Columnist and George Mason economics Professor Walter E. Williams is warning Virginia residents about Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) gun registry plan.
Northam has been pushing an all-out ban on AR-15s and similar rifles for some time, but he recently changed the scope of the ban in the face of the growing Second Amendment Sanctuary movement.
On December 10, 2019, Breitbart News reported that Northam changed his position from supporting an across-the-board ban on possession of such weapons to supporting a ban only in a situation where a person refuses to register the firearm with the government. The Virginia Mercury quoted Northam spokeswoman Alena Yarmosky saying, “The governor’s assault weapons ban will include a grandfather clause for individuals who already own assault weapons, with the requirement they register their weapons before the end of a designated grace period.”
On December 27, 2019, Walter E. Williams used a Fox News op-ed to warn Virginians “not to fall for the registration trick.” He said, “Knowing who owns what weapons is the first step to confiscation.”
Chicago braces for deadly July 4 weekend as Fox News analyst takes action in brother’s unsolved murder
Watch: Trump Hosts Epic White House Meeting After Brokering Huge Peace Deal
Trump touts success of Iran strikes and attack’s initial damage assessments during 23rd week in office
Top Dem: ‘Breathtaking’ That SCOTUS Allowed Parents to Opt Out of LGBT Indoctrination for Their Kids
Diver who freed sharks gets Trump pardon after felony conviction stuns him: ‘My heart sank’
Why neither party is willing to run the Senate parliamentarian out of town
Final day of SCOTUS decisions brings wave of history-making rulings
Trump’s NATO Turnaround: From threatening to pull US out to ‘daddy’ of the alliance
University of Virginia president resigns amid pressure from Trump admin over DEI initiatives
Ex-wife of alleged Gilgo Beach killer still defends him, but daughter says he ‘most likely’ did it
Harvard, University of Toronto make contingency plan to allow foreign students to study if barred from US
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ faces Republican family feud as Senate reveals its final text
Republican Curtis Sliwa urged to drop out and unite with Adams against Mamdani in NYC mayoral contest
Major Republican rumored for gubernatorial run, hits back against Dem: ‘Worst governor in America’
DHS arrests ‘worst of the worst’ migrants in LA despite rioters, pols pushing back
Williams added:
James Madison, in Federalist Paper No. 46 wrote that the Constitution preserves “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
Thomas Jefferson wrote: “What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.”
Too many Americans believe the Second Amendment grants Americans the right to own firearms only to go hunting and for self-protection. The framers of our Constitution had no such intent in mind.
Eighty-six of Virginia’s 95 counties have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries in which future gun controls passed by Northam and his Democrat colleagues will not be enforced.
Story cited here.
