More than 100 people -- many of them openly carrying firearms -- gathered at the Bell Tower in Richmond's Capitol Square this afternoon to express support for the rights of gun owners and drum up interest in an upcoming national Second Amendment March to be held in Washington next Monday.
Those gathered heard Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli hail them as "people, who as I do, love the Constitution." Cuccinelli pressed his case for using his office and what he describes as his constitutional duty to defend Virginia from the overreaching federal government. He said that the best way to ensure the state and its people retain their constitutionally guaranteed rights is through the ballot box. He said it was easier to "change your electeds than to change your electeds' minds."
The rally comes less than a month after the Virginia General Assembly recessed after having passed legislation to allow gun owners to carry concealed firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol. But gun rights advocates said much more needs to be done to protect the rights of Virginians who wish to own weapons.
Philip Van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League will be leading a busload of like-minded advocates to Washington next week and defiantly challenged the "anti-Constitution, anti-freedom, anti-gun" leadership of the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate to change their position regarding gun control legislation.
He ended his remarks with playing the Tom Petty song, "I Won't Back Down."
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