Mike Bloomberg has set his sights on Virginia.  He wants to push his own socialist agenda down our throats and his checkbook has bought him support from Democrats far and wide.  

This is a fight they shouldn't start.  Over 90% of Virginia counties have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries (see map below).  It is clear the vast majority of Virginians do not want more gun control.  As I mentioned before, gun control is not about guns or making us safer, it is about control.  Those pushing gun control just want control of the citizens.  They don't like us to be able to protect ourselves and our families.  

A friend and I took part in the VCDL gun rights rally this week.   It was amazing to see so many people from all walks of life united in one thing - our love for freedom.  There we people shoulder-to-shoulder for three blocks around the Capital!  The news coverage of this event was a joke.  They called it a rally of white supremacists and expected violence.  What actually happened was an enormous number of gun owners showed-up for a peaceful rally to remind our Governor and Legislature that they are supposed to represent us. 

The Senate already has passed a number of bad bills including Universal Background check, One Handgun a Month and the worst of the all: Red Flag Gun Confiscation.  These are an assault on our liberty and should not be tolerated.  I'm sure any of these that make it into law will be challenged in court but that doesn't mean we should depend on the court to throw them out.  Let's get really active in the political process and try to stop them from becoming law.  

I would guess that most gun owners, including me, have a handgun (or two) in the home for self defense.  In my case, these guns are loaded and in quick access safes to prevent an unauthorized person from getting to them.  If I need a rifle or shotgun, those are unloaded in my safe in the garage and will take significantly more time to get.  Ever since the slaughter of 26 people in a Sutherland Springs, TX church, I've been considering how to have a rifle in my house ready for quick access.  In case you don't remember that case, Stephen Willeford engaged a heavily armed and armored shooter with his AR and was able to stop the rampage.  Rifles are used for self-defense fairly frequently.  Over the summer, I wrote about a man fighting off five home intruders with an AK47.  Recently, I just saw this article about a pregnant women who saved her husband and his daughter from home invaders with an AR15.  

Right now, I'm considering three different options.  Two wall mount options: Gunvault or Hornady.  The third option is  a Hornady under the bed safe.  I like the idea of hiding a wall mount safe in my closet behind my hanging clothes.  Let me know if you have a rifle ready for quick access and what your preferred method of securing it is.

How safe are you at church?   Keith Thomas Kinnunen shot and killed 2 people at West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas over the weekend.  Thankfully, this church has a security team and the members of this team were ready to respond.  Within 6 seconds of the shooting starting, it was over and Mr. Kinnunen had been shot dead!  6 seconds!  

The current theory on the motive is that Mr. Kinnunen was angry that the church didn't give him money (though it seems they did feed him several times).  As most mass shooters, he was mentally ill and could not have purchased the gun legally.  

Richmond Firearm Training introduced church security training.  We do this for nominal cost with the goal of improving the overal security in Richmond-area houses of worship.