One West Virginia legislator is spearheading an effort to allow Virginia counties disgruntled about proposed gun control legislation to leave their state and join their western neighbor. West Virginia, unlike Virginia's Democrat-led government, is now controlled by Republicans in the House, the Senate and the governor's mansion. "It's turned fairly serious that some of these counties actually wanna leave, join the state of West Virginia, and we'd like to welcome them in." What we have here in West Virginia we treasure, and parts of Virginia treasure that way of life," Howell said of the areas that could join the state. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe text of the resolution requires any Virginia jurisdictions wanting to join West Virginia to have their citizens vote on the proposal before Aug. 1.

Source: Fox News January 24, 2020 16:04 UTC