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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Should Loaded Guns Be Allowed in July 4th March from Virginia into DC?

Group says they plan "open carry march" from Virginia into Washington, DC.

  Talk about fireworks. A group that says it plans to march from Virginia into DC on the Fourth of July with loaded guns — a violation of DC gun laws — is being met with resistance by DC's Chief of Police Cathy Lanier. "Passing into the district with loaded firearms is a violation of the law and it will be treated as such,” Lanier said during an interview with NewsChannel 8. Lanier says police will stop the march on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, mentioned as the route to be taken by the group. A Facebook page set up by organizer Adam Kokesh, an Iraq war veteran and radio talk-show host, calls it an "Open Carry March" and reads: "On the morning of July 4, 2013, Independence Day, we will muster at the National Cemetery and at noon we will …

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Don Joy

11:29 am on Monday, May 20, 2013

Read the post, then get back to me. And here, while you're at it, read my article on Kokesh from last week: http://clashdaily.com/2013/05/dont-get-behind-adam-kokesh-march-on-washington/   more ›

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Sen. Mark Warner: Newtown is 'Game Changer' on Guns

Virginia senator said his three daughters asked him Friday what he was going to do about school shootings tragedy.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner wants to tighten gun laws, saying "enough is enough" in the wake of the Connecticut school shootings Friday that saw 20 young children and six adults killed. “I‘ve been a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights,” the Democrat from Alexandria said Monday outside the Virginia Capitol, where he was attending an unrelated meeting, The Washington Post reported Monday. “I’ve got an A rating from the NRA. But the status quo isn’t acceptable. I’ve got three daughters," the Post reported. "They asked me on Friday evening, ‘Dad, what are you gonna do about this?’ There’s got to be a way to put reasonable restrictions, particularly as we look at assault weapons, as we look at these fast clips of ammunition.” “I believe …

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