Alex Lemieux

Karen Mallard, a Virginia Beach school teacher who is challenging incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Taylor (VA-2), is now being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after sawing apart an AR-15 rifle. After posting her disassembly video to Facebook, the act has garnered hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of comments – mainly because was she did is a federal crime.

Mallard, a progressive Democrat, is currently running on a platform of gun control. According to her, “Our job is to teach children. It’s not to protect them from gun violence. That is the government’s job, and they’re failing at it.” Of course, progressives always believe responsibility should be untied from the family and levied to the state.

In the video, cutely named “krafts with Karen,” she explains that she was unhappy when her husband purchased an AR-15, “a while back.” Mallard added that after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, spurred on by the outcries for stricter gun control, she and her husband agreed they did not want the AR-15 in their home, “or anyone else’s house.”

“So, today, we’re going to destroy it,” Mallard said in the video as she takes a power saw to the rifle.

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In a report from 13 News Now, Mallard explained, “We need just common sense gun laws, and these military-style assault weapons are the ones being used in mass shootings, and we need to get rid of the bump stocks, we need to get rid of those magazines.”

Angered by Mallard’s political grandstanding, many have accused her of breaking federal law. Currently, it is illegal to alter a firearm that, according to the Sawed-Off Shotgun and Sawed-Off Rifle Act, has been “modified to an overall length of less than 26 inches.”

Master Police Officer Tonya Pierce, spokeswoman for the Virginia Beach Police Department, confirmed that the AR-15 rifle was in the possession of area police. She also explained that the ATF is now investigating the situation.

Under Virginia law, “possession or use of a ‘sawed-off’ shotgun or ‘sawed-off’ rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2 felony.” Considering Mallard now may face criminal charges, so much more letting the state have the responsibility.

A top Democrat in the Virginia House of Delegates has claimed that new measures to ensure school safety and student security will “distract” the legislature from what their “primary goal is.” According to House Minority Leader David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), the main objective of the political left now is to strip law-abiding Virginians of their right to own firearms.

In a short clip from WAVY, Toscano opined on the newly formed Select Committee on School Safety, of which he is a member. Created in light of, “recent tragedies involving unimaginable violence in our nation’s schools,” Speaker of the House Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) formed the fist select committee in 155 years to review state and local policy regarding safety in Virginia schools.

In the halls of the legislature on Thursday, Toscano said:

“School safety is a legitimate issue, it just can’t distract from what our primary goal is…and that is to get some reasonable common sense gun safety measures passed.”

It is quite interesting that Toscano would say this. Usually, progressives never show their hand so boldly.

He is, of course, absolutely correct.

Just like the Obama-Holder implementation of the Promise Program, which unquestionably led to the incident at the high school in Broward County, Florida, the safety of students, in the eyes of the left, is not the real objective. The actual physical security of school students is not their primary role – they do not have time for that, guns must be confiscated.

The Second Amendment is seen as a bit of nuisance from members on the left. They claim that the Constitution is a “living document” and can be changed haphazardly. Charlottesville’s representative in the House is acting like another fragile snowflake who is sickened by the sight of something more powerful than a slingshot.

Applause must be given to Toscano, though. At least he’s telling the people what he really thinks – student safety is a distraction.

Spurred on by contentious talks over gun control, a bitter fracas broke out on the floor of the House Friday morning after a Republican lawmaker tied recent mass shootings to the “abortion industry” and accused Democrats of being the historical party of slavery. In the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) shocked nearly everyone in the chamber with an eruptive speech against calls from the Democrats for stricter gun control laws.

There has been tension between Republican and Democrats in the House for a few weeks. Last month, Delegate Mark Levine (D-Alexandria) sent out an email headlined “How the GOP Makes it Easy to Commit Mass Murder,” infuriating Republicans. Undoubtedly, this lit the fire that ended with this morning’s explosion.

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Freitas charged, “Most of these shooters come from broken homes.” He explained that, “left-leaning policies [that] have encouraged broken homes,” since the 1960s that led the U.S. to suffer from consequential cultural changes. He listed that the “abortion industry,” children being born out of wedlock, and people depending solely on the government has led to a vast cultural decline.

Speaking on the historical pretext of the Democratic Party, Freitas launched into an exclamatory monologue:

“I just want to remind everyone of something very quickly. It was not our party [Republicans] that supported slavery…” 

Which, of course, it true.

“…that fought women’s suffrage…”

Which, of course, it true.

“…that rounded up tens of thousands of Asian-Americans and put them in concentration camps…”

Which, of course, it true.

“…that supported Jim Crow…”

Which, of course, it true.

“…supported segregation…”

Which, of course, it true.

“…or supported mass resistance…”

Which, of course, it true.

“…that wasn’t our party – that was the Democratic Party.”

Of course, all are true. If one has any quarrel over the comments of the gentlemen from Culpeper, research history. One will find the truth – the truth which was spoken on the House floor this morning.

The emphatic speech shattered the usually tame atmosphere of the House, causing several visibly upset Democrats to walk off the floor in defiance.

Freitas also said if Republicans can be accused of being linked to school shootings and mass shootings by being funded by the National Rifle Association (NRA), Democrats must admit they are, “bought and paid for by Planned Parenthood,” – which kills hundreds of thousands of potential lives every year.

Speaking to reporters afterward, Freitas said he was frustrated that Democrats would take offense at a speech meant to convey that Republicans aren’t guilty of the “pretty horrible things” Democrats often accuse them of. Freitas said he wasn’t implying that legalized abortion leads to mass shootings, but that children being born out of wedlock leads to “far-reaching social ills,” according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“I don’t base what I do off of Corey Stewart,” Freitas said commenting on his bid for U.S. Senate. “And this isn’t the first time I’ve given a floor speech on something I’m passionate about.”