Arlington Residents May Not Hate Guns As Much As You Think

Nova Armory – a prominent firearms store in Northern Virginia – drew some criticism in recent weeks over its choice of a new retail location.

However, a poll running in ARLNow this week may indicate that a silent majority of Second Amendment supporters may exist in the deep blue county of Arlington.

The poll, found at the bottom of an article about the store’s new location asks the following questions:

“What do you think of a gun store operating in the Clarendon neighborhood? Does the Metro corridor location change your opinion compared to the store’s current location near Route 50?”

Only a quarter of respondents said they were bothered by the new location, and nearly HALF of the respondents said they would consider shopping at the store. That answer was given by over 2,500 of the over 5,000 respondents.

The store currently operates in a location close to Route 50 at 2300 N. Pershing Drive. The new location of 2607 Wilson Blvd is deeper in the Clarendon neighborhood and close to an elementary school.

At the time when Nova Armory announced the move to a new location, ARLNow reported that they received several tips about the move including one “sent to ARLnow called it an “unacceptable, reckless addition to the neighborhood.”

It seems as though the anti-gun leftists may have a bark fiercer than their bite, even in a county where Republicans didn’t even garner a quarter of the votes in the past election.

 

Victoria Snitsar is a proud immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen with a decade of experience in grassroots politics and community organizing.

Her writing has been featured in many online publications, including Campus Reform, The Daily Torch and The
Daily Signal.

As an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, Victoria appeared in media outlets such as CBS News, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The Blaze and NRATV.

Victoria is also a former NCAA D1 student-athlete and Kansas College Republicans State Chair.

After moving eleven times in six years, Victoria resides in Arlington, Virginia and enjoys going to overpriced brunch on Sundays.