Secession in Virginia Would Defuse the State's Conflict over Guns

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Secession in Virginia Would Def Secession in Virginia Would Defuse the State's Conflict over Guns

use the State's Conflict over Guns

01/24/2020

Earlier this month, West Virginia state senator Charles Trump introduced a senate resolution requesting that the citizens of Frederick County consider joining West Virginia. That is, the West Virginia Senate invited the county to secede from Virginia and join West Virginia.  The Senate later adopted the resolution.

Resolutions like these don't change any laws, but the Senate vote was in part a response to the dissatisfaction voiced by some Virginians over the legislative agenda of the new government in Richmond. As Tho Bishop noted on Monday here at Mises.org, many residents of Frederick County, like residents of other counties outside Democrat-controlled areas of the state's east and northeast, are concerned about mounting efforts by the state government to impose new gun ownership restrictions—among other new regulations—on Virginia residents.