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Richmond Gun Rally: Thousands Of Gun Owners Converge On Virginia Capitol On MLK Day

Thousands of gun ownership enthusiasts and armed militia members gathered at the Virginia State Capitol Monday for a rally aimed at quashing new...

The rally ended peacefully, but the city of Richmond remains under a state of emergency and Gov. Ralph Northam’s temporary ban on weapons on…

  • Bill Chappell
  • npr

An estimated 22,000 people attended the demonstration, according to the Virginia Joint Information Center, which says roughly 6,000 people were on…

Police made only one arrest at the rally — a woman was arrested on a “felony count of wearing a mask in public,” according to the…

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