If Democrats are seriously concerned with the violent overreach by the Trump administration, why do they continue to hinder and disarm the people's right to self-defense against a facist, tyrannical government? Would it not make more sense to embolden the people's ability to arm themselves to resist the current administration? Even after the horrific events in Minnesota we continue to hear the same rhetoric against "weapons of war" or "assault rifles". The continued falacy of "Why do you need an AR-15? The government has tanks and drones!" If the ongoing wars in the Middle East or Ukraine have taught us anything it's that you can make do with obsolete or primitive weaponry, but having current weaponry works multitudes better. If the Democrats really want to help the people instead of being yet another faction vying for power, they should urgently drop this platform of gun-control and focus of civil armament. I imagine millions of reluctant leftists, like myself, would gladly vote Democrat if the party would stop trying to take away this basic civil right.

If you need to take away someone's civil right based on a crime, you need to go for a full felony conviction instead of watering down the seriousness of the offense to a misdemeanor. This bill serves to set precedent for disarmament for lesser crimes that do not warrant it. Opposed.

These bills are blatantly unconstitutional.

I stand with the Virginia Citizens Defense League on these bills.

I stand with the Virginia Citizens Defense League on these bills.