Virginia's Second Amendment Movement Ready And Armed


by Elisabeth Meinecke

01/15/2009 Print This


Obama’s election has already produced one result he probably didn’t intend: a boost to the Second Amendment movement.

Philip Van Cleave, the president of Virginia Citizen’s Defense League, said the organization has seen an increase in membership and the number of firearms purchased since Obama’s election. People are waiting up to 30 minutes in line to get into gun shows, and dealers are running out of ammunition on the first day (the shows typically last two to three).

“Shows that were busy have been flooded,â€