The 1792 Code is pretty clear as to who the "citizens" are under

It's clear that could only be prevented by taking everyone's guns. ** -- ResistHoo 01/25/2023 5:07PM

Just use the same magic they use to ban drugs ** -- HokieDan95 01/25/2023 6:11PM

Stupid post ** -- 111Balz 01/25/2023 8:30PM

Well, for one, most people aren’t talking -- BocaHoo91 01/25/2023 7:02PM

3D printers will go brrrrrrrrrr. Good luck gun grabbers. ** -- ryno hoo 01/25/2023 6:13PM

Why do Dems have armed guards and police? Seems unfair. ** -- ryno hoo 01/25/2023 5:11PM

They're the important ones, ryno. No one gives a shit about you. ** -- ResistHoo 01/25/2023 5:31PM

True ** -- WaxHoo 01/25/2023 5:45PM

So, the lives of Joe Sixpack and Jane Everywoman are worth less -- ryno hoo 01/25/2023 5:39PM

A democratic politician, yes - they believe the right things. ** -- ResistHoo 01/25/2023 5:41PM

You know, you aren’t fooling anyone with a brain -- 111Balz 01/25/2023 8:32PM

Actually, you seem incredibly easy to fool, Jackie. -- ResistHoo 01/25/2023 8:43PM

I guess that could make sense to a democrat. Still, doesn't seem very fair ** -- ryno hoo 01/25/2023 5:44PM

My post right above is meant for you,both of “you” ** -- 111Balz 01/25/2023 8:33PM

Becuz MAQAtees are trying to kidnap and / or shoot them, silly! ** -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 5:23PM

Seems fake. But if true, guns provide protection. Thanks. ** -- ryno hoo 01/25/2023 5:25PM

Nope, real. People going to / already in prison for it. -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 6:07PM

The administration was likely afraid of infringing 2nd amendment rights. ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:25PM

That...or afraid of "traumatizing" the child if he did not actually have -- Tuckahokie 01/25/2023 4:46PM

Then call the parents to be there which they didnt do either ** -- HokieJamie 01/25/2023 6:27PM

Don’t disagree…new protocols coming now I’ll bet ** -- Tuckahokie 01/25/2023 6:35PM

Our county going to be rolling out some metal detectors thanks to recent -- Mad Bowl Hoo 01/25/2023 6:50PM

How many teachers will be laid off to pay for them? ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 8:49PM

None because there’s a shortage of teachers now, partly because -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/26/2023 06:38AM

Yes and im sure they will be crystal clear and actionalbe...... -- GoochlandHoo 01/25/2023 6:40PM

Don’t forget the documentation. Can’t act unless it’s in writing. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 7:44PM

Sounds like the teacher was in the process of violating the child's 2A... -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 4:40PM

Founding fathers didn't say 6 year olds didn't have 2nd amendment rights. ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:43PM

2A doesn't specify an age for being militia-ready- clearly a violation of -- Capital City Hoo 01/25/2023 5:13PM

I believe armed children are our future. Teach them well and let them -- 111Balz 01/26/2023 06:46AM

Yep. If you don't put in your buck o' five, who will? ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:15PM

We first need to know if the child was white and land-owning to establish -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 4:46PM

Not necessary to serve in the militia, even in 1789. ** -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 5:03PM

Let's not pretend that militias weren't used to quell slave revolts. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:06PM

There were free blacks who were part of the militia, which consisted of all -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 5:10PM

1792 Virginia Militia Act: "free, able-bodies WHITE male citizen. -- Shenhoo 01/25/2023 6:55PM

Now do a Northern state. Free blacks enlisted as soldiers in the -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 7:04PM

Maryland and Delaware passed laws in the 1820s prohibiting free blacks from -- WahooRQ 01/25/2023 7:56PM

LOL. As Big Joey famously reminded us, Delaware was a slave state. -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 8:39PM

A string of really stupid posts from you. Sorry, BTTTS ** -- 111Balz 01/26/2023 06:48AM

You are really just drunk punching and embarrassing yourself now. Cringe AF ** -- WahooRQ 01/25/2023 10:07PM

There were some, and they got fucked over after the war was over. Most of -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 7:21PM

The Brits provided them free passage from Africa to America, so to speak ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 8:51PM

They did and they were racists. But they followed through. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 9:00PM

So people with disabilities -- Zhoo 01/25/2023 6:58PM

I'd take that particular code to meant they were free from -- Shenhoo 01/25/2023 7:02PM

Here's from the Florida code. First I found. VA had a similar law though -- Shenhoo 01/25/2023 6:26PM

That seems pretty clear. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 6:35PM

JM's quickly reaching KKK's level of dishonesty. Here's Virginia -- Shenhoo 01/25/2023 6:41PM

Worse. KKKlanny is dumber than a bag of hammers. JMQ purports to be an -- WahooRQ 01/25/2023 8:06PM

Wow, seriously? ** -- HoodatB 01/25/2023 5:16PM

JM likes to reminisce about the good ole days sometimes -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 5:24PM

Are these America's best days? ** -- Tuckahokie 01/25/2023 5:44PM

What does that mean and what time period do you wish it was, tuck? -- WahooRQ 01/25/2023 6:06PM

Historical revisionism worthy of the 1776 Commission. And black slaves were -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:24PM

Yeah, I'll bet you can always cite some edge case. I'm sure lots of "free -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:12PM

If they were males capable of fighting, they were automatically members of -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 5:41PM

If I were a judge and you were practicing before me, I would straight up -- WahooRQ 01/25/2023 8:09PM

You mean these "citizens"? Va Code 1832 -- Shenhoo 01/25/2023 6:47PM

"Citizens." LMAO!!! How stupid do you think I am? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 6:32PM

The 1792 Code is pretty clear as to who the "citizens" are under -- Shenhoo 01/25/2023 7:03PM

Wink wink. And blacks in 1950 Alabama had the same rights as anybody else ** -- 81_Hokie 01/25/2023 6:11PM

Oh yeah, I forgot about that bit of history ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:58PM

They didn't say that any individual has unlimited gun rights. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:44PM

I've always believed that. ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:46PM

Wow. Worse than I... -- Newt 01/25/2023 4:19PM

Mistakes throughout the day. Ultimately, there's really one question ... -- Blah 01/25/2023 4:09PM

Wow, pretty damning evidence ** -- TomGlansAski 01/25/2023 4:04PM

School's fault as usual in gun free zone. ** -- ryno hoo 01/25/2023 3:59PM

Yeah. If they had armed teachers, they could have shot the kid, right? Or -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:32PM

You sure they weren't actors? You hero, Alex Jones, would be disappointed. ** -- Blah 01/25/2023 4:04PM

Not to be outdone by children, dogs now getting in on the act too. -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 3:44PM

I just hope it was his own gun. It would suck worse if he was killed by -- 81_Hokie 01/25/2023 6:25PM

Or a well plotted murder! And what's the point of CPR on gun shot would 6 ** -- JohnHoo2 01/25/2023 4:23PM

LOL! That one sounds like Darwinism. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:45PM

Man’s best friend my ass. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 4:00PM

Don't recall any cats ever shooting their owners. Just sayin'. -- Hoodafan 01/25/2023 6:25PM

They would but can’t be bothered. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 6:28PM

Haha! True! Or will only when it's on their terms. ** -- Hoodafan 01/25/2023 6:29PM

No need to share those preferences here ;-) ** -- TomGlansAski 01/25/2023 4:05PM

Shit that reminds me, we need peanut butter. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 5:02PM

She will own the school system if true ** -- HokieJamie 01/25/2023 2:59PM

The sad thing is she has no viable cause of action other than workers comp ** -- HptHokie 01/25/2023 7:37PM

Thats a big time punishment ** -- Zhoo 01/25/2023 3:23PM

OK I laughed hard on that one -- HoodatB 01/25/2023 4:12PM

And the sad thing? That's tax money that should be going for education. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:13PM

Do public institutions have insurance for these type of things? ** -- HoodatB 01/25/2023 4:13PM

Quite possibly. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:26PM

Crazy. I can think of 3 recent shootings that -- Capital City Hoo 01/25/2023 2:30PM

Agreed. The receiving part to “see something, say something” -- 757 01/25/2023 2:59PM

Here's the article I didn't have time to search for earlier. -- Hoodafan 01/25/2023 6:14PM

The same complaints and concerns are very prevalent in my school -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 6:55PM

It was apparently the case in this school, and the case across many schools -- Hoodafan 01/25/2023 3:07PM

Let's get to the crux of the problem. That is the claims that the second -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 2:47PM

This family had a pistol for self defense at their home. -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 3:55PM

That went really well, didn't it? -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 4:41PM

So they let a 6 yr old have access to a loaded gun? To protect the house? ** -- Blah 01/25/2023 4:23PM

Seattle said "Nobody cares if people have a weapon for self-defense at -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 4:36PM

Nobody does if the gun owners give access to a loaded gun to a 6yr old. -- Blah 01/25/2023 4:51PM

Of course the parents should be held accountable for not properly securing -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 4:55PM

Be more specific - how? ** -- HoodatB 01/25/2023 5:17PM

Should be. What does Virginia law say? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:05PM

This… -- SixerHoo 01/26/2023 10:08AM

Fair enough. ** -- Blah 01/25/2023 5:02PM

Every shooting gets into the fiction that the second amendment protects gun -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:41PM

Yes, the parents can be charged for failing to properly secure their -- JMHoo 01/25/2023 5:05PM

What would be the charge? What is the potential penalty? Can their right to -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:08PM

Yes, one article I read said they could be charged with a felony, for -- Hoodafan 01/25/2023 6:23PM

Or we can just pretend this has zero to do with our gun laws. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 6:35PM

Like I said...... ** -- Hoodafan 01/25/2023 8:39PM

Their home extends to the school playground I guess? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:26PM

I don't have an issue if law abiding responsible citizens ... -- Blah 01/25/2023 4:30PM

A lot of the shooters are law abiding until they go off and suddenly are -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:36PM

That's why accountability and stronger vetting are key. ** -- Blah 01/25/2023 4:52PM

Which goes back to this 2A discussion. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 5:26PM

Exactly. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:42PM

No, they couldn't lock it up. They had to have it accessible and loaded -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:28PM

And they were irresponsible. I presume you disagree with my -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 4:23PM

You are entitled to your opinion. The fact is it could have been prevented ** -- Lupos 01/25/2023 3:21PM

Now do all the other mass shootings. Yeah, the school in this case, like a -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:25PM

2A has been distorted beyond recognition by those with an agenda -- Capital City Hoo 01/25/2023 2:56PM

+ 100 ** -- HoodatB 01/25/2023 4:24PM

I'd upvote this 10 times if I could. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:05PM

In same camp.....it was never a big issue for me ... -- GoochlandHoo 01/25/2023 3:01PM

How does the Gun Lobby keep guns out of the hands of nut cases? Not being -- Tuckahokie 01/25/2023 3:35PM

My definition of crazy is beyond the clinical definition -- GoochlandHoo 01/25/2023 6:36PM

The gun lobby is really to support the people who manufacture and sell guns ** -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:30PM

You waive your HIPPA rights for any number of privileges. The problem is -- WahooRQ 01/25/2023 4:26PM

This, too. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:05PM

Wow ** -- WahooMatt05 01/25/2023 2:20PM

Good to know that the parents of the 6 year old are -- BocaHoo91 01/25/2023 2:09PM

For other people ** -- Hoodeac 01/25/2023 3:23PM

To be fair they clearly taught the kid how to handle and fire the gun ** -- HptHokie 01/25/2023 2:44PM

To be fair you just point and pull the trigger, not rocket science. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 2:52PM

Likely -- LonghornHokie 01/25/2023 2:46PM

Disgusting. Plus one of her urchins is a damned Packers fan. ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:14PM

"The weapon was secured." Liars. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 2:37PM

The gun was allegedly stored on a six foot tall shelf in the parents -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 2:55PM

It doesn’t add up because the parents are lying -- BocaHoo91 01/25/2023 3:13PM

Probably, and it’s next to impossible to prove either way. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/25/2023 3:47PM

Yes. Bottom line is if the kid got it, it wasn't secured. QED. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/25/2023 3:17PM

Exactly. secure means the kid can't get it so it was not secure ** -- 81_Hokie 01/25/2023 4:20PM

There’s just nothing you can do to foil a -- BocaHoo91 01/25/2023 2:43PM

Schools are rushing to install metal detectors in every school -- NJHoo 01/25/2023 4:35PM

The 1792 Code is pretty clear as to who the "citizens" are under

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