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Terry McAuliffe Is an Imminent Threat to Virginians Second Amendment Rights

October 29, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (at podium), in Richmond, VA, on Monday, March 9, 2015. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.

The gubernatorial election in Virginia has become a battle over parents’ rights to influence their children’s education, but that’s not the only issue at hand. Virginia’s Democrat-controlled legislature is keen on restricting Virginians’ Second Amendment freedoms, and Terry McAuliffe is eager to help them. Garrett O’Leary explains in America’s 1st Freedom just how bad it would be if Terry McAuliffe moved back into the Virginia governor’s mansion. He writes:

With only two gubernatorial elections being held throughout the nation this year, Virginia’s has come into the national spotlight. This election could also shape the future of the Second Amendment in the Old Dominion for years to come.

Should Terry McAuliffe (D) get elected to the governorship once more, an ominous future for the right to keep and bear arms lays ahead in the state of Virginia.

Already, McAuliffe has been echoing false claims made by President Joe Biden (D). He has also been backed and funded by anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

Like Biden, he prefers to label firearms ownership as a “public-health crisis.” He also often calls the actions of violent criminals “gun violence.” He states on his campaign website that he will “treat gun violence as the public health crisis it is,” and that he intends to create an “Office of Gun Violence Prevention.”

This is just the beginning of his anti-gun agenda. His plan calls for a ban on some of the most-popular semi-automatic rifles sold today, such as the AR-15. He also wants to ban magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds—he deceptively calls these “high-capacity” magazines, in spite of the fact that they are simply the standard magazines that come with many semi-automatics. Such actions would not decrease violent crime, and would instead punish law-abiding citizens.

Beyond this, McAuliffe vowed to “explore the possibility of requiring waiting periods when a person purchases a firearm, and implementing a permit-to-purchase law.” As reported by the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, “[a]rguments for waiting periods focus on two easily disproven claims: waiting periods allow more time for the background investigation and allow for a ‘cooling off’ period. There is no evidence to support either claim. Instead, gun owners should understand what this actually is: registration of law-abiding gun owners, which will undoubtedly facilitate any future gun-control efforts.”

And just as incumbent Gov. Ralph Northam (D) eroded Virginia’s preemption statute, McAuliffe would seek to build upon this, as he plans to further restrict carry “in certain public spaces” and to give local governments “broader authority to prohibit open carry in their jurisdictions.”

Second Amendment supporters know that preemption statutes exist to prevent a confusing network of ever-changing, local firearms laws that can make it all but impossible for citizens to exercise their rights.

As noted earlier, it should be no surprise that Bloomberg is bankrolling a large part of McAuliffe’s campaign efforts. The former New York City mayor reportedly threw upwards of $1.8 million behind anti-gun candidates in Virginia, one million of that was reportedly earmarked for McAuliffe’s campaign.

So despite the fact that Virginians are reportedly exercising this constitutional right at increasing rates over the past years, Terry McAuliffe would seek to not only curtail this, but also to criminalize those who do.

Just two short years ago, gun-control proponents took control of both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, in addition to having control of the governorship. Immediately, these politicians sought to enact restrictive pieces of legislation. Many of these, unfortunately, went into effect; but some of the most-egregious measures were, thankfully, defeated.

Action Line: If you live anywhere even remotely capable of electing Democrats to the legislature and the House, you need to get your gun and your training now. Or, begin looking for a state where politicians will protect your rights, rather than infringe upon them. Start with my Super States.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West (RIP JB) and Paris.

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