Well, now that there is a new Democratic day in Virginia, folks all over the place are panicking and passing “Second Amendment Sanctuary” resolutions. Really. Do your GUNS NEED THAT MUCH PROTECTION? Why not just wrap your whole county in (red) bubble wrap, turn on Fox as loud as you can, and call it a day. Campbell County, Lee County, y’all already fallen. There’s a petition out for Frederick County to go the same way, and maybe one for Appomattox County. And I’m SURE that the BOS will vote Washington County to declare itself, too.
This is Republican gesturing, nothing more. They are signaling to their conservative base that they will play to them and their fears and cater to any conspiracy-driven notions that might arise. (Hey, guess what? Obama NEVER came fer yer guns, now did he?) But I misspoke. I inserted the word “conservative”. By now it should be clear to ALL that the partisan divide is this: Republicans (and by this, I mean you have to be a red-capped Trump-lovin’ gawd-fearin’ CONSERVATIVE…or else!) and Democrats (and by this, I mean you need to start getting with the progressive program, folks!). The time for thinking or lying to pollsters, “Well, I’m an independent, you know,” is OVER. No-one is that. I’ve done canvassing for candidates and grassroots organizing. I know better. That is a fiction people tell themselves so they don’t have to take a side. But most? Are truly Republicans afraid to admit it. But rabidly so. They want their guns, their god, their babies, and their (confederate) flag….in that order.
Sorry, got off-topic a bit. My point is that this rush to protect the SECOND AMENDMENT is symbolic, unnecessary, and flashy. The counties and possibly later cities that do so aren’t REALLY concerned so much that guns will taken (except perhaps for the truly paranoid) but wish to tell those watching that they are staunchly WITH THE PROGRAM, STANDING WITH THE PREZ, KAG, etc. etc. It’s a form of wrapping themselves in a NRA/MAGA/GOP flag. (Pardon me while I go throw up at this image. Ugh.) It’s SO red that if it had a sickle and hammer, China could use it. Or make it into a MAGA hat. 😉
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