Standing just outside the iron fencing surrounding Virginia’s Capitol in downtown Richmond on Monday, Alexandria resident Gerald Vandendries hoisted a semi-automatic rifle and scanned the crowd gathering for Lobby Day — an annual ritual for gun rights supporters that carried renewed urgency this year.

Activists gathered at Capitol Square's Bell Tower Monday to lobby for gun rights, while others lobbied to prevent gun violence.

Commonwealth Court rules residents can challenge emergency firearm restrictions even though no mayor has ever implemented them.

The Supreme Court grappled with squaring Hawaii's law, banning guns on private property unless permission is given, with the Second Amendment.

Gun rights advocates and gun violence prevention supporters gathered at the Virginia State Capitol on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with both sides drawing large crowds as the legislative session gets underway.