Security is tight as gun-rights advocates gather for an 11 a.m. rally. The capital of Virginia was bustling on Monday morning as the city braced for a highly publicized gun rights rally, organized to oppose a series of gun-control measures making their way through the Legislature. The rally is scheduled to get underway at 11 a.m. and last until noon. Hoping to head off trouble, the state has set up a security perimeter around the Capitol grounds and has banned weapons — including firearms — from the area inside. Police officers guarded the area with the help of bomb-sniffing dogs, and people entering the perimeter through the single entrance were being screened with metal detectors.

Source: New York Times January 20, 2020 09:56 UTC