Liberal National Club president dies after protesting at Brisbane library

The young man at the centre of a controversial Liberal National Club protest against drag queens reading to children has been found dead.

A young man who was filmed protesting against a drag queen reading program in Brisbane has died after the controversial footage was shared.

Wilson Gavin, 21 — president of the University of Queensland Liberal National Club, which organised the protest — was found dead in the inner suburb of Chelmer this morning.

Queensland Police confirmed they were called to a situation involving a 21-year-old male at 7am.

Queensland Ambulance Service told news.com.au that they arrived at the scene at 7.07am with multiple crews, including a critical care paramedic.

Tributes have begun to appear online, with Queensland Liberal National party MP Dr Mark Robinson saying on Twitter he was “deeply saddened” to hear of Mr Gavin’s death.

Friend Drew Pavlou wrote on Facebook Mr Gavin was “a very decent and kind person that cared for others”.

“He was hilarious and a riot to be around, his fame will always remain legendary,” he wrote.

“He had his struggles and made mistakes, and it is a tragedy for us all that he ultimately succumbed to his suffering and pain.”

The news comes less than 24 hours after video footage showed Mr Gavin storming the Drag Queen Storytime event at Brisbane Square Library.

The footage from the event showed protesters, including Mr Gavin, chanting “drag queens are not for kids”.

The event was organised by Rainbow Families Queensland, an organisation that celebrates diverse families.

The Veronicas’ Jess Origliasso posted the footage to Instagram on Sunday night where the protesters received criticism for their actions.

It emerged that the UQ Liberal National Club has been disaffiliated from the Liberal National Party in December last year but continued to operate.

Liberal National LNP MP Trevor Evans was one of many to criticise the group for their actions.

UQ’s Liberal National Club said on its Facebook Page it was making “a stand to defend LNP values against a corrosive gender ideology”.

In a subsequent post, the group said: “What people do behind the closed doors of a nightclub is their business, but this event is designed to indoctrinate and sexualise young children. Our kids deserve better than this!”

The LNP has sought to distance itself from the group, with a spokesman saying: “Late last year, the LNP state executive resolved to disaffiliate the UQ LNP club and asked the club to desist from using the party’s name and colours.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/liberal-national-club-president-dies-after-protesting-at-brisbane-library/news-story/a0db306600104b8d02370ae1721b96b4

NRA Handing Out 30-Round Mags in VA to Fight Northam Gun Ban

The NRA will be handing out 1,000 30-round magazines in the Virginia Capitol City of Richmond Monday as part of the fight against Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) gun grab.

The NRA used a Sunday night tweet to explain that Magpul Industries — a renowned magazine and firearm accessory maker — sent 1,000 magazines to the gun rights organization in order to have them given out to pro-Second Amendment Virginians on Monday.

Monday is January 13, the day on which the NRA has asked its members to flood into Virginia Senate meetings and ensure that pro-Second Amendment voices drown out those calling for gun control.

Democrats in the Virginia legislature have already put forward a number of bills, one of which is Delegate Mark Levine’s (D) HB 961.

Levine’s bill bans “assault weapons,” “high-capacity” magazines, certain triggers, and suppressors, among other things. The bill puts forward a means by which “assault weapon” owners can apply for a license to retain their gun, but the trade-off is that their names are entered into a database.

Owners of “high-capacity” magazines, certain triggers, and suppressors, will have a grace period to get rid of the accessories/devices, after which they will face felony charges for possessing them.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/12/nra-30-round-mags-va-fight-against-northam-gun-ban/

6 Mexican nationals plead guilty to federal charges after $1.7M in meth seized in metro Atlanta

A man accused of helping run a million-dollar methamphetamine lab out of Fulton and DeKalb counties became the sixth to plead guilty to federal charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Santana Cardenas, 41, of Mexico, was the final defendant to enter a guilty plea after officials accused him of conspiring to convert more than 400 pounds of liquid meth into crystal meth, according to U.S. Attorney BJay Pak.

Fredrico Pacheco-Romero, 27, Carlos Martinez, 24, Jorge Mendoza-Perez, 50, Victor Manuel Sanchez, 21, and Eduardo Lopez, 26, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

The charges stemmed from a months-long investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration that connected the local group to a Mexico-based drug cartel. Pak said Pacheco-Romero and Martinez were the local leaders of the group.

More than a quarter of a ton of meth, valued at nearly $1.7 million, was discovered during the investigation, AJC.com previously reported. The group used homes in Milton and Ellenwood.

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An indictment accused the men of conspiring to “knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.”

Agents learned that a shipment of liquid meth was heading to the Atlanta area in February 2019. On Feb. 9, DEA agents obtained warrants and searched half a dozen properties the group was using, according to Pak.

During the searches, authorities found active conversion labs and meth, Pak said. Officials searching a home off Mountain Road in Milton discovered 300 pounds of meth, and a bust at a home on Hearn Road in Ellenwood yielded another 120 pounds.

Agents also found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, multiple cellphones, drug ledgers and guns.

The six defendants are each scheduled to appear in federal court for sentencing in early 2020.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/6-mexican-nationals-plead-guilty-to-federal-charges-after-1-7m-in-meth-seized-in-metro-atlanta/