By ERIC KOLENICH AND SABRINA MORENO
Richmond Times-Dispatch
RICHMOND â Police encircled Capitol Square with silver barricades. They blocked roads with dump trucks and closed nearby streets. Officers held zip tie handcuffs and some watched from rooftops.
The FBI had warned that far-right extremists were planning to march on state capitols, but Mondayâs protests in Richmond were limited to lines of cars parading through Richmond and 100 or so heavily armed Second Amendment supporters standing in the streets downtown. Last year, an estimated 22,000 gun rights supporters flooded Capitol Square and the area around it for âLobby Day,â an annual event for groups seeking to influence the General Assembly.