Thousands of openly armed people could be headed to the Virginia state Capitol next Monday to lobby and rally against proposed gun control regulations.
"Virginia is the canary in the coal mine," Van Cleave said of the gun control measures. Out-of-state groups and militias may be attending the Richmond event because "they're looking down the road. If Virginia gets hit with this stuff, they're going to be next," he said.
Last Friday, a special rules committee in the General Assembly voted to ban guns from the Capitol and a legislative office building. Since the November election, more than 100 counties, cities and towns across the state have declared themselvesWhile the resolutions are largely symbolic in their effect, legal experts have said, many local sheriffs have come out in support of them. In some counties, thousands of people have swarmed boards of supervisors meetings in support of the measures.
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