Armed gun rights activists rallied at the Virginia State Capitol on Monday to protest proposed gun measures under new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger.

The Virginia Kekoas militia wore “Boogaloo” style attire for the first time publicly since 2023.

“All the rights, for all the people, all the time” explained the group’s leader, who goes by ICE (which is not a reference to the agency of the same name). “We’re just going back to our heritage, where we started.”

“Things are a little bit more serious this year,” explained the Kekoas member who goes by Sasquatch. “This is our unofficial battle cry!”

“I swear I’m not a swinger,” he clarified, referencing the pineapples on his Hawaiian shirt.

“I’m generally a pretty liberal person, but when I saw videos of ICE jumping out of unmarked vehicles and nabbing people off the street, that’s when I bought my first AR15,” one attendee of the gun rally explained.

“We’re facing tyranny right now, and I want to be prepared if that stuff comes to my neighborhood.”

“Tyrannical government, whatever your take on it, that’s the point of these bad boys right here,” Virginia Kekoas militia member call-sign cross responded to that position, slapping the butt of his rifle.

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.”

“It is our God-given right, it’s enshrined in our constitution,” Virginia Congressman John McGuire told the pro-gun crowd.

“Thank God we got President Donald J Trump in the White House. Can you imagine what would happen to our gun rights if Kamala Harris was in the White House?”

“God bless you, God bless the VCDL, and God bless America!” he concluded.

“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.”

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“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.”

“Permit to purchase, that one’s a real monster,” Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, described the policies he’s concerned about.

“It’s all about disarmament. Gun control is not about crime, it’s ultimately about disarming all of us.”

“They want to put a sin tax on a suppressor. They wanna do a sin tax on guns and ammunition. This is the same administration that says we’re worried about affordability. Well then why are you charging me 160% tax on something that protects hearing?”

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes arrived at the annual VCDL pro-gun rally in Virginia on Monday 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.”

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