotguns and AR-15s and handguns strapped to your chest like a f***ing a**hole and not getting gunned down by a single cop,&#8221; the writer posted.
&#8220;These people are literally walking around in camo and body armor and like seven different guns strapped to their person, all with the intent to and sole purpose of intimidating people,&#8221; Campoamor added. &#8220;This is terrorism, folks.&#8221;
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These people are literally walking around in camo and body armor and like seven different guns strapped to their person, all with the intent to and sole purpose of intimidating people. 
This is terrorism, folks. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VirginiaRally?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VirginiaRally</a>
&mdash; Danielle Campoamor (@DCampoamor) <a href="https://twitter.com/DCampoamor/status/1219282244180807680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is NOT what the founders had in mind when writing the 2nd Ammendment [sic],&#8221; said filmmaker and ardent anti-Trumper Morgan J. Freeman. &#8220;THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA! <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithVirgina?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#IStandWithVirgina</a>.&#8221;
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This is NOT what the founders had in mind when writing the 2nd Ammendment. 
THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithVirgina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IStandWithVirgina</a> <a href="https://t.co/nE1YZ63Ahv">pic.twitter.com/nE1YZ63Ahv</a>
&mdash; Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjfree/status/1219252211147997184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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NBC News corespondent Gabe Gutierrez, perhaps accidentally, spread fake news on social media. Captioning a video of rally attendees reciting the pledge of allegiance, wrote: &#8220;Chants of &#8216;we will not comply&#8217; from gun rights protesters in Richmond.&#8221;
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Chants of “we will not comply” from gun rights protesters in Richmond. <a href="https://t.co/BjEfniwMKP">pic.twitter.com/BjEfniwMKP</a>
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Mr. Gutierrez kept the post with the incorrect caption up, though he added another video on his Twitter thread: &#8220;Earlier posted video of Pledge of Allegiance. For those who’ve asked, here’s the video of &#8216;We will not comply,.&#8217; Taken seconds apart.&#8221;
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Earlier posted video of Pledge of Allegiance. For those who’ve asked, here’s the video of “We will not comply,.” Taken seconds apart. <a href="https://t.co/Egz4mqVhzo">pic.twitter.com/Egz4mqVhzo</a>
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The protests come in response to three gun control bills passed by the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate last week. &#8220;The three bills that made it through include a law that will allow local authorities to ban weapons from public spaces during some events, another that limits handgun purchases to one a month, and a law requiring background checks for all firearm purchases,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">The Daily Wire</a> notes.
Republican Sen. Amanda Chase (Chesterfield) has argued that such gun control bills will keep guns out of good guys&#8217; hand.
“The good guys won’t have the guns,&#8221; she said during a debate, last week. &#8220;They won’t be able to protect themselves, and we’re basically creating a disastrous situation in which criminals will not follow the law, and it will only hurt and create victims.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-over-massive-gun-control-protest-here-are-the-three-gun-control-laws-causing-all-the-controversy">Virginia Gov Declares Emergency Gun Ban For Massive Rally; Here Are The Three Gun Control Laws Prompting Protests</a>
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‘This Is Terrorism,’ ‘Trump’s America’: Alyssa Milano, Other Democrats Trash Pro-2A Protesters In VA

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A pro-Second Amendment rally taking place in Virginia&#8217;s capital this week is expected to draw tens of thousands of protesters, all gathering in Richmond to express their opposition to a slate of controversial gun control bills pushed through by the Democrat-majority state congress and backed by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. Ahead of the rally, Northam <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-virginia-democrat-governor-ralph-northam-to-declare-emergency-banning-all-guns-from-state-capitol-grounds">declared</a> an emergency weapons ban at the state capitol and law enforcement has gone on high alert, the FBI already making some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-members-of-group-preparing-for-race-war-ahead-of-virginia-gun-rally">arrests</a>.
After four out of five Democrat-sponsored gun control bills easily passed the Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly last Monday, three of the four bills passed in the Virginia Senate Thursday. The three bills that made it through include a law that will allow local authorities to ban weapons from public spaces during some events, another that limits handgun purchases to one a month, and a law requiring background checks for all firearm purchases,
The bill banning firearms in public spaces and bill limiting handgun purchases passed in the Senate by a razor-thin majority entirely along party lines (21-19), while the background check bill Gainesvilles two Republican votes. Below are descriptions of the three bills via Richmond&#8217;s <a href="https://wtkr.com/2020/01/17/three-gun-control-bills-pass-virginia-senate/">WTKR</a>:
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<li><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lis.virginia.gov_cgi-2Dbin_legp604.exe-3F201-2Bsum-2BSB35&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&amp;r=ksyXiO9uHm8aOu377TmyBg&amp;m=E1cLqjPNpOTZMsqEF6xThaBZeuo655xCnWqwNUE8G-o&amp;s=V3e6PzeNJP8EPwyJUs3a0PdzLBsDHH1rNpu9pyo9dBI&amp;e=">Senate Bill 35</a>: Authorizes any locality to prohibit the possession of firearms and ammunition in public spaces during permitted events or events that would otherwise require a permit. Introduced by Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Mount Vernon.</li>
<li><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lis.virginia.gov_cgi-2Dbin_legp604.exe-3F201-2Bsum-2BSB69&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&amp;r=ksyXiO9uHm8aOu377TmyBg&amp;m=E1cLqjPNpOTZMsqEF6xThaBZeuo655xCnWqwNUE8G-o&amp;s=zAb21OJWZSa3Iio8QplBQNNR2rM5c6cS-FRHszV5EX8&amp;e=">SB 69</a>: Prohibits anyone who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun within a 30-day period, making the offense a Class 1 misdemeanor. Exempts those with valid Virginia concealed handgun permits and those replacing a lost or stolen handgun, as well as law enforcement agencies, state and local correctional facilities, private security companies and those with special circumstances with a  background check from Virginia State Police. Also exempts purchases made during a private sale for a personal collection of rare or historical items. Introduced by Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton.</li>
<li><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lis.virginia.gov_cgi-2Dbin_legp604.exe-3F201-2Bsum-2BSB70&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&amp;r=ksyXiO9uHm8aOu377TmyBg&amp;m=E1cLqjPNpOTZMsqEF6xThaBZeuo655xCnWqwNUE8G-o&amp;s=zHEbWKxrkdSADd_LQigfeRxh6MgVFdyUqM6Py6CQpWw&amp;e=">SB 70</a>: Requires background checks for any firearm transfer and directs State Police to set up a process for obtaining such a check from a licensed firearms dealer. Anyone who sells a firearm without a background check is guilty of a Class 6 felony, and the person who receives the firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Exempts transfers between immediate family members and by estate administrators, as well as transfers during lawful activities at shooting ranges or similar spaces designed for target practice. It also exempts temporary transfers that occur while the owner is present or are necessary to prevent death or bodily harm. Additionally, it allows transfers of antique firearms, transfers that are part of a buy-back or give-back program and those that occur by operation of law. Introduced by Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.</li>
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One Republican senator, Sen. Amanda Chase (Chesterfield) summarized Second Amendment advocates&#8217; argument against the bills, particularly SB 35, saying during the debate last week, &#8220;The good guys won’t have the guns. They won’t be able to protect themselves, and we’re basically creating a disastrous situation in which criminals will not follow the law, and it will only hurt and create victims.&#8221;
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A &#8220;red flag&#8221; law allowing authorities to temporarily confiscate guns from those deemed a risk to themselves or others passed in the Assembly but stalled in the Senate, while a bill expanding the definition of &#8220;assault firearms&#8221; in state law and banning their possession as well as prohibiting &#8220;the selling or transfer of any firearm magazine with the capacity for more than 10 rounds of ammunition,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gun-control-bills-advance-virginia-general-assembly">failed</a> to make it to the Senate.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-arrests-members-of-group-preparing-for-race-war-ahead-of-virginia-gun-rally">FBI Arrests Alleged Members Of Group ‘Preparing For Race War’ Ahead Of Virginia Gun Rally</a>
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Virginia Gov Declares Emergency Gun Ban For Massive Rally; Here Are The Three Gun Control Laws Prompting Protests

Republican Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase issued a warning on Friday to the thousands of Second Amendment advocates who are planning to attend an upcoming massive pro-gun rally in Richmond, saying that they are &#8220;being set up.&#8221;
The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) organized the event, which is being held on Monday, and &#8220;is traditionally known as &#8216;Lobby Day&#8217; in Virginia’s capital,&#8221; WTOP reported. &#8220;Tens of thousands are expected to show up for the event Monday in Richmond. Given the contentious nature of the issue, the prospect of such a large event has raised tensions. Earlier, [Virginia Democrat Governor Ralph] Northam declared a state of emergency. And recent arrests have further raised those tensions.&#8221;
In a Facebook post, Chase wrote: &#8220;Sadly, I am posting this, knowing that the Governor of Virginia has declared a State of Emergency in our state. I want you to be aware of how we are being set up. Does the Patriot Act ring a bell? Does the National Defense Authorization Act ring a bell?&#8221;
&#8220;If people show up wearing any kind of uniform, patch or other symbol on their clothing signifying they belong to a militia and something goes wrong, you could/will be held as a domestic terrorist,&#8221; Chase continued. &#8220;If anyone steps out of line, all it takes is one person, it may even be a government plant&#8230;.if that plant does anything to disrupt the rally, you could/will be arrested as a domestic terrorist.&#8221;
&#8220;The Governor, using the media has already set the stage for this to happen,&#8221; Chase continued. &#8220;He has already laid the groundwork to make the entire movement look like insurrection. It will be used to put the rest of the nation on notice of what will happen to you, if you resist. They have used the Southern Poverty Law Center over the last 15 years to lay the groundwork. They have labeled us as potential domestic terrorist for a long time now.&#8221;
&#8220;Anyone who has ever related to the 3%er&#8217;s, a militia, or just belonged to any Patriot group&#8230;the groundwork has been laid to brand you as a domestic terrorist,&#8221; Chase continued. &#8220;They have gone out of their way since the Obama years to [ensure] they had us labeled, but it didn&#8217;t start with Obama. It started with the Patriot Act under the Bush administration. We are being played by a well oiled machine, these things have been in the works for many years. They are kicking things into high gear. Military veterans were/are even listed as potential domestic terrorist[s].&#8221;
&#8220;We were told not once, but several times by the current President, &#8216;It&#8217;s Not Me they are after, It&#8217;s You, The American People,'&#8221; Chase concluded. &#8220;Their actions over the last three years have shown you he was right, they are coming after us full speed ahead and they aren&#8217;t even trying to hide it anymore. Sic semper tyrannis, keep your head on a swivel and know what&#8217;s going on around you at all times, at Lobby Day 1/20/20. Everyone be safe out there&#8230;.Thus always to tyrants.&#8221;
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The public outrage at Northam&#8217;s extreme anti-Second Amendment push has been intense as a majority of cities, towns, and counties in the state have declared themselves to be Second Amendment sanctuaries.
“The grassroots resistance to Virginia Democrats’ extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda has exploded as nearly 90% of the counties in the state have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities in response to the Democrats’ anti-freedom agenda,” The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/resistance-to-virginia-democrats-extreme-anti-second-amendment-agenda-surges-to-new-heights">reported</a> in November. “More than 100 cities, towns, and counties have passed resolutions in preparation for Democrats taking over the state who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-democrats-filing-proposals-to-begin-confiscation-of-lawfully-owned-firearms-second-amendment-reporter-says">indicated</a> a desire to confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding citizens.”
President Donald Trump weighed in on Democrats&#8217; agenda on Friday, tweeting on Friday: &#8220;Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!&#8221;
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Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218297464941314049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Virginia State Senator Warns Gun Owners About Upcoming Rally: ‘We Are Being Set Up’

Donald Trump Jr. slammed incoming Florida Senate President Bill Galvano, a Republican, for siding with extreme anti-Second Amendment advocate and communist China <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/michael-bloomberg-china-pbs-climate-xi-dictator.html">sympathizer</a> Michael Bloomberg.
On Friday, Breitbart Second Amendment columnist AWR Hawkins called <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/17/floridas-gop-sen-leader-grateful-money-bloomberg-gun-control/">attention</a> to two massive contributions totaling <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-florida-nra-influence-20200117-nxzo5kmgtncytnuklr75rdkvf4-story.html">$500,000</a> that Bloomberg&#8217;s far-left group Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund gave to Galvano&#8217;s political committee, the Innovate Florida committee, after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018.
Galvano <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/09/17/nra-blasts-bill-galvano-over-donation-from-gun-control-group-our-second-amendment-rights-were-sold/">responded</a> to the contribution by saying in September 2018 that he &#8220;will make no apologies&#8221; for supporting gun control championed by Bloomberg, and said that he was &#8220;grateful for the support&#8221; from Bloomberg&#8217;s group.
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Trump Jr. slammed Galvano for siding with Bloomberg, who is running for president as a Democrat and on the issue of stripping Americans of their Second Amendment rights.
“Any supposed ‘Republican’ who proudly accepts money from Mini Mike Bloomberg and is supportive of his gun control agenda is nothing more than a stone cold RINO,” Trump Jr. told The Daily Wire. “The last thing Florida Republicans need is a liberal, gun-grabbing Bloomberg minion leading them in the State Senate.”
Andrew Pollack, who lost his daughter in the Parkland tragedy, slammed Galvano in a tweet, writing: &#8220;Democrats exploited the murder of my daughter. I never imagined a Republican would do the same, but that’s exactly what Bill Galvano did He took $500,000 from Bloomberg &amp; tried to reinstate disgraced Sheriff Scott Israel This boils my blood! #FixIt&#8221;
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Democrats exploited the murder of my daughter.
I never imagined a Republican would do the same, but that’s exactly what Bill Galvano did
He took $500,000 from Bloomberg &amp; tried to reinstate disgraced Sheriff Scott Israel
This boils my blood! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FixIt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FixIt</a> <a href="https://t.co/d2xLFKQDR5">https://t.co/d2xLFKQDR5</a>
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewPollackFL/status/1218724826187210752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
In a separate tweet, Pollack highlighted the money that Galvano got from Bloomberg&#8217;s far-left group, writing: &#8220;Florida Senate President @BillGalvano is bought and paid for by Michael Bloomberg. He’s accepted over $500k from Bloomberg’s anti-gun PAC. He’s constantly working against Governor Desantis and the Republican Party. He’s a RINO #FixIt&#8221;
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Florida Senate President <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGalvano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillGalvano</a> is bought and paid for by Michael Bloomberg.
He’s accepted over $500k from Bloomberg’s anti-gun PAC.
He’s constantly working against Governor Desantis and the Republican Party.
He’s a RINO <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FixIt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FixIt</a> <a href="https://t.co/47Yeu4Qu42">pic.twitter.com/47Yeu4Qu42</a>
&mdash; Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewPollackFL/status/1218272346081021954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The past donations from Bloomberg&#8217;s far-left group to Galvano garnered attention because Galvano led a Senate panel this last week to ram through Bloomberg&#8217;s gun control agenda in Florida.
News 4 Jax <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2020/01/14/florida-senate-panel-backs-gun-control-measure/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>A Senate panel Monday unanimously signed off on a far-reaching measure that would close the gun-show “loophole,” create a record-keeping system for private gun sales and set aside $5 million to establish a “statewide strategy for violence prevention.” The proposal (SB 7028) is a priority of Senate President Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, as evidenced by the Senate Infrastructure and Security Committee’s consideration and passage of the measure the day before the 2020 legislative session begins.
The sweeping legislation would require background checks and a three-day waiting period for firearms sold “on property to which the public has the right of access,” such as “a flea market, a gun show, or a firearm exhibit.” The measure would also mandate that guns be securely stored in households and other places where minors under age 18 &#8212; up from the current threshold of 16 &#8212; could have access to the weapons.</blockquote>
Former NRA President Marion P. Hammer responded at the time by indicating that Galvano betrayed those who voted for him, <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180917/florida-alert-galvano-committee-gets-200k-from-everytown-group">saying</a>, &#8220;Looks like our Second Amendment Rights were sold for a large contribution from anti-gun former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;
Hammer <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200115/alert-florida-republican-senators-vote-for-massive-gun-control-bill">said</a> that the gun control bill advocated for by Galvano this week, SB-7028, was &#8220;the worst I have ever seen&#8221; and &#8220;is clearly meant to simply ban all private sales of firearms through red tape and fear.&#8221;
&#8220;This bill contains so much red tape and nonsense that there is almost no way a law-abiding person could comply,&#8221; Hammer continued. &#8220;The only thing we know for sure is that this bill will only stop law-abiding people from exercising a constitutional right, and it will be completely ignored by criminals.&#8221;
&#8220;Voting in favor of this bill is like a doctor giving a patient an antibiotic for a virus. The doctor knows an antibiotic won’t cure the illness, but at least he can make people think he’s &#8216;doing something,'&#8221; Hammer added. &#8220;Supporting a bill so you can say you’re doing something is &#8216;political eyewash.'&#8221;

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Trump Jr Blasts FL Republican Bill Galvano Over Past Support From Anti-Gun Extremist Bloomberg

Florida

A Virginia city councilman showed up to a council meeting Tuesday evening wearing an AR-15-style rifle. The move has angered some of his peers, one of whom wants and apology.
Nathan Clark, a Portsmouth, Virginia city councilman, chose to wear the “accessory” on Tuesday because the council would be considering a resolution to turn the city into a Second Amendment Sanctuary, The Virginia-Pilot <a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-portsmouth-gun-vote-0115-20200115-6bw43dspmjcdtbq5mjrhlps4yq-story.html">reported</a>.
“Clark — who is seeking re-election this year — brought his gun and issued a press release to emphasize his support for hundreds of Second Amendment advocates who packed chambers to capacity,” the outlet reported, adding that the resolution narrowly passed.
Naturally, gun-control supporters were outraged by Clark’s support of his Second Amendment Rights.
The Pilot <a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-portsmouth-gun-emails-20200117-fjtmcjg7jnhlnio6i5fpisjv74-story.html">reported</a> Friday that two fellow politicians raised concerns about Clark’s stunt within days of the meeting. Emails obtained by the outlet “show Councilman Shannon Glover first raised the issue in an email to the entire council late Wednesday.” Vice Mayor Lisa Lucas-Burke wrote to the council Thursday morning that Clark’s move “was a disgrace, disheartening and an embarrassment.” She added, “Most of us were blindsided by the display.” Lucas-Burke and Glover reportedly agreed about their concerns, and the vice mayor suggested Clark apologize.
The emails included Councilman Bill Moody, who defended Clark and said he didn’t “believe that Council(man) Clark needs to apologize for exercising his right as a law enforcement officer to carry his weapon to a public meeting.”
Moody then took a jab at the liberals on the council. “I can appreciate liberals’ knee jerk reactions but if they have a problem with the law they should use the system they now control to change it,” he wrote.
Clark had issued a press release ahead of his publicity stunt before the council, which drew criticism from outside Virginia, the Pilot reported. The father of a teenager who was killed during the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting posted a tweet critical of Clark.
“My daughter did not know someone carrying an AR 15 would kill her,” wrote Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the shooting. “Citizens you represent should not be forced to accept (your) engaging in open intimidation with (your) AR 15.”
Clark <a href="https://wtkr.com/2020/01/15/portsmouth-council-member-under-fire-for-carrying-rifle-at-city-council-meeting-on-gun-rights/">told WTKR</a> that the gun was loaded but that he had training with this type of weapon and he noted that during the meeting.
&#8220;I had a lot of people come and talk to me after it,&#8221; Clark told the outlet. &#8220;No one appeared intimidated. There the police officers that were there; they were aware that I had it.&#8221;
Nearly 90% of the counties in Virginia have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries following Virginia Democrats’ passing of gun-control laws in the state.
President Donald Trump has weighed in on the Democrats’ gun-grabbing measures, tweeting that “Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia.”
He added: “That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!”
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-supreme-court-upholds-dem-governors-gun-ban-on-capitol-grounds">reported</a> Saturday that the Virginia Supreme Court upheld Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam’s gun ban on Capitol Grounds in preparation for a pro-gun rally on Monday.

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Virginia Councilman Defends Second Amendment By Bringing Rifle To Council Meeting, Other City Officials Triggered

The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam&#8217;s ban on guns on Capitol grounds ahead of a massive pro-gun rally on Monday.
The ban took effect Friday at 5 p.m. and will remain in place through Monday. The state&#8217;s high court refused to overturn the ban, saying pro-gun lawyers failed to make a case for doing so.
“The only information we have on which to resolve the weighty issues raised by the parties are pleadings accompanied by cursory attachments. Accordingly, the petition is refused,” six of the court’s seven justices wrote.
President Donald Trump on Friday weighed in on the ban in Virginia. “Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!”
Democrats took over both chambers of the Virginia legislature in November, and quickly pushed anti-gun laws through the assembly.
On Thursday, lawmakers in the state Senate passed the first pair of bills in a wave of gun-control legislation that is set to come up for votes. One bill would restore the state’s previous one-handgun-a-month rule, while the second would allow local governments to ban guns in public buildings, parks and at permitted events &#8212; including political protests. The vote was straight party line, 21-19.
Northam, who was recently ensconced in a controversy over whether he once wore blackface while in college, announced the gun ban on Wednesday, citing “credible intelligence” that some groups plan to get violent at the rally.
&#8220;We have no intention of calling out the National Guard,&#8221; Northam said. &#8220;We&#8217;re not going to cut off people&#8217;s electricity. We&#8217;re not going to go door to door and confiscate people&#8217;s weapons. We&#8217;re going to pass common sense legislation that will keep guns out of dangerous hands and keep Virginia safer.&#8221;
A Virginia judge on Thursday ruled that a firearms ban can remain in place during the pro-gun rally on the Capitol grounds in Richmond and gun rights advocates immediately appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court.
&#8220;Without relief from this court, petitioners and thousands of other rally participants will be irreparably denied their right to bear arms,&#8221; the groups&#8217; attorneys argue in their appeal.
But Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday urged the state Supreme Court to reject the appeal.
“Determined to prevent another tragedy, the Governor issued a carefully limited Executive Order. The Order does not prevent anyone from speaking, assembling, or petitioning the government. Instead, it temporarily precludes private possession of firearms in a sensitive public place during a specified time to protect public safety and safeguard the rights of all citizens to peacefully speak, assemble, and petition their government,&#8221; Herring said in a legal brief.
&#8220;The plaintiffs argued the firearms ban violates the First and Second Amendments and that Northam didn&#8217;t have the authority to impose it. According to The Associated Press, Judge Joi Taylor said in her ruling the governor has the authority under state law to take action related to the &#8216;safety and welfare&#8217; of the state. Taylor also cited rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court that the right to bear arms can be subject to limits,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lobby-day-richmond-virginia-gun-rally-ralph-northam-firearm-ban-backed-by-judge-today-2020-01-16/">CBS News</a> reported.
With Democrats in control of both legislative chambers and the governorship, Republicans are powerless. “Ladies and gentlemen, this is probably the first assault on the Second Amendment. And we’re going to see many after that,” said Republican Sen. Bill Stanley. He argued that the bill giving localities control over guns in public spaces would create “little pockets here and there where guns are good and guns are bad.”

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Ahead of planned protests against Virginia Democrats&#8217; four new gun control bills, the FBI has arrested three people who are allegedly members of a racist and anti-Semitic group &#8220;preparing for a race war.&#8221;
The charges against the alleged members of the white ethno-nationalist group include federal gun charges as well as alien-harboring charges related to helping one of the suspects, a Canadian citizen, get into the country illegally.
&#8220;The charges announced Thursday grew from an investigation of a collection of online extremists who refer to themselves as &#8216;the Base,&#8217; which is the English translation of al-Qaeda,&#8221; <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-arrests-alleged-members-of-white-supremacist-group-the-base/ar-BBZ1t9m">The Washington Post</a> reports. &#8220;According to experts who track hate groups, its members promote racist views and seek to unite different hate groups in preparation for a race war.&#8221;
&#8220;Officials said Brian Mark Lemley Jr., 33, and William Bilbrough IV, 19, both of Maryland, were charged with transporting an alien and conspiring to harbor an alien,&#8221; the Post reports. &#8220;Lemley is also charged with transporting a machine gun. Also charged is Patrik Mathews, 27, who has been living in Newark, Del. He is accused of transporting a firearm and ammunition with the intent to commit a felony.&#8221;
The Post reports that Mathews is a former member of the Canadian army reserve who went missing in August, having allegedly crossed illegally into the U.S., meeting Lemley and Bilbrough in Michigan before they traveled back to Maryland and Delaware. Lemley also served in the military, as a U.S. Army scout.
&#8220;Lemley, Mathews, and Bilbrough are members of a white supremacist organization named &#8216;The Base,'&#8221; the complaint against the suspects reads. &#8220;Within The Base’s encrypted chat rooms, members have discussed, among other things, recruitment, creating a white ethno-state, committing acts of violence against minority communities (including African-Americans and Jewish-Americans), the organization’s military-style training camps, and ways to make improvised explosive devices.&#8221;
The complaint states that an FBI agent witnessed Lemley firing a &#8220;machine gun&#8221; he and Mathews constructed at a gun range in Maryland on Jan. 2.
The arrests come ahead of protests planned to begin Monday at the state&#8217;s capital, protests which will reportedly include pro-Second Amendment protesters from both the left and the right.
While Second Amendment protesters are frequently assumed to be from the right, as <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akwv4k/why-antifa-is-siding-with-thousands-of-pro-gun-conservatives-in-virginia">Vice</a> reports, members of the far-left Antifa say they also are planning to attend the rally next week in Richmond — but not because they intend to harass the &#8220;right-wingers.&#8221;
&#8220;Antifa Seven Hills, based in Richmond, are opposing the slew of gun bills introduced by the newly Democratic Legislature since November, because they say those types of laws are used primarily to criminalize poor people, minorities, and leftists — and to bolster law enforcement’s power,&#8221; Vice reports.
A spokesperson for the group, who requested anonymity, told Vice, &#8220;I think it’s been pretty important for us to focus on the fact that gun control in America has a legacy of racist enforcement. Like taking guns away from black people, because black people were perceived as a threat to property and the sanctity of the state.&#8221;
&#8220;The local antifa chapter’s engagement in this issue is another example of the resurgence of pro-gun leftists in America and yet more evidence that the gun-rights debate is growing increasingly politically diffuse and nuanced beyond simply being a GOP issue,&#8221; Vice notes.

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In a first under Colorado&#8217;s controversial new &#8220;red flag&#8221; law, a judge has denied a request to confiscate a Colorado resident&#8217;s firearms.
Colorado&#8217;s hotly contested &#8220;Zackari Parrish Violence Prevention Act&#8221; — named after a sheriff&#8217;s deputy shot in the line of duty by a heavily armed, mentally ill man — went into effect at the start of the new year, and, since, at least four &#8220;temporary extreme risk protection orders&#8221; (ERPOs) have been filed in the state. All of the requests have been thus far approved, until the latest one, filed in Limon, the most populous city in Lincoln County, Colorado.
As detailed by the <a href="https://www.denverlawreview.org/dlr-online-article/colorados-proposed-red-flag-gun-bill-extreme-risk-protection-orders">Denver Law Review</a>, under the proposed law, &#8220;a family member, law enforcement officer, or law enforcement agency (the Petitioner) may petition the court for an &#8216;Extreme Risk Protection Order&#8217; (ERPO) that would require the subject of the petition (the Respondent) to surrender his or her firearms to law enforcement for a period of time.&#8221; A judge then determines whether or not the protection order request will be granted. If it is, law enforcement are authorized to temporarily confiscate the respondent&#8217;s firearms.
<a href="https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/01/12/colorado-judge-red-flag-confiscation-request/">CBS Denver</a>, which obtained a copy of the protection order, reports that the ultimately rejected request was filed by a woman from Limon, who says a man with whom she had a relationship had made &#8220;verbal and physical threats&#8221; with a handgun against her. The man, the woman says, struggles with alcohol and marijuana abuse.
The request was submitted to a Lincoln County judge, who determined that it should not be granted. Lincoln County, CBS notes, is &#8220;one of the many counties that has indicated it would not honor the red flag law.&#8221;
According to the outlet, this is the first time a request has been rejected under the brand new law, which went into effect on Jan 1, 2020. &#8220;At least four requests have been filed since the first of 2020; CBS4 is aware of them being filed in Denver, in Larimer County and this one — in Lincoln County,&#8221; the outlet reports.
The denied request, says state Rep. Alec Garnett, who co-sponsored the controversial bill, is proof that the law is &#8220;being applied properly,&#8221; CBS reports.
But some local gun owners disagree. CBS spoke to a few at a local shooting range about their perspective on the law and was met with deep skepticism about how the law would be implemented.
“Red flag laws just allow for harassment of legal gun owners,” one gun owner told CBS. That this fourth request was denied, he suggested, is a &#8220;good thing,&#8221; explaining, &#8220;I think any other new law you’re going to have a lot of case law to determine exactly where the lines are.&#8221;
“I don’t think it’s going to be applied fairly,&#8221; another gun owner told the outlet. &#8220;Anybody can say pretty much what they want about anybody else.&#8221; Another local gun owner partly defended the law, telling CBS that people are &#8220;sick in the head&#8221; shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to have guns.
Ahead of its implementation, <a href="https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/12/31/colorado-red-flag-law/">CBS Denver</a> interviewed Denver Police Department Division Chief of investigations Joe Montoya about the controversial new law. “I think the intention is good and we just want to make sure we handle it the right way,” said Montoya. “We broke down the laws we got a firm understanding of the interpretation and we did a lot of scenarios, built out a lot of scenarios and went through the what if’s how should we do this,” the police chief said.“I understand why people are concerned about it especially on the gun rights side of things and it’s all in how we handle it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I think there is that general fear that we are going to be going in seizing guns at the drop of a hat and really that’s not what we want to do.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.denverlawreview.org/dlr-online-article/colorados-proposed-red-flag-gun-bill-extreme-risk-protection-orders">Denver Law Review</a> summarizes the main arguments of both those who support Colorado&#8217;s red flag law and those who oppose it, primarily over the fundamental right to due process. Excerpt below (formatting adjusted, footnotes removed):
<blockquote>Opponents of the Bill primarily contend that the Bill violates the Respondent’s due process protections. The due process clause, which is found in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, ensures that no state will “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” There are two kinds of due process: procedural and substantive. Procedural due process sets forth the procedures that must be followed before the government deprives an individual of “life, liberty, or property” and generally includes such as things as proper notice and a meaningful hearing before an impartial magistrate. Substantive due process tests whether the government “has adequate reason for taking away a person’s life, liberty, or property.” In conjunction with proper procedure, substantive due process dictates that a governmental action that deprives a “fundamental right” must be necessary to a compelling government interest.
In an effort to address the opponents’ due process concerns, the drafters of the Bill have included additional procedural protections. For example, in addition to numerous other procedures outlined in the text, the Bill mandates that the Respondent be provided with legal counsel for the hearing, a feature that goes beyond what similar “red flag” laws provide for. Additionally, when compared to other “red flag” laws, the Bill provides the Respondent with a longer period to re-examine the validity of his or her ERPO. Despite these proposed protections, the Bill is still expected to be one of the most “hotly-debated” items in the Colorado General Assembly this year. In 2018, a similar bill was rejected by the republican-controlled General Assembly, but this year the Bill is being introduced to a democratic majority.
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John Rodgers, a long-time Democratic lawmaker from the state that brought us socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), proposed a law this week to ban anyone under 21 years of age from using or possessing a cell phone in Vermont. 
“The use of cell phones while driving is one of the leading killers of teenagers in the United States,” reads the <a href="https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0212/S-0212%20As%20Introduced.pdf">text of the bill</a>. “According to the United States Department of Transportation, cell phones are involved in 1.6 million automobile crashes each year, causing half a million injuries and 6,000 deaths.”
The text of the bill then focuses on teenage cell phone usage, noting that “young people frequently use cell phones to bull and threaten other young people, activities that have been linked to many suicides.” Furthermore, the bill states, cell phones are the primary means people use to access the internet and social media, which “are used to radicalize and recruit terrorists, fascists, and other extremists,&#8221; and that mass shooters have used cell phones to conduct “research” on mass shootings. If the bill becomes law, unlawful cell phone users could be fined $1,000. 
While Rodgers acknowledges that the bill is unlikely to pass, the state senator told the local <a href="https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/bill-would-ban-cellphone-use-for-those-under/article_2e4064f1-892f-5a83-95a2-d8a4272942d9.html">Times Argus</a> that he was just using the proposal to make a point about the safety of cell phones. 
“I have no delusions that it’s going to pass. I wouldn’t probably vote for it myself,” said Rogers, a Second Amendment supporter who believes that cell phones present a bigger threat than guns. Vermont recently passed a law banning adults under 21 from purchasing a gun unless they pass a course in hunting safety, reports the news agency. 
“In light of the dangerous and life-threatening consequences of cell phone use by young people, it is clear that persons under 21 years of age are not developmentally mature enough to safely possess them, just as the General Assembly has concluded that persons under 21 years of age are not mature 10 enough to possess firearms, smoke cigarettes, or consume alcohol,” concludes the bill. 
<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/23/most-u-s-teens-who-use-cellphones-do-it-to-pass-time-connect-with-others-learn-new-things/">Pew Research Center</a> reported last year that approximately nine out of 10 teenagers use cell phones to “pass time,” and that roughly 43% of teenagers use cell phones to “avoid face-to-face interactions.” Researchers also found that 56% of teenagers “associate the absence of their phone with at least one of three emotions: Loneliness, being upset, or feeling anxious.” 
The study also found that more than half of teenagers are concerned that they “spend too much time on their phone.”
According to the <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving">National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration</a>, “sending or reading a text” while driving at 55 miles per hour for five seconds is similar to “driving the length of an entire football field with your eyes closed.”
While the overwhelmingly Democratic State Senate in Vermont has not approved the proposal to ban teenage cell phone usage, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/vermont-adopts-most-comprehensive-single-use-plastics-ban/#close">National Geographic</a> reported last June that the state had taken strong steps to ban plastic products. 
According to the news agency, “the nation’s broadest restrictions yet on shopping bags, straws, drink stirrers, and foam food packaging” will go into effect in July 2020.

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Lawmaker Proposes $1,000 Fine For Underage Cell Phone Use To Make Point About Gun Bans

<a href="https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination">Top-tier</a> 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">long been an adamant foe</a> of Second Amendment rights, has now come out with his latest anti-gun doozy.
In the aftermath of the recent church shooting outside Fort Worth, Texas, which saw an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-church-shooting-reported-in-texas-armed-churchgoers-appear-to-have-stopped-it-reporter-suggests">armed churchgoer hero take down the culprit</a> a mere six seconds after he initially opened fire, Bloomberg has seen fit to opine that we as a society &#8220;can&#8217;t let the average American have guns&#8221; in a &#8220;crowded place&#8221; such as a house of worship.
&#8220;It may be true — I wasn’t there; I don’t know the facts — that somebody in the congregation had their own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,&#8221; Bloomberg recently said, as <a href="https://www.conservativereview.com/news/bloombergs-texas-shooting-take-government-guns/">reported</a> by Conservative Review. &#8220;You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place.&#8221;
That is a curious response, to say the least, to the revelation that the Texas church shooting hero was able to quickly neutralize the madman shooter. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">reported</a> on the dramatic video footage from West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas that flooded national media after the horrific tragedy.
<blockquote>The footage shows a man dressed in black in the back corner of the auditorium talking to another man, who has been blurred out in the video. The alleged attacker then pulls out what appears to be a short shotgun and opens fire on the man with whom he was interacting.
The alleged attacker fires one shot at the man he was talking to before being immediately shot by a good guy with a gun. The alleged attacker fires off one more shot toward the front of the church before he falls to the ground.
Within a matter of only a few seconds, at least four armed people in the congregation draw their firearms and immediately provide backup assistance to the individual who engaged the alleged attacker.</blockquote>
Bloomberg, who is himself Jewish and has long been involved in Jewish/Israel-related philanthropy, also seems uniquely out of touch amidst an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/phillips-a-year-of-rampant-anti-semitism-in-new-york-city">alarmed</a> American Jewish community that seems increasingly interested in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-an-armed-and-trained-jew-is-the-best-kind-of-jew">arming itself</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remer-its-time-for-jews-to-take-up-arms">en masse</a>.
Here is how The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-does-michael-bloomberg-stand-on-the-issues-heres-everything-you-need-to-know">summarized</a> Bloomberg&#8217;s stances on Second Amendment-related issues:
<blockquote>Bloomberg’s anti-gun advocacy is perhaps the single most defining issue of his recent private citizen activism — and perhaps the single most defining issue of his 2020 presidential bid. He is very closely affiliated with and has <a href="https://everytown.org/press/new-gun-violence-prevention-group-everytown-for-gun-safety-unites-mayors-moms-and-millions-of-americans-on-new-paths-to-victory-state-capitols-corporate-responsibility-voter-activation/">helped</a> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/bloomberg-gun-violence-moms-demand-action-volunteers">fund</a> Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, which are both groups deeply hostile to Second Amendment rights. He also co-founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns while he was mayor of New York City. Bloomberg supports <a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/gun-safety">“universal” background checks</a>, which often serve as a rhetorical euphemism for the government serving as an intermediary in all private firearms transfers. Bloomberg believes that every gun owner should need a permit before making a gun purchase. He <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cory-booker-wants-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-and-yes-it-means-putting-gun-owners-in-jail" data-reader-unique-id="49">supports a ban</a> on the undefinable sub-class of firearms referred to as so-called “assault weapons” — a line of thought that, if taken to its logical conclusion, could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42837/hammer-kamala-harriss-flirtation-banning-all-semi-josh-hammer" data-reader-unique-id="50">lead to the banning of all semi-automatic firearms in America</a>.</blockquote>

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About six months ago, I was working at a small gun store in Texas. An older gentleman wearing faded jeans, a tucked-in navy blue polo shirt, gold-framed glasses, and a hat that read &#8220;WWII Vet&#8221; (with ribbons and marking I did not recognize) was rolled into the store in his wheelchair. On this gentleman’s lap was a faded olive drab soft long gun case and another case, but for a pistol. At first, I did not give him a second glance.
As the veteran rolled up to the counter to sell two of his guns, a co-worker unzipped the long gun case and pulled out a nearly pristine M1 Garand. It was a beautiful gun, in perfect working condition, and it even had a gold U.S. Marine Corps emblem rooted to the stock. My co-worker then proceeded to unzip the pistol case — and that is when my eyes lit up. Out came a Walther P38 in nearly perfect condition, save for a small crack in the back of the grip. After ensuring the Walther was clear, my co-worker handed it to me and told me to look closer. There, on the side of the gun, I found myself staring into the eyes of hate. The Reichsadler, or the Nazi eagle symbol, was emblazoned on the side of the Walther.
I knew at that moment that I had to have it.
To be clear, the date stamped on the firearm is &#8220;AC G 44.&#8221; That means that this gun was manufactured in June of 1944 and was most likely not used as part of the Holocaust. With the Allies landing in Normandy on June 6 of that year, this pistol was most likely sent to a frontline Third Reich officer to fight the Allies.
But here is why I felt a need to purchase this Nazi gun.
My son asked me one day to take him shooting at the range. While there, we got to talking about the Second Amendment. I explained to him that the Second Amendment was written into our Constitution to make sure that we, as Americans, have the ability to defend ourselves against a tyrannical government. My 10-year-old, who is an avid reader and a bit of a history nut, asked what that meant. I explained to him that a tyrannical government takes away all the freedoms that people might enjoy in the place they live.
I went on to explain that Hitler was a tyrant who took away Jews&#8217; guns and then proceeded to murder six million of us. “The Jews couldn’t fight back?” he asked. “Well, some did. But many did not have a chance and were killed,” I responded.
For me, purchasing a Walther P38 with the Nazi insignia is the purest form of revenge. It is also the perfect educational tool to help ensure freedom. I explained to my son after buying the weapon that the only thing that ultimately separates a free people from a tyrannical government is the private arsenal that a civilian population owns.
“What happened to Hitler and the Nazis?” I asked my son. “They lost to the Americans,” he answered. “Is the gun still here? Are the Jews still here?” I asked back. “Yes,” he responded.
Indeed, the Jews and the guns are still here. The Third Reich is not! A gun in the hands of a good person can determine the difference in a situation: The difference between freedom and tyranny, the difference between life and death.
Having a stamp of hatred on a firearm does not make the gun bad. The gun itself is not inherently bad. Whether the gun is good or bad is determined by one thing: Whether the holder is good or bad. My Walther P38 was used by a regime that ended up costing the lives of millions of my Jewish brethren, as well as millions more innocent lives. The fact that I am an observant Jew and my gun has Nazi insignia is a stark reminder that a gun can be used for good or bad.
Sometimes you need to pick up your enemy&#8217;s sword and use it against him.
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<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://yehudaremer.com/">Yehuda Remer</a> is an author of numerous children’s books on Second Amendment education and the founder of <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://thepewpewjew.com/">The Pew Pew Jew</a> brand (from which <a href="https://thepewpewjew.com/blogs/all/why-i-own-a-nazi-gun">this piece is borrowed</a>). You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter <a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://twitter.com/thepewpewjew">@thepewpewjew</a>.
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Hundreds of pro-gun political activists showed up to an NRA town hall in Roanoke, Virginia, on Friday night as the backlash continues to grow over the plans by Virginia Democrats to enact their far-left agenda aimed at decimating Second Amendment rights.
Sources told The Daily Wire that up to 400 people attended the event, many of whom were women and first time political activists.
The event comes as Virginia Democrats attempt to confiscate legally-owned firearms from law abiding citizens in a move that resembles what communist China has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/communist-china-private-ownership-of-guns-in-u-s-serious-problem-must-change">called on the U.S. to do</a> in recent days. China has <a href="https://apnews.com/62097e9dd2844aab8d64a2be2ebaa972">millions</a> of people locked up in concentration camps, is engaged in forcefully <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646">harvesting</a> the organs of detainees, and has instituted a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/technology/ecuador-surveillance-cameras-police-government.html">massive surveillance state</a> that it is using to clamp down on the freedoms of its citizens.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/resistance-to-virginia-democrats-extreme-anti-second-amendment-agenda-surges-to-new-heights">reported</a> last month:
<blockquote>The grassroots resistance to Virginia Democrats’ extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda has exploded as nearly 90% of the counties in the state have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities in response to the Democrats’ anti-freedom agenda.
More than 100 cities, towns, and counties have passed resolutions in preparation for Democrats taking over the state who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-democrats-filing-proposals-to-begin-confiscation-of-lawfully-owned-firearms-second-amendment-reporter-says">indicated</a> a desire to confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding citizens.</blockquote>
The rapidly growing resistance to Democrats&#8217; attempts to confiscate firearms is expected to reach new levels in a little over a week as thousands of pro-gun Virginians are planning to attend the NRA&#8217;s legislative action day in Richmond on January 13.
The event is being held on the 13th at the Virginia State Capitol because that is when the first hearings on the issue start in the Virginia State Senate.
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Last night, hundreds of NRA members joined shoulder to shoulder in Roanoke, Virginia to discuss how they will stand and fight against the Northam/Bloomberg gun confiscation plan.
We sat down with a few of these patriots and here was the message they had for Richmond. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/valeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#valeg</a> <a href="https://t.co/GMrufukada">pic.twitter.com/GMrufukada</a>
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Catherine Mortensen, NRA spokesperson, told The Daily Wire, &#8220;We believe it&#8217;s best when lawmakers talk directly to voters. We know that NRA members are active and engaged in grassroots activism. The more people out there and sharing the message, that&#8217;s a win.&#8221;
&#8220;The 13th is the first meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee. That&#8217;s the first committee of jurisdiction on all the Northam gun control,&#8221; Mortensen continued. &#8220;We want to make sure that our members and supporters are in Richmond at that committee hearing on that day so that their voices are heard. It&#8217;s critical that our members are there early in the session to make the biggest impact in order to stop these gun bills from moving forward.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to get our members directly to their lawmakers. We want our members and supporters having those face-to-face meetings with their lawmakers,&#8221; Mortensen added. &#8220;We know that law-abiding gun owners are active and engaged. And they may be members of several different groups. This gives them additional opportunities to engage in grassroots activism, and that is all positive. If numerous groups are out there and sharing the message, that&#8217;s a win.&#8221;
&#8220;The NRA is focused on encouraging our members and supporters to be active and engaged with their legislators from the first day of the session to the last,&#8221; Mortensen concluded. &#8220;The NRA will have a strong presence at the Capitol throughout the legislative session, but we know it&#8217;s the voice and the presence of our members that carry the most weight with lawmakers.&#8221;

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UPRISING: Hundreds Of ‘First Time’ Pro-Gun Activists Flood NRA Town Hall In Virginia

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Communist China, which currently has millions of people locked away in concentration camps, said in state-controlled media this week that the Second Amendment is a &#8220;serious problem&#8221; and that there needs to be &#8220;change&#8221; in how the American public views &#8220;private ownership of guns.&#8221;
The Global Times, which is Chinese state-run media, published the op-ed after a good guy with a gun in Texas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">stopped a shooting</a> in a church.
China <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1175147.shtml">mocked</a> the United States, saying that &#8220;shootings are shocking in a US allegedly governed by law&#8221;:
<blockquote>Private gun ownership is a tradition from the early days at the founding of the US. In a modern society, the problems created by this tradition have already exceeded the benefits. &#8230;
American society has already seen serious problems caused by the private ownership of guns, but their massive number has contributed to an enormous inertia. Many interest groups have benefited from it and some ordinary people have truly gained a sense of safety. To change this habit which has lasted hundreds of years, tremendous political courage and a rearrangement of interests is required.
Facts have proved that the US system is unable to handle the intricacies of countless issues around guns including politics, economics, law and order and public psychology. The country can neither manage the safe storage and use of so many guns owned by ordinary people, nor can it establish a new national system that bans or strictly restricts guns. It cannot even form an overwhelming opinion regarding gun issues.</blockquote>
China&#8217;s attack on the Second Amendment comes after Hong Kong protesters have <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/08/hong-kong-protesters-extradition-china-second-amendment-video/">requested</a> to have their own Second Amendment so they can defend themselves from the oppressive communist Chinese government.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-chinas-troubles-mushroom-xi-collects-a-special-title-11577525539">reported</a> on Saturday that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping had received a title that was normally reserved for Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong, who is the most prolific mass murderer in human history:
<blockquote>During a two-day meeting that ended Friday, chaired by Mr. Xi, the party’s 25-member Politburo hailed his policies as visionary and described him as the renmin lingxiu, or “people’s leader,” a designation that directly echoes an accolade most closely associated with Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong.</blockquote>
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) fired back at Xi in a statement that highlighted just a few of the horrifying human rights abuses that communist China is inflicting on its citizens. Sasse <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-dictator-xi-jinping-gets-new-title-senator-ben-sasse-responds-with-fiery-statement">wrote</a>:
<blockquote>If Chairman Xi is the “people’s leader,” who are the people? When Chairman Xi talks about “the people,” he doesn’t mean the Uyghurs in torture camps. When Chairman Xi talks about “the people,’ he doesn’t mean the Falun Gong prisoners whose organs are harvested. When Chairman Xi talks about “the people,” he doesn’t mean the baby girls who were left to die under China’s one-child policy. When Chairman Xi talks about “the people,” he means what every communist hack before him has meant: not the people but the communist party.</blockquote>
As The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-dictator-xi-jinping-gets-new-title-senator-ben-sasse-responds-with-fiery-statement">highlighted</a>, &#8220;China has been under intense scrutiny as the communist nation has millions of Muslims <a href="https://apnews.com/62097e9dd2844aab8d64a2be2ebaa972">locked</a> in concentration camps, is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646">harvesting</a> organs from detainees, and has created a massive surveillance state that it is reportedly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/technology/ecuador-surveillance-cameras-police-government.html">exporting</a> to countries around the world.&#8221;

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Communist China: ‘Private Ownership Of Guns’ In U.S. ‘Serious Problem,’ Must ‘Change’

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Eight months ago, following the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/opinion/rabbi-chabad-poway-antisemitism.html">lethal shooting</a> at the Chabad of Poway, California, I called for American Jews to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-jews-simply-must-arm-themselves-now-josh-hammer">immediately arm themselves</a> en masse.
After the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-man-accused-of-anti-semitic-mass-stabbing-attack-may-be-connected-to-another-anti-semitic-attack-report-says">horrific events</a> of this past weekend, it is now time to renew — and to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remer-its-time-for-jews-to-take-up-arms">amplify</a> — that call.
It is no secret that non-<a href="http://www.amimagazine.org/2019/12/19/trumps-support-among-orthodox-jews-is-at-89-percent-poll-2/">Orthodox</a> American Jews tend to disproportionately support the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-stark-choice-facing-jewish-democrats-josh-hammer">Democratic Party</a>. There are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5IqH7oJ9h4">numerous reasons for this</a>, with the bastardization of Torah-true Judaism into <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heal-World-Corrupts-Judaism-Endangers/dp/1250160871">&#8220;tikkun olam&#8221;</a>-inspired social justice claptrap chief among them. Accordingly, American Jews — who also disproportionately live in geographically tight-knit urban or suburban areas — tend to be among the least-armed members of the American polity. A 2005 American Jewish Committee <a href="https://www.jewishdatabank.org/content/upload/bjdb/617/AJC_JewishDistinctivenessAmerica_TS_April2005.pdf">study</a> revealed that just 13% of Jewish homes reported owning a gun — less than one-third of the percentage of non-Jewish homeowners.
Contemporary American Jewish disdain — perhaps outright hostility — to gun rights is deeply ahistorical, as Second Amendment activist Yehuda Remer explained earlier today <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remer-its-time-for-jews-to-take-up-arms">here at The Daily Wire</a>. As Yehuda wrote, &#8220;Jews have a long and storied history of being fierce warriors — not vulnerable sheep.&#8221; The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-the-lesson-of-chanukah-is-deeply-relevant-in-2019-heres-why">story of Chanukah</a>, a holiday that ends this evening, certainly comes to mind. Ditto the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/10/the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-armed-jews-vs-nazis/">Warsaw Ghetto Uprising</a>. There are a myriad other examples.
But history lessons aside, the collective lack of American Jewish intimacy with firearms is also a moral travesty. And it is a travesty that simply <a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/experts-suggest-6-firearms-that-will-fit-in-your-tallit-bag/2019/12/30/">must be remedied</a>.
A Jew who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-what-you-need-know-about-ar-15-toting-josh-hammer">trained, armed, and proficient</a> in the use of firearms is necessarily a Jew who the anti-Semites fear the most — which makes this Jew the very best kind of Jew. This is a Jew who is ready, willing, and able, if need be, to heed the <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.72a.4">Talmudic principle</a> that one must rise to take the life of someone who is trying to take his/her own life. This is a Jew who, while praying in shul, is trained and prepared to act like the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-church-hero-delivers-powerful-message-owned-gun-range-appears-to-be-nra-supporter-report-says">Texan heroes of West Freeway Church of Christ</a>. This is a Jew who is physically capable and emotionally prepared to take down an active shooter, if need be.
It is the Jew who fought back against the SS shepherding Jews to their deaths via cattle car. It is the fighting Jew — the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-the-lesson-of-chanukah-is-deeply-relevant-in-2019-heres-why">Maccabean Jew</a>.
I live in Texas, and it is hardly the least bit unusual for Jews here to pack heat while attending synagogue or attending any other kind of Jewish-themed event. But the reality is that even for Jews who live in blue state jurisdictions with heavy gun regulations, it is oftentimes still possible to secure a coveted concealed carry permit — or at least purchase a weapon to secure home and hearth. I personally know people who obtained carry permits while living in Chicago. Legally purchasing a firearm in Rockland County, New York, home to the recently besieged Monsey, also does not appear to be <a href="https://twitter.com/beyondreasdoubt/status/1211152659153117184">too terribly burdensome</a>.
It is wholly appropriate for us to demand concrete action, and not mere grandstanding, from <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/29/how-liberals-are-allowing-anti-semitism-to-flourish/">those politicians</a> who have allowed this despicable resurgence of the world&#8217;s oldest bigotry to fester under their watch. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio should both be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for their tepid responses, to-date, for what is rapidly metastasizing into a full-blown epidemic.
But ultimately, the imperative is on each individual Jew to be the guardian of his/her own security. Why on Earth would Jews, the most systemically persecuted group of humans to have ever lived, delegate responsibility for their own lives to third-party actors?
As I wrote back in April: &#8220;Jews, who for millennia have been demographic minorities in every land except for the modern State of Israel itself, ought to be uniquely willing and eager to take advantage of the protections secured by the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment">Second Amendment</a> of the U.S. Constitution. &#8230; Jews who were properly armed instead of forced to live at the behest of gun-grabbing tyrannical oppressors could have better resisted any number of pogroms and atrocities committed throughout history.&#8221;
Do not be a Hellenized Jew; be a Maccabee. Do not be a sheep; be a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar1WygVl_Vg">sheepdog</a>. Do not be a victim; be a hero.
Arm and train yourselves. Now.

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HAMMER: An Armed And Trained Jew Is The Best Kind Of Jew

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attacked Texas Governor Greg Abbott earlier this year for signing a bill into law that allowed lawful gun owners to carry firearms in places of worship, repeatedly calling Abbott&#8217;s decision &#8220;irrational.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s resurfaced remarks come as an attacker opened fire on a church congregation in Texas on Sunday, where he was immediately stopped by a good guy with a gun.
&#8220;Dealing with firearms, it is irrational, with all due respect to the governor of Texas, irrational what they are doing,&#8221; Biden told reporters on September 2. &#8220;On the very day you see a mass shooting &#8230; and we&#8217;re talking about loosening access to have guns, to be able to take them into places of worship, it&#8217;s just absolutely irrational. It&#8217;s totally irrational.&#8221;
WATCH:
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In September, Democrat Joe Biden attacked TX Gov Greg Abbott for signing a law that let lawful gun owners carry guns into places of worship
Biden: &quot;it&#39;s just absolutely irrational. It&#39;s totally irrational&quot;
Today, a good guy with a gun saved countless lives inside a Texas church <a href="https://t.co/qeK31Bvm84">pic.twitter.com/qeK31Bvm84</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1211416447097831424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Biden continued, saying that any weapon that was capable of carrying “magazines that can hold multiple bullets” should be banned – which is nearly all firearms.
“It’s no violation of the Second Amendment,” Biden falsely claimed.
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Joe Biden makes the most extreme gun-control push of all the 2020 Democrat presidential candidates:
Biden calls for banning &quot;magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them&quot;
All magazines hold &quot;multiple bullets,&quot; that&#39;s the point
This call from Biden would ban most handguns <a href="https://t.co/4iQkalBxVa">pic.twitter.com/4iQkalBxVa</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1168615170395922432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Later asked if there could be any compromises with Republicans on the issue, Biden responded, “None. None on this. I think this is no compromise. This is one we have to just push, and push, and push, and push, and push.”
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Joe Biden goes far-left on guns, says there is “no compromise” on the issue and that it must be his way
Biden told CNN earlier this month that semi-auto firearms should be confiscated from law-abiding Americans <a href="https://t.co/5lpJjfkv0M">pic.twitter.com/5lpJjfkv0M</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1168603614648029184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html">reported</a> on the bill went into law on September 1, 2019:
<blockquote>Senate Bill 535 clarifies the possession of firearms at churches, synagogues or other places of worship. It allows licensed handgun owners to legally carry their weapons in places of worship – and comes nearly two years after a gunman killed 26 people at Sutherland Springs church.</blockquote>
&#8220;We have learned many times over that there is no such thing as a gun free zone. Those with evil intentions will violate the law and carry out their heinous acts no matter what,&#8221; Texas state Senator Donna Campbell, co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement. &#8220;It makes no sense to disarm the good guys and leave law-abiding citizens defenseless where violent offenders break the law to do great harm.&#8221;
&#8220;The existing statute is confusing and clunky when it comes to clearly stating the rights of licensed Texans to carry on the premises of a church,&#8221; Campbell added. &#8220;This bill provides clarity of the legislature’s intent to treat churches in the same manner as other privately owned establishments in Texas.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/01/us/texas-new-gun-laws-trnd/index.html">new</a> laws in Texas:
<ul>
<li>Allow licensed gun owners to have their firearms in their cars on school property</li>
<li>Allow for school districts to have more school marshals</li>
<li>Allow for some foster homes to be able to have firearms</li>
<li>Ban homeowners or landlords of rental property from prohibiting residents from having firearms</li>
<li>Prohibit residents from being charged with a crime for carrying a handgun during a disaster</li>
<li>Allow people to carry weapons in places of worship</li>
</ul>
The resurfaced clips from Biden come as an attacker opened fire on a congregation on Sunday at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-emerges-of-good-guy-with-gun-taking-down-attacker-in-seconds">Footage of the attack in Texas</a> shows a good guy armed with a gun taking down the attacker with a matter of only a few seconds, preventing further harm from happening to the church congregation.

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Biden Attacked Texas Governor For Signing Law Letting Churchgoers Carry Guns: ‘Totally Irrational’

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam apologized for his medical school blackface stunt, but he will have much more to apologize for if he signs into law a bill that attacks Virginia citizens&#8217; Second Amendment rights. The measure is Senate Bill 16, which would ban &#8220;assault&#8221; firearms and certain firearm magazines. Since Democrats have seized control of Virginia&#8217;s General Assembly, they are likely to push hard for strict gun control laws. Those laws will have zero impact on Virginia&#8217;s criminals and a heavy impact on Virginia&#8217;s law-abiding citizens who own, or intend to own, semi-automatic weapons for hunting or their protection. As a friend once explained to me, &#8220;I carry a gun because I can&#8217;t carry a cop.&#8221;
I am proud of my fellow Virginians&#8217; response to the attack on their Second Amendment rights. Firearm owners in the state have joined with sheriffs to form Second Amendment sanctuary counties. That means local authorities will be required to protect Second Amendment rights in the face of any attempt by Virginia&#8217;s General Assembly to abrogate those rights. Eighty-six counties — over 90% — in the Virginia commonwealth have adopted Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions. Spotsylvania County&#8217;s board of supervisors voted unanimously to approve a resolution declaring that county police will not enforce state-level gun laws that violate Second Amendment rights.
Sheriff Chad Cubbage said, &#8220;Be it be known that the Page Sheriff hereby declares Page County, Virginia, as a &#8216;Second Amendment Sanctuary,&#8217; and that the Page County Sheriff hereby declares its intent to oppose any infringement on the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.&#8221; Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins made a vow during a board of supervisors meeting, where the board unanimously agreed to declare the county a Second Amendment constitutional county, to &#8220;properly screen and deputize thousands of our law-abiding citizens to protect their constitutional right to own firearms.&#8221;
In an attempt to appease citizen resistance, Northam suggested there would be a ban on only the sales of semi-automatic rifles. He would allow gun owners to keep their current AR-15s and similar rifles as long as they registered them. Otherwise, they must surrender the rifles. I&#8217;d urge Virginians not to fall for the registration trick. Knowing who owns what weapons is the first step to confiscation. Governor Northam further warned, &#8220;If we have constitutional laws on the books and law enforcement officers are not enforcing those laws on the books, then there are going to be consequences, but I&#8217;ll cross that bridge if and when we get to it.&#8221; Some Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say that local police who do not enforce gun control laws should face prosecution and even threats of the use of the National Guard.
Virginians must heed the words and capture the spirit of their two most distinguished citizens, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. These resolutions referred to the federal government but are just as applicable to state governments in principle. They said: &#8220;Resolved, That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government &#8230; and whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.&#8221;
Too many Americans view the Second Amendment as granting Americans the right to own firearms to go hunting and for self-protection. But the framers of our Constitution had no such intent in mind. James Madison, in Federalist Paper No. 46 wrote that the Constitution preserves &#8220;the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation &#8230; (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.&#8221; Thomas Jefferson wrote: &#8220;What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.&#8221; Similar quotations about our founders&#8217; desire for Americans to be armed against the possible abuses of government can be found at <a href="https://walterewilliams.com/quotations/arms/">https://walterewilliams.com/quotations/arms/</a>.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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