Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, a man dressed as George Washington and members of the Original Black Panther Party as well as the Virginia Citizens Defense League were all spotted at the rally where everyone of these parties each supported the Second Amendment.
The Virginia Capitol lawn was closed off to attendees carrying firearms, splitting the crowd into those carrying and not.
A man dressed as George Washington attempted to argue with police that his musket is "not a firearm" but was not allowed to pass.
"God bless the VCDL!"
Hundreds gathered for the annual Virginia Citizens Defense League rally on the Virginia Capitol lawn, where they could not be armed.
"Jesus Christ said it best," one speaker explained. "Sell your cloak, and buy a sword."
"What gun would Jesus carry? It's not gonna be an AR-15, you're wrong, it's an FAL, it's the right arm of freedom."
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes arrived at the pro-gun rally and explained that he is calling upon President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act "not just in Minnesota" but against a number of federal agencies.
Rhodes cannot carry a gun because President Trump commuted his Seditious Conspiracy sentence for January 6 rather than pardoning him.
Rhodes had recommended Trump invoke the Insurrection Act as far back as 2020 in response to the contested election.
He says he hopes Trump will fully restore his rights, and he "suspects some weenie lawyer or some bad apple" "are doing their best to poison pill the administration."
Rhodes came with Ivan Raiklin, who had advocated for Vice President Pence to refuse to certify Biden as the victor in 2020."
Whether I'm out here or in prison, I'm still gonna tell the truth," Raiklin said. "It doesn't matter to me if they want to take physical dominion over me. Intellectually and spiritually, they'll never touch me."
"African Americans do support the Second Amendment" said JaPharii Jones of BLM757, flanked by several members of the Original Black Panther Party.
"We don't wanna end up like the Holocaust. If they have the weapons, why can't we?"
"We have to have our gun rights," said OBPP General Mike Pain. "It should never be taken away."
"We don't know what the government is gonna do! It's up and down! It's wishy-washy! We gotta make sure that we're able to defend ourselves."
"Our stance is, for illegals, we're not gonna step in front of that. That's not our fight," argued Original Black Panther Party General Mike Pain.
"That has nothing to do with us.""
"As far as our other brown folks and stuff like that, we do stand up and defend the citizens and the poor, and stuff like that, but as far as illegal immigration, that's not our fight."
