Virginia governor declares state of emergency following militia threats over gun reforms

abcnews.go.com ^ | January 15, 2020 | Ivan Pereira

[lowbridge]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency on Wednesday that bars any weapons from the Richmond’s Capitol Square from Friday to Tuesday, after he received credible intelligence that hate groups and armed militias are planning violence at next Monday’s Lobby Day against gun control legislation.

Northam, who discussed the threats at a news conference, said the state’s law enforcement analysis found that the chatter on the internet and other venues mirrored similar messages seen around the time of the 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally, which left three dead and more than 30 injured

The governor declined to give exact details about the threats and the persons making them, but said that these groups, who were coming from outside of the state, talked about storming the Virginia Capitol.

[Regulator]

"The ones fighting the revolution would have been the “hate group” he is speaking of"

Ralph woulda sent the Redcoats after them...

[metmom]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency on Wednesday that bars any weapons from the Richmond’s Capitol Square from Friday to Tuesday, after he received credible intelligence that hate groups and armed militias are planning violence at next Monday’s Lobby Day against gun control legislation.

Oh, BS. He did not.

I do not believe it for ONE second.

This is our future should the dems take the House, Senate, and presidency.

[Geoffrey]

This is so that Antifa and pro democrat thugs can riot without fear of being shot against the peaceful 2nd amendment crowd.

Then the press will use the riots started by the left as justification to take guns.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

What a Hysterical Progressive Pansy.

[Sirius Lee]

Blackface is the reason that the 2nd Amendment was written.

[Responsibility2nd]

You left out that it was also funded by a Nazi collaborator.

Soros.

[higgmeister]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Kessler

They didn't even deny it on Wikipedia.

[dp0622]

Right man what the heck?!!?

He’s not dictator. someone should tell him.

[Altura Ct.]

‘Hate groups’

FU Northam!

[Rummyfan]

A state of emergency?! C’mon!

[normbal]

“ hate groups and armed militias” - if he means the KKK, Gov. Blackface should know all about THAT.

But this is how progressives are labeleing those of us who value our natural, civil, God-given, HUMAN rights to keep and bear arms,
as “... hate groups and armed militias...”

I keep saying this, and it’s NOT a threat, but how tyrannies like he - and Soros, and Bloomberg - are arranging don’t end well, and
there simply aren’t enough lampposts for the traitorous rat bastards.

[newfreep]

This is a trial run for when the DNC/CPUSA gets the White House.

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Dam the deplorables.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

Leftists setting-up one of their Red Flag attacks?

[ducttape45]

I agree, the name Benedict Arnold comes to mind....

[Regulator]

Yuh know....Northam fits a lotta stereotypes.

He really is clueless.

You can see it on his face. He’s shocked when he gets any resistance to his BS.

The guy lives in a fantasy world. The real world confuses him.

He’s just mystified by the idea that people might not agree with him, don’t see the world the way he does.

And he’s too rigid ( = Stupid ) to figure it out and adjust.

Liberals live in a frozen fantasy landscape that came from a book they read. The real world outside their door...just too frightening for them.

He’s one of those.

[olezip]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency on Wednesday that bars any weapons from the Richmond’s Capitol Square from Friday to Tuesday, after he received credible intelligence that hate groups and armed militias are planning violence at next Monday’s Lobby Day against gun control legislation.

Could it be that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is running scared?

What is there to fear from law abiding citizens who simply want to keep their right to bear arms? Why does he want to infringe?

He should be concerned that laws on the books that infringe on the right of citizens to bear arms, are unconstitutional?

Or, alternately, does Gov. Northam plan to plant his own thugs to instigate an altercation, and then blame the NRA and law-abiding citizens?

[ducttape45]

A recall effort needs to be made

[Gene Eric]

Northam is a deranged jackass

[normbal]

Full speed ahead.