Article from For Liberty News by Norm Leahy.
While Virginia gun owners’ ongoing campaign to get cities and counties to become Second Amendment sanctuaries, Virginia’s Democratic politicians are increasingly grasping at straws.
Including one pol who suggested Gov. Ralph Northam (D) activate the National Guard to enforce gun control laws.
Fourth District Rep. Don McEachin said Northam “may have to nationalize the National Guard to enforce the law. “
McEachin added that he didn’t know whether the nearly 100 Virginia cities, towns, and counties that have declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries were “serious” about it, or if local officials might face penalties for refusing to enforce any possible gun restrictions.
But if Northam needed to use troops to enforce the law, McEachin said it’s “obviously an option [Gov. Northam] has.”
McEachin’s broadside was so troubling it got a response from Maj. Gen. Timothy P Williams, Virginia’s Adjutant General.
Williams said his office has received “multiple questions” regarding potential gun control legislation that may be passed next year, his command will “not speculate about the possible use of the National Guard.”
“We have not received any requests from the Governor, or anyone on his staff, about serving in a law enforcement role related to any proposed legislation,” Williams said.
Virginia’s incoming state legislative leadership issued a statement supporting gun owners’ First and Second Amendment rights, and called McEachin’s rhetoric “unhelpful.”
“Calling the legitimate worries of constituents a ‘temper tantrum’ does nothing but foreclose the possibility of meaningful discussion,” Delegates Todd Gilbert, Kathy Byron, and Jay Leftwich said.
“Our constituents are speaking loudly. Now is not the time to retreat into our partisan bunkers. It is time to listen to what Virginians have to say.”
Not the strongest of responses to McEachin’s inflammatory remarks. Then again, the state GOP has largely been playing catch-up to the efforts of local gun owners – perhaps wisely.
The grassroots have driven the Second Amendment sanctuary effort in the state – not politicians, the NRA, or anyone else. And it’s very, very hard to argue with the scope – and speed – of their success.
But McEachin’s potshot about the 2A sanctuary effort only adds more oxygen – and even more concrete reason– to the fight to protect gun rights in Virginia, and across the country.
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Makes you wonder if this is how the second civil war could begin.
This is a prime example of “elections having consequences”… It would be nice if Virginians remember this at the polls…
I do not feel a bit sorry for people living in Virginia. They voted for it.
if you look at a map of Virginia you’ll see that 95% of Virginia is red but the few population centers control the vote as they do in Mexifornia. What they both need is an electoral college the same as the federal government has. The current bastardization of the state by commies is what controls the government. Also the NG has already refuted that possibility and lastly, morons like him cannot grasp that a whole bunch of those in the NG are from those remote areas and does this moron think they will go against their own?
…And this just proves WHY we need the 2nd Amendment..
This would set up an interesting situation for the democrats. After they whined and boo-hoped about Trump using the National Guard for a lawful defense of our borders, they want to use the Guard to take down the 2nd Amendment. Given that most, if not all, Guardsmen are patriotic, there may be a lot of sick all. The flu is bad this time of year.
I get it. You want to raise money by scaring gun owners. None of this can happen with a Supreme Court the upholds the original intent of the 2nd Amendment.
Please stop insulting my intelligence. My guns and my gun rights are safe.
I’m glad I’m just an old Okie.
this Governor must be nuts. If he thinks that he can get the National Guard to go house-to-house seizing everyone’s weapons who does not comply. He’s just as delusional as Nancy Pelosi is thinking that she has a say and how the Senate handles the impeachment trial. Especially after the partisan impeachment inquiry where Adam Schiff appointed himself special prosecutor, judge, and jury. maybe the governor hasn’t figure it out or is not smart enough the realize that the National Guard is National and unless someone knows better here, the National Guard are ultimately under the command of the Commander in Chief. They are stationed in each of the 50 states but they are still military forces. They are usually from the state where they are serving, so what makes any governor think NG would help try to violate people’s second amendment rights and take their guns by force. they would have to know that some people are not going to just hand them over without a fight.
it’s almost like Democrats are doing everything they can to force a confrontation between the citizens and the military.