Virginia's Massive Second Amendment Rally

Above, today's gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia.

Gov. Ralph "Blackface" Northam declared a "state of emergency" before the gun rights rally held today in Richmond, Virginia.
He needn't have bothered.

According to WTVR:

RICHMOND, Va. -- An estimated 22,000 gun-rights activists and members of other groups crowded the streets around the Virginia State Capitol in downtown Richmond Monday to voice their opposition to plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation. 

The rally ended around noon. 

Only one arrest was made. 21-Mikaela E. Beschler was arrested for repeatedly refusing to remove a bandanna. 

Demonstrators began gathering as early as 6 a.m., and quickly formed a line to make it into Capitol Square. Others congregated outside of Capitol Square along N. 9th. Street.
Many were openly carrying and wearing stickers saying "guns save lives." Others carried flags and signs that read, 'gun rights are civil rights,' etc. 

One group of demonstrators held a sign that read, "Criminals obey gun laws like politicians follow their oath of office." They said they had come to Richmond all the way from New Jersey for the rally in hopes that the laws in Virginia wouldn't become like the laws in New Jersey.

A similar rally is to be held on January 31 at the Roundhouse (New Mexico's state Capitol building) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

To read more about today's rally, go here.