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Advocates on a Zoom lobby call with Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach).
Lobby days are an important tradition in Virginia politics, when advocacy groups bring their members together at the state capitol to hold demonstrations and speak with lawmakers face-to-face. COVID-19 has changed all of that.
The Virginia Citizens Defense League, a group which holds its well-known lobby day on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, organized a car rally this year instead of a more traditional one which would likely not meet Gov. Ralph Northam’s social distancing standards.
Many other advocacies are choosing to take their work entirely online.
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A caravan demonstration held by one of Virginia's leading Second Amendment groups went off without a hitch despite dire safety warnings from opponents and targeted suspensions by tech companies.
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RICHMOND, Va. â The pro-gun caravan that was supposed to send thousands of vehicles pouring into Virginiaâs capital on Monday turned out to be a sporadic affair, as clusters of flag-bedecked cars and trucks were slowed by the humbling force of traffic lights.
âWe were hoping it would have a continuous flow, like a funeral procession,â gun rights advocate Kevin Hulbert said, standing on a street corner with several supporters holding âDonât Tread on Meâ flags.
Instead, groups of pro-gun vehicles passed intermittently along Broad Street, too few in number to dominate traffic and separated from one another by the need to stop for red lights. A day officials had feared could descend into anti-government violence settled into something stranger, as a sideshow of heavily armed protest groups held competing news conferences outside Capitol Square before throngs of media and an even greater number of