{"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":"2026-06-03T02:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:51:24","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\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79328\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending  Million on Virginia Elections\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/supreme-court-dangerously-expands-domestic-abuser-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6377\">domestic abuse<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/holiday-gift-guide-hunt-perfect-gift-hunter-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bloomberg-funded-everytown-spending-1-million-virginia-elections\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending $1 Million on Virginia Elections\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6378\">gift to the gun<\/a> 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\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79326\" title=\"Bloomberg-Funded Everytown Spending  Million on Virginia Elections\" 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":"manual","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 v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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=\"2026-06-03T07:51:24+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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