In a very odd turn of events an antifa group in Virginia is planning to march almost side by side with a conservative pro-gun group to protest Democrats proposed and restrictive new gun control laws at a rally at the state capitol, as Vice News reports.

Antifa Seven Hills, which is based in Richmond, Virginia is against the Democrats new gun control laws because its leaders believe that gun control is rooted in racism, and meant to criminalize members of the black community.

Antifa Seven Hills Spokesman James said ““I think it’s been pretty important for us to focus on the fact that gun control in America has a legacy of racist enforcement,” “Like taking guns away from black people, because black people were perceived as a threat to property and the sanctity of the state.”

Here’s more, via Vice:

Antifa and conservative gun-rights activists would seem to be unlikely bedfellows; anyone who’s tuned into cable news in the last few years has watched scenes of political violence unfold between the hard-left and right-wingers in places like Portland, New York City, Boston, and Berkeley.

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But in the case of Antifa Seven Hills, they believe they’ve got more in common with working-class white Virginians, regardless of their political bent, than they do with many of the moderate Democrats who helped their party win control of the Legislature in November, for the first time since 1994.

The shared skepticism of political moderates and authority is why Antifa Seven Hills sees the January 20 rally as an opportunity to extend an olive branch to other gun owners — at least those who don’t align with the far-right militias or white supremacists who are also expected to show up to the event.

According to Antifa Seven Hills spokesman James the group is trying to show not all antifa groups are the same.

He claims his group is different from the black-clad masked antifa groups we’ve seen in Portland, Oregon, Berkeley California and other places around the country.

“That’s really what we’re trying to work against right now, especially by talking to conservatives and showing we aren’t just a black-clad group of rabble-rousers who are out for attention and have jobs funded by George Soros.”

While this writer is appalled by what we have seen from antifa so far, concrete “milkshakes” and other vile violent tactics, it would be nice if James is correct and his group is different.

That said, after looking at their twitter feed and website, I doubt it.

We will find out soon enough if the Antifa Seven Hills group is truly going to attend the pro-gun rally at the state capitol to be supportive, or to cause trouble.