Virginia State Representative Donald McEachin suggested calling out the National Guard to enforce new gun legislation discussed by Governor Ralph Northam in response to the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement in the state.
Virginia representative Donald McEachin suggested Wednesday that Governor Ralph Northam may have to call out the National Guard to enforce the stricter gun laws Northam wants to pass. Northam brought up the new laws after more than 70 places in Virginia plan on declaring themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries.
"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 some consequences, but I'll cross that bridge if and when we get to it," Northam said, according to WSET.reached out to Governor Northam's office for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
"I'm not the governor," McEachin said,"but the governor may have to nationalize the National Guard to enforce the law. That's his call, because I don't know how serious these counties are and how server the violations of law will be. But that's obviously an option he has."
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