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The governor said on Twitter that the authorities had identified credible “threats of violence,” including from out-of-state militia groups and hate groups that planned disruptions. He said the authorities had also found extremist rhetoric online similar to what had been seen in 2017 before the Charlottesville rally, when white nationalists and counterprotesters clashed in a deadly fight over the removal of Confederate monuments.
Democrats won both houses of the General Assembly in November, taking full control of state government in part based on their promises to enact gun control measures. Among the issues under consideration: background checks for gun owners, a red flag law that would allow the authorities to take firearms away from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others, and the potential to limit gun purchases to one per month.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/us/virginia-gun-rights-rally.html#click=https://t.co/0xLECeKteR