Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog,
The drama in Virginia has escalated again as Governor Ralph Northam declares an official State of Emergency before January 20th’s “Lobby Day” protests.
Citing violence that erupted in Charlottesville during a Unite the Right rally in 2017, Northam said that there are credible threats that “armed militia groups plan to storm the Capitol” during Monday’s rally. In an executive order, he announced he is banning all weapons from Capitol Square for the day.
Credible intelligence gathered by Virginia’s law enforcement agencies indicates that tens of thousands of advocates plan to converge on Capitol Square for events culminating on January 20, 2020. Available information suggests that a substantial number of these demonstrators are expected to come from outside the Commonwealth, may be armed, and have as their purpose not peaceful assembly but violence, rioting, and insurrection. Assuring that Virginia’s Capitol Square and surrounding public areas are sheltered safe places for those who come to participate in the democratic process, as well as those who work on or near Capitol Square, is my greatest priority.
The anticipated effects of the potential convergence of tens of thousands of demonstrators on Capitol Square, some of whom may not come to assemble peacefully, constitutes an emergency as described in § 44-146.16 of the Code of Virginia (Code).
Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of Virginia, by §§ 2.2-103 and 44-146.13 et seq. of the Code, as Governor and Director of Emergency Management and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth’s armed forces, I proclaim that a state of emergency will exist starting on January 17, 2020 through January 21,
2020. Accordingly, I direct state and local governments to render appropriate assistance to prepare for this event, to alleviate any conditions resulting from the situation, and to implement recovery and mitigation operations and activities so as to return impacted areas to pre-event conditions as much as possible. Emergency services shall be conducted in accordance with § 44-146.13 et seq. of the Code. (source)
The Executive Order doesn’t only ban guns, but also includes helmets, shields, and more.
“No weapons will be allowed on Capitol grounds,” said Northam, a Democrat.
“Everything from sticks and bats to chains and projectiles…. The list also includes firearms. It makes no sense to ban every other weapon but allow firearms when intelligence shows that armed militia groups plan to storm the Capitol.” (source)
The rally had been planned as an open carry event and the turnout is expected to be massive. Monday, the state’s congress is expected to vote on a number of incredibly unpopular anti-gun laws, discussed here and here. While one of the most alarming bills has been pulled due to overwhelming opposition, there are plenty more to take its place.
What are these threats?
When you push a population to the brink, threatening them with gun confiscation at the hands of the National Guard and telling them that their lawful actions of rebellion are meaningless, you have to expect that population to push back. Particularly a rural, gun-loving population that makes up most of the counties in Virginia.
According to a press release from Northam’s office, “credible intelligence gathered by Virginia’s law enforcement agencies indicates that tens of thousands of advocates plan to converge on Capitol Square for events culminating on January 20, 2020. Available information suggests that a substantial number of these demonstrators are expected to come from outside the Commonwealth, may be armed, and have as their purpose not peaceful assembly but violence, rioting, and insurrection.”
Specifically, Northam said they’ve received threats including people detailing plans to storm the Capitol Building, use weaponized drones, and more. A state official cited one posting that included a photo of an AR-15 with a caption that said there are “great sight angles from certain buildings” near Capitol Square. (source)
Who is sponsoring the rally?
It’s interesting to note that throughout nearly every article on the mainstream media about this topic, you’ll find multiple references to “white nationalists,” making it seem as though the event is being hosted by white supremacists instead of law-abiding gun owners who have no intention of kowtowing to unconstitutional mandates. It’s particularly interesting that it’s Governor Northam making most of these references, given his part in a recent “blackface” scandal.
Here are some examples:
- From NBC: “Northam’s declaration will also ban items like helmets and shields, items that some white nationalists carried in Charlottesville. “
- From USA Today: “Northam said the decision was a response to threats, some of them made online in forums hosted by hate groups and white nationalists. The governor called on rally organizers to dissuade out-of-state groups from coming to the rally and encouraged a “peaceful day” for Virginians.”
- From NPR: “Northam is raising concerns about a reprise of the deadly violence surrounding the white supremacist march in Charlottesville in August 2017. He said state intelligence analysts have identified threats and rhetoric online that mirrors the chatter they were picking up around that time.”
But in actuality, the group sponsoring the rally is Virginia Citizen’s Defense League, a group dedicated to “defending your right to defend yourself in Virginia.”
This isn’t the first tyrannical move in Virginia this week.
An extremely popular Facebook post that has been shared thousands of times reads:
So Virginia introduces a bundle of radical laws to destroy 2A rights, militias, sale transfer and registration bills, and the People of Virginia says no, and we’re going to vote you all out next term.
Virginia government responds by introducing a bill to eliminate voter ID.
Virginia says we’re not going to wait, we’ll petition your removal from office and gets almost a 3rd of the 240K signatures to remove the governor and starts petitions to remove deligates.
Virginia govornment responds by introducing a bill to raise the amount of signatures from 10% of the prevailing vote, to 25%.
Folks, this is the a textbook example of tyranny. “We’re the government, and we’ll do anything we want, whether you like it or not. We won’t let you vote us out, we won’t let you remove us from office…. And if you can’t possess the weapons that a militia would need to force us out, of office, then there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it” (source)
I guess we can add this Executive Order to the list of tyrannies above.
What happens now?
On their Facebook page, they said of Northam’s emergency declaration:
VCDL is going to have our attorneys investigate this situation once we hear Northam’s statement on Wednesday and we will let you know what we find out. (source)
Based on the comments on the VCDL Facebook page, a lot of Virginians are not planning to comply and it looks like there could be widespread civil disobedience on Monday. You can find out more information about Lobby Day here and you can get transportation to attend here.
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Where did this executive order bullshit come from. Where is the authorization for this nonsense to, in effect, produce a dictator?
Why can one individual make stuff up and call it the equivalent of law that requires a legislature to produce?
I have a phone and I have a pen….
This is one of those movies that you don’t see all the time and is very hard to find. Although a movie the was an true account dated back in 1946. The event is sometimes cited by firearms ownership advocates as an example of the value of the Second Amendment in combating tyranny. The primary election was held on August 1. To intimidate voters, Mansfield brought in some 200 armed “deputies.” GI poll-watchers were beaten almost at once. At about 3 p.m., Tom Gillespie, an African- American voter was told by a sheriff’s deputy that he could not vote. Despite being beaten, Gillespie persisted. The enraged deputy shot him.
The gunshot drew a crowd. Rumors spread that Gillespie had been shot in the back; he later recovered. Other deputies detained ex-GI poll-watchers in a polling place, as that made the ballot counting “public.” A crowd gathered. Sheriff Mansfield told his deputies to disperse the crowd. When the two ex-GIs smashed a big window and escaped, the crowd surged forward. The deputies, with guns drawn, formed a tight half-circle around the front of the polling place. One deputy, “his gun raised high…shouted: ‘If you sons of bitches cross this street I’ll kill you!'” Mansfield took the ballot boxes to the jail for counting.
The deputies seemed to fear immediate attack by the “people who had just liberated Europe and the South Pacific from two of the most powerful war machines in human history” Short of firearms and ammunition, the GIs scoured the county to find them. By borrowing keys to the National Guard and State Guard armories, they got three M1 Garand rifles, five .45 semi-automatic pistols and 24 British Enfield rifles. The armories were nearly empty after the war’s end. By 8 p.m. a group of GIs and “local boys” headed for the jail but left the back door unguarded to give the jail’s defenders an easy way out. Three GIs alerting passersby to danger were fired on from the jail. Two GIs were wounded. Other GIs returned fire. Firing subsided after 30 minutes; ammunition ran low and night had fallen.
Thick brick walls shielded those inside the jail. Absent radios, the GIs’ rifle fire was uncoordinated. “From the hillside fire rose and fell in disorganized cascades. More than anything else, people were simply shooting at the jail” Several who ventured into the street in front of the jail were wounded. One man inside the jail was badly hurt; he recovered. Most sheriff’s deputies wanted to hunker down and await rescue. Governor McCord mobilized the State Guard, perhaps to scare the GIs into withdrawing. The State Guard never went to Athens. McCord may have feared that Guard units filled with ex-GIs might not fire on other ex-GIs.
At about 2 a.m. on August 2, the GIs forced the issue. Men from Meigs County threw dynamite sticks and damaged the jail’s porch. The panicked deputies surrendered. GIs quickly secured the building. Paul Cantrell faded into the night, having almost been shot by a GI who knew him, but whose .45 pistol had jammed. Mansfield’s deputies were kept overnight in jail for their own safety. Calm soon returned. The GIs posted guards. The rifles borrowed from the armory were cleaned and returned before sunup.
The 24 British Enfields were not. They were US M1917 rifles, the predominant US rifle used in WW1. These rifles are often called American Enfields as Winchester and Remington and the Remington operated Eddystone arsenal were manufacturing .303 British P-14 rifles until the US entered WW1. At that time, unable to manufacture enough 1903 Springfields, the P-14 design was modified to use the US .30-’06 Springfield round and type classified as the US Model of 1917. The US Model of 1917 is frequently incorrectly called the 1917 Eddystone, P-17, and the American Enfield, or 1917 Enfield. However, called by any of these names, after 103 years everyone knows what is meant.
That’s a great story.
Its a great example too.
“why can one individual”
because he’s the governor, and existing law makes provision for him to act to put down riots and insurrections and such. there is such a thing as government, you know.
of course he’s calling normal political action (especially by leftist standards) an actionable threat, and this is of course tyrannical, but executive law makes no provision for a politically hostile and subversive governor.
There is no riot or insurrection.
dude. you’re missing the point.
Come on Solutions the answer is Obvious! Gman is right. This has all the trappings of a false flag Maidan…. except it will be used as an excuse to crack down even moar. Give the Governor the excuse he needs to extend to it being state wide decree .
If Northam wants the guns then let him send his thugs out into the hollers and glens.
Then we’ll see who’s country it is..
I’m checking Gofundme for new accounts in the next few days.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-was-beaten-by-white-supremacists
Ya but armed thugs from commie antifa basement dwellers are totally free speech advocates and are A fucking OK. The template was Charlottesville. False flag coming. Tough call Virginians. Bring your guns and do jail time or get shot or scapegoated, or stay home and hide. Is this the line to be drawn today, or put off to another day? The ((media)) will never support you now or in the future, so why not now? I don’t know what I would do if I were a Virginian, tough call.
It’s not a tough call. You don’t have to go to this rally. Sit back and wait. Because your time will definitely come. This is going to be a setup. Don’t fall for it. But be prepared for future events because they will come. And be aware that of your communications are being listened to.
V – who knows? Maybe now is the time.,
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Yes, they will pick you off one at a time.
They should all holster bananas to fight the media….it is a very visual and stunning statement. Not kidding.
“but executive law makes no provision for a politically hostile and subversive governor.”
Wrong, absolutely wrong gman….the law you are unfamiliar with is the second amendment. It is there to absolutely remove just these types of tyrants, politically hostile and subversive governors.
“the law you are unfamiliar with is the second amendment. It is there to absolutely remove just these types of tyrants”
at that point law is irrelevant, it’s just war.
The same could be asked of virtually EVERY PRESIDENT.
Executive orders are supposed to be about running the executive branch…ONLY (not that the size of the executive branch hasn’t grown astronomically beyond all Constitutional limits). But they have consistently been used to run the country…and the world.
Here is the lynch pin for the buffalo jump. A few dozen plants will bring firearms and get a riot started when the police move in to confiscate them.
Be careful, T4C. This has all the makings of a dangerous place to be on Monday.
This is all psyops on the part of the governor. The narrative is being set, it’s evil white gun toting supremacists out to draw blood on a ‘legally’ elected government. He’s setting himself up as being the bulwark against the Nazis and KKK. The media will be there in force and guarantee that they will paint the entire scene as evil nazi gun toters vs. brave anti-gun stalwarts. I am reminded of the Maidan protests where snipers fired into the crowd….The claim in the Maidan and Odessa and other places was that the protesters were shooting but the fact is that CIA and other black ops were there to paint the protesters as the bad guys.
I daresay this will become a false flag against the patriots and there will be blood, there will be provocateurs masquerading as concerned 2A citizens and it will become a ‘buffalo jump.’ Northam has tossed down the gauntlet and is preparing to turn a peaceful assembly into a bloodbath….stay away.
Seizing the moral high ground and preparing the battlefield for a false flag….seems pretty clear, you make some good points!
T4c be careful out there….
Though at some point people are going to start dying…we are all going to leave this place someday….sometimes you have to take a stand.
I agree with taking a stand but the entire area is being set up to be like shooting fish in a barrel. They control the entrance, they funnel the flow of people, they disarm the people and move them where, exactly? If I am in an area with tall buildings that can be used to shoot down and into a crowd I will guarantee I won’t be there.
Now, the roads into the area are controlled up to a point. Why rally where they control you? Move away from the control points and rally away from the fish barrel.
Sounds like a buffalo jump to me…the Boston Massacre was however extremely helpful to show that the Brits were Police State Tyrants….Mr. Northam is a Police State Tyrant….and you know how I feel about them….
People are going to die in the struggle to take our country back….8% of the military-age males died in the last civil war. This time we will likely see that and more painfully civilian deaths will be significant…..
We can’t stop it at this point….we can only go through.
The Continental Army succeeded by guerrilla action rather than direct confrontation. Ditto the Taliban, the Viet Cong and other groups that confronted a more powerful adversary. The buses that will bring in the 2nd A guys? Please, talk about control. If you are going to leap into the fray then do so intelligently. Don’t do this….
I would not be on one of those buses for sure but death in a noble purpose is not a bad thing. Like the Vikings use to say: “Hurry to meet death before somebody takes your place”….
It’s real now.
The Vikings also waited for the most opportune time to attack. That’s how they took England (except King Arthur, who had to hide out in the swamp lands at the coast).
Here’s a pic of Richmond:
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Oh, sorry. That’s the shooting-grounds in Vegas . . . .
Take that stand at the time and place of your choosing, not the VA government’s.
Hoping many people sit in their hotel room high up piloting their drones recording everything so when fake assed news CNN promotes their bullshit narrative they get caught red handed by drone video.
See, Mygirl…maybe gets it.
Don’t be headstrong like during the War Between the State saying you’ll beat the Yankees within two weeks. Get your priorities straight. War is not a picnic. People die. That could include your family if you’re not there to defend them.
Number one, infrastructure. Take or destroy what they need. Cut them off.
Then, only if needed, take out those in charge and those making decisions. You know where they live. Other’s only if necessary. But don’t go nuts. And we’re well ahead of that action being needed.
Think, people. Don’t be baited. Don’t run into the fray. That’s how a Medieval army would surrounded the opposing army.
My advice, stay away from crowds. That includes rallies.
Me thinks “Coonman” and his cronies are all wearing Depends as they should be.
The whole “no weapons in the Capitol” thing doesn’t apply to law enforcement, does it?
So weapons serve some sort of purpose, right?
Just checking for clarification.
“So weapons serve some sort of purpose, right?”
of course. it’s just that leftists, under the influence of a for-export version of judaism, believe that everything on earth is here to serve them. they believe that 1) only government should have guns, and 2) only they should be government, and 3) the rest of us can shut up.
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.”
– Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778
Oh, Virginia, I pray for you.
It’s things like this that make Patrick Henry my favorite revolutionary war hero. Had his warnings been headed, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
Tsk. You should know that government goons are exempt from the ‘no guns’ edict. Fools who believe the government is there to help and protect them have no clue.
This thing could go completely sideways in a heartbeat.
Glad I no longer live in VA.
What an asshole….
So, all gun owners=white nationalists/supremacists…..okay
well in their propaganda memes, yeah. and it would be primarily white nationalist, yes – who else would march for their country?
As I’ve said before, I’m surprised this guy hasn’t been bumped off.
Does’ Trump have to give permission for to declare a state of emergency? Or is that only when they want emergency money?
“Does Trump have to give permission”
nope. state internal matter.
First the governor declares an emergency and then he can request federal funds to assist.
I am still waiting to hear from The Donald on this travesty of justice.
Credible intelligence my ass. We already know this guy has zero ethics.
you have to understand these guys. for the left, “credible” means “it benefits me to think so”, and nothing else.
Nothing else in the article surprises me BUT this little nugget: “. . . Introduce a law to eliminate voter ID.”
THEY REALLY ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR OWN CORRUPTION.
“DEDICATED TO THEIR OWN CORRUPTION”
no. the corruption is for us, they intend to remain pristine themselves. “the nation that will not serve you shall be destroyed.”
You know a few democrats do the deed to set up the opposition. That have been caught. I don’t think any democrat is above doing just that.
Northam is such a twat. Just like a totalitarian liberal to “take their ball and go home” when they don’t get their way. What a candy ass.
He’s a candy ass but the candy ass in charge as long as he’s surrounded by armed guards. Guerillas, get ready.
I never knew I was so militant. I surprise myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE8wCRDgDo&feature=emb_title
PS: Ignore the commercial at the end, not a fan of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQ_odE5XrU&feature=emb_rel_pause
What if these elite globalist have highjacked medical technology and patents for themselves and have found a way to utilize stem cells, and parts of fetuses to live hundreds of years longer? Maybe this would help Explain the abortion narrative.
Expand,
I come at the elite globalists from the ‘Luciferian’ angle, I believe their religion and the god they worship are behind the real war. Your suspicion is not possible, but probable. Combine that with:
NANO TECH COULD MAKE HUMANS IMMORTAL BY 2040, FUTURIST SAYS
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2528330/nanotech-could-make-humans-immortal-by-2040–futurist-says.html
As well as their de-population Georgia Guide Stone, UN Agenda 21 in your face announcements, Chemtrailing, underground cities for themselves, disarming the American people etc. etc. …the Luciferians have big plans for me and you and me.
But, like my favorite vid blogger Greg Hunter says: Fear not, God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are firmly in control.
The problem is the msm allow antifa to beat the hell our everyone with impunity. But 2A supporters rally and if they protect themselves they will be shot by the police and a new narrative created. This is a war and it needs to be fought better otherwise like all wars, at the end of wars requires the shooting part. The shooting always comes last in a war but first we must recognize we are truly at war with globalists regarding guns. They are using the dems and small minded here against us.
Definitely a bait job for a false flag event in my opinion. Id probably bring my rainbow flag and vagina hat along too and see how the media spins their way out of that one. Gun supporting male homosexual that identifies as a woman who so oppressed and ridiculed for her sexuality that i need to carry a gun to protect against such onslaughts.
Ha!
Pat: Whoa, you’re on to something here. All the pro 2nd A guys should wear pink pussy hats. The media won’t know what to think or how to spin it. Pussy hats and rainbow shirts with Gadsden flags and Don’t Tread on Me banners. Maybe some twerking and primal screaming, a few thongs and Kevar vests….the anti gunners would blow fuses….
Ha Ha!
That’s right, Mygirl. Think outside the box.
Actually, a pink pussy hat equates to “thinking INSIDE a box”. In a manner of speaking. . .
I always loved tacos.
LOL. And btw, just listened to a ‘cast with Stewart Rhodes; Oathkeepers are NOT going to be in Richmond. At least, NOT at the “slave pen” . . .
https://youtu.be/7xCpgdMw13Y?t=155
Re: the decision of VCDL to continue with plans to attend the rally: “The governor’s gonna know that he can disarm these people, because he just did.”
niebo,
1,000+ This was excellent.
There is no way I would go baaaaaaing into the pen through a metal detector.
Not bad if you plan to infiltrate for other purposes. Not to protest though. In my own opinion, protests don’t do anything. You’re ignored.
Can I get me a rainbow flag, a vagina hat, and a beer heeah? And serve me first, I am the first Indian of color that went to Havad. I can’t even begin to contemplate which one of these asshats are worse? But I think Buttfuck is hiding his communistic tendencies the best.
All Demon candidates are Communist.
The singer CardiB tweets we need to raise the min age to own guns, we need a mental check up and a license. Because you know like military service has a mental check up and min age get buy a beer. These people compare basic social laws to the Bill of Rights. Well, maybe there should also be a competency test to vote CardiB? I mean jus because yo homie gives you some dat ebt card free shit and you don’t know said homies name who be running for office, and from da law, you still gonna pull the all democrat lever huh? Right? You betta or you ain’t getting no smokes or the bus ride back to the projects. Jus sayin.
She twerked naked, for money. Probably more.
Now she moves her other lips for money.
The entire news will show all the pics of Confederate Flags deeming all gun owners as racists and misogynists. The msm is going to create the narrative no matter what happens.
Just like they did in Charlottesville. The playbook has been written.
Northam is a very dangerous liar.
https://www.rightminds.nz/articles/total-failure-gun-confiscation-reached-13-compliance?fbclid=IwAR0cZCQvXtlY4uvnfFgPGvAvB7Zd8XxsiRO_TjdYk3HMruSQ0V-BjSmyRQI
Do watch the vid at this link. Is it my imagination or does Gov Blackface Babykiller have a lisp? The report says there have been”threats” to “storm the capitol”. Really? I seriously doubt they came from anyone who is planning on attending unless they came from some antifa types.
https://www.nbc12.com/2020/01/15/ap-exclusive-northam-ban-guns-capitol-grounds/
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Remember Ferguson??
Alinsky.
White Nationalists = Richard B. Spencer and Crew= Government Agents = Too stupid to merit discussion
So…
22- I thought you were gone.
Did you see the other day that the poor little rich boy actor Richard Spencer washed his hands of Trump?
Agree, too stupid to waste our time.
Beware the cornered rat.
The IRON TRIANGLE of the other side will make sure there is something foo the proles to see that supports their agenda. The triangle – Interlocking Media (1) needs the Paid Agitators (2) to be beaten by the Total Police Surveillance Terror State (3) – to build a narrative on.
Oh yeah. They could use a herd of
conservative– err- passive ‘Buffaloes’ too. Both to get beaten and to get blamed for it all. h/t Matt Bracken.How about this for narrative?
POTUS radio just announced the “planned race war” in Virginia this Monday.
Fucking media.
This asshole needs to be removed from office ASAP. He is a traitor and a tyrant and should be hanging from a lamppost. The Citizens of Virginia need to get out in force to get signatures on a recall petition.
“Armed militia groups” plan to storm the Virginia capital.
I don’t see what the problem is here.
They say “armed militia groups” like it’s a bad thing.
Someone had what I thought was a good idea. Everyone possible attending the rally should livestream it from their phone or whatever they can. That would put a good dent in Governor shitbags plans to do a false flag.