Armed protesters lobby for gun rights in Virginia

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In the US State of Virginia, armed protesters gathered in Richmond for an annual rally that took on a more tense air, following the US Capitol riots earlier this month.

They were lobbying legislators in support of their gun rights and it coincides with the Martin Luther King Jr holiday.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel Hamid spoke to them in Richmond, Virginia.

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