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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is hoping a special legislative session to address “gun violence” will be the political boost he needs.<\/em> (Photo: Facebook<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Virginians aren\u2019t giving up their Second Amendment rights without a fight. Local media coverage of six roundtable discussions hosted by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam\u2019s deputies indicates that the governor\u2019s anti-gun policies aren\u2019t sitting as well with his constituents as he no doubt hoped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor, most famous recently for appearing in a yearbook\nphoto wearing blackface, called for the roundtable discussions leading up to a\nspecial legislative session to address \u201cgun violence\u201d in the wake of a Virginia\nBeach massacre that left 12 people dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roundtables were held across the state<\/a> and were led by Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran, Secretary of Health and Human Resources Daniel Carey, and Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall tenor of the discussions is difficult to parse\nvia local coverage, but nearly every article mentions gun rights activists\nshowing up and speaking out. The attendees at the roundtable in Abingdon, Va., were\nespecially upset at the gun control proposals to be considered during the\nspecial session.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Calls for Special Session to Ban Suppressors, Assault Weapons and More<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The roundtable began with the recital of the Second Amendment and, apparently, got better from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are chipping away at people\u2019s gun rights,\u201d a woman told Moran, according to the Roanoke Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is confiscation without representation,\u201d another man\nsaid about extreme risk protection orders, one of Northam\u2019s proposals. \u201cWhat\nyou\u2019re proposing is not about guns, it\u2019s about control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Times reports that the crowd rebuked Northam for being a\n\u201cliberal\u201d and for exploiting tragedy for political gain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOut in this part of Virginia, we\u2019re not going to stand for\nit,\u201d one man told Moran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican State Sen. Ben Chafin was also in attendance, and he characterized Northam\u2019s special session as a \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d and vowed to \u201coppose every single thing you got.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd in Abingdon was reacting to a slate of gun control\nproposals Northam asked the legislature to consider, including universal\nbackground checks; a ban on \u201cassault weapons,\u201d to include suppressors and bump\nstocks; an extreme risk protective order; and reinstating the one-gun-a-month\nlaw, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moran felt the room\u2019s hostility but maintained his claim\nthat none of Northam\u2019s anti-gun proposals would hamper Second Amendment rights.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Clearly the majority of this room felt that we were trying to take their right to defend and their Second Amendment rights away,\u201d said Moran, according to WJHL.<\/a> “None of these pieces of legislation takes their right to defend themselves away.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republicans control both chambers by narrow margins, so the success of Northam\u2019s strategy is anything but certain. It\u2019s also true, as Second Amendment Foundation Founder Alan Gottlieb noted in USA Today<\/a>, that not one of the governor\u2019s proposals would have prevented the massacre in Virginia Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: \u2018Gun-Free\u2019 Policy Disarmed Virginia Beach Victim, Family Calls for Investigation<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, the folks in Abingdon aren\u2019t alone in their opposition.\nGun rights supporters also showed up to the other roundtable discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheila Furey, a psychiatrist, argued at a discussion in Richmond that firearms training for women could help them defend against domestic violence, according to the Richmond-Times Dispatch<\/a>. She also doesn\u2019t believe police can be trusted to stop mass shootings in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe should train everyone in our schools to use a gun …\nand be competent with a gun,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause this is how we save our\nchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At another roundtable in Fredericksburg, long-time gun owner Jim Price told Fredericksburg.com<\/a> that he doesn\u2019t believe Gov. Northam is acting in good faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to see those freedoms preserved that our Virginia\nforefathers sacrificed their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honors\nfor,\u201d said Price. \u201cI assume with Gov. Northam calling a special session on July\n9, that there must be some leanings, or some backdoor deals that have already\nbeen made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most incisive comment came from Bobby Howard at\nthe Abingdon roundtable, who worried that the government will “chip away\u201d\nat gun rights \u201cone right at a time, until they actually really get somebody\nhurt because they can’t protect themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the Virginia Beach massacre, officials have learned\nthat one of the victims, Kate Nixon, wanted to bring her handgun to work\nbecause of her concern that one of her coworkers might be dangerous. She\ndecided against it due to the city\u2019s gun-free zone policy. The next day, that\ncoworker killed her along with 11 other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nixon\u2019s family is calling for a full investigation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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