A Virginia Commonwealth University student published an opinion piece backing repeal of the Second Amendment, tight firearm limits, and a full tracing registry for guns and ammunition. The writer already owns an AR-style pistol and intends to keep it for as long as such weapons stay lawful.

The student will not remain unarmed while neighbors or January 6 participants hold similar guns, choosing family over others in any clash. The piece lists public killings by immigration agents, vehicle stops lacking probable cause, warrantless home raids, racial profiling, and a white-supremacist march on the National Mall as grounds for keeping the rifle and matching force if conditions grow more dangerous for vulnerable groups.