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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has offered gun owners a “compromise” on the “assault weapons” ban bill. (Photo: Gov. Northam Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Gun owners in Virginia have remained defiant under pressure from their state\u2019s governor and attorney general as anti-gun forces throughout the government work to minimize the impact of the Second Amendment sanctuary movement and offer compromises designed to deflate the effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[We are] not going to accept anything but the complete\ndefeat of all gun bills that in anyway [sic], shape, or form, affect\nlaw-abiding gun owners in a negative way,\u201d Philip Van Cleave, the President of\nthe gun rights group Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), said in an email\nto supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Cleave has helped foster a grassroots effort in Virginia\nto declare much of the state a Second Amendment sanctuary in the wake of the\nDemocratic takeover of the state legislature earlier this year. Thus far, 59\ncounties, towns, and cities have jumped on board, but the movement has begun to\nface opposition from the highest levels of state government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring both downplayed the movement and voiced an implicit threat in an interview with ABC 8News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to happen,\u201d Herring said, when asked whether localities would actually refuse to enforce new gun laws. \u201cThese laws, when they get passed, they\u2019re going to be followed and when you look at the resolutions that are being passed, they\u2019re really just expressions of opposition to these gun safety measures that Virginians have demanded for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you talk to those who are in law enforcement and\nreally push them a little bit, like a sheriff or a prosecutor and say, \u2018So,\nreally? You mean you\u2019re going to allow violent felons to go ahead and purchase\nfirearms?\u2019 No. They back down pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: \u2018They\u2019ve Awoken a Giant\u2019: 20+ Virginia Counties Become 2A Sanctuaries Overnight<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Herring failed to name a law enforcement official who had \u201cbacked\ndown pretty quickly,\u201d but so far none have come forward to oppose the Second\nAmendment sanctuary movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herring is right that county sheriffs and attorneys general are independently elected in Virginia, and most sanctuary resolutions are not binding on those local law enforcement officials. But Van Cleave noted in an interview<\/a> with GunsAmerica that many sheriffs follow the county\u2019s lead in these matters, and some have voiced explicit support for the Second Amendment sanctuary movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Culpepper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, for instance, vowed\nto deputize county residents to protect their right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Every Sheriff and Commonwealth Attorney in Virginia will see the consequences if our General Assembly passes further unnecessary gun restrictions,\u201d he said<\/a> in a Facebook post. \u201cI remain very optimistic that our General Assembly will not pass the proposed bills. Obviously, if passed, there are many of us willing to challenge these laws through the courts. In addition, if necessary, I plan to properly screen and deputize thousands of our law-abiding citizens to protect their constitutional right to own firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than threaten the budding gun rights movement, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has extended what appears to be a concession. The governor has reportedly<\/a> backed a version of an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban that includes a grandfather clause for those who already own the firearms. Those rifles would still have to be registered with the state, but an earlier version of the legislation filed by Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw included no grandfather clause (SB 16). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Here\u2019s the List of Bills Anti-Gunners Plan to Enact in Virginia<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But Van Cleave and the VCDL saw Northam\u2019s move coming, and\nthey vowed not to compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day before Northam\u2019s office announced his support of a\ngrandfather clause, the VCDL sent an email anticipating the \u201cconcession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe next step for Saslaw will be to offer to \u2018grandfather\u2019\nexisting gun owners, thinking that gun owners would be stupid enough, and\nselfish enough, to accept such a \u2018compromise\u2019 in exchange for passing SB 16 or\nits ilk,\u201d Van Cleave said. \u201cOnce passed into law, gun controllers hope that gun\nowners will go back to sleep so the gun-control agenda can keep moving forward\nwithout massive opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWill VCDL accept such a \u2018compromise?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, HELL no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gun rights groups in Virginia have their work cut out for\nthem. More than a dozen gun control bills have been pre-filed before the 2020 legislative\nsession begins on January 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia residents wanting to reach their state elected officials can do so here<\/a>. The VCDL is also encouraging gun owners throughout the state to attend their lobby day in Richmond on Monday, January 20<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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