{"id":79324,"date":"2017-09-15T14:53:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T18:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=79324"},"modified":"2017-09-15T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:37:30","slug":"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_79328\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Everytown.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79328\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending  Million on Virginia Elections\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Everytown-400x271.jpg\" alt=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending  Million on Virginia Elections\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Everytown-400x271.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Everytown-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Everytown.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: Everytown for Gun Safety<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Everytown for Gun Safety is dropping big bucks on the Virginia elections this November, pledging an \u201cinitial investment\u201d of at least $1 million reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/everytown-gun-control-group-turns-on-spigot-in-virginia-elections-with-1-million\/2017\/09\/13\/05dd6fb0-98c1-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html?utm_term=.6f23b1a59d9f\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around $700,000 is going to be spent trying to get the Democratic nominee for governor, Ralph Northam, elected while the other $300,000 will be spent on the campaign of Attorney General Mark Herring, who is running for re-election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are making this initial investment because Ralph Northam and Mark Herring have been forceful champions for gun violence prevention in Virginia, while their opponents subscribe to a dangerous \u2018guns everywhere\u2019 agenda,\u201d Brynne Craig, a senior strategist for Everytown, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The money will come from the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, which is just another way of saying right out of Bloomberg\u2019s pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia has been ground zero for the battle of over gun rights in this country. It\u2019s one of few states that hasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/partisan-divide-clear-on-gun-control-and-medicaid-poll-shows\/2016\/02\/10\/afde27aa-d060-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html?utm_term=.21aa0c1878be\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\">really made up its mind on whether it\u2019s pro-gun or anti-gun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Current Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, has done his best to play both sides during his tenure in office. While McAuliffe is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/virginia-governor-leverages-journalist-shootings-to-promote-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\"> clearly no fan of the Second Amendment<\/a>, he did strike a deal<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/reciprocity-restored-concealed-carry-in-virginia-may-get-even-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\"> last year<\/a> to reverse a policy change that revoked concealed-carry reciprocity with 25 other states.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/virginia-governors-anti-gun-veto-will-likely-cost-innocent-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\">Virginia Governor\u2019s Anti-Gun Veto will \u2018Likely cost innocent lives\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In exchange for reciprocity, McAuliffe extended the reach of the state\u2019s police to enforce existing federal laws that prevent people convicted of violent domestic abuse from buying or owning guns (something gun owners wanted anyway).<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe was chastised by John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown who said at the time, \u201cGov. McAuliffe should reconsider this dangerous gift to the gun lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everytown is hoping that Northam, who is the current lieutenant governor, will not wavier in his commitment to doing the work of the dark lord.\u00a0 According to his <a href=\"https:\/\/ralphnortham.com\/issue\/gun-violence-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\">website<\/a>, Northam will push to enact universal background checks, a one-gun-per-month rule, a ban on \u201cassault weapons,\u201d and \u201csmaller clips.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79326\" style=\"width: 806px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-12.55.46-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79326\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending  Million on Virginia Elections\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-12.55.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending  Million on Virginia Elections\" width=\"796\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-12.55.46-PM.png 796w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-12.55.46-PM-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-12.55.46-PM-400x133.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-12.55.46-PM-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from Northam&#8217;s website.\u00a0 &#8220;Smaller clips&#8221; &#8212; LOL.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All of that should be please Bloomberg, especially the &#8220;smaller clips&#8221; part.\u00a0 Before you get too\u00a0worried, don&#8217;t forget that the National Rifle Association also has a sizeable war chest\u00a0and lineup of GOP candidates it is going to back, Ed Gillespie for governor, Jill Vogel for lieutenant governor and John Adams for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>All three have &#8220;A&#8221; ratings from the gun lobby and Chris Cox, chairman of NRA&#8217;s Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), sang their praises when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20170803\/nra-backs-gillespie-in-virginia-governor-s-race\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\">the NRA officially came out in support<\/a> of the trio last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team of Gillespie, Vogel, and Adams will ensure that law-abiding Virginians have the ability to protect and defend themselves,\u201d said Cox. \u201cWe need to elect leaders in the Commonwealth who will support our rights. Voters need to send Bloomberg a strong, clear message &#8212; that his gun control agenda is not welcome in Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The battle for Virginia is on!\u00a0 If you live in the Commonwealth, make sure you do your part to ensure the good guys come out on top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everytown for Gun Safety is dropping big bucks on the Virginia elections this November, pledging an \u201cinitial investment\u201d of at least $1 million reports the Washington Post. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":79328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,216],"tags":[132,469,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-gun-control","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections - Authors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everytown for Gun Safety is dropping big bucks on the Virginia elections this November, pledging an \u201cinitial investment\u201d of at least $1 million reports the Washington Post.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-15T18:53:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-21T07:37:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Everytown.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"456\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"309\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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