Woman charged after threatening to bring 'every single gun loaded and ready' if her children had to

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wear masks.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/us/virginia-school-board-threat-gun-loaded/index.html

(CNN)Police in Virginia said a woman has been charged after she claimed at a school board meeting she would show up with loaded guns if her children were required to wear masks at school.

In the post on the department's Facebook page, authorities said Amelia King, 42 of Luray, was charged with making an oral threat while on school property Friday afternoon.

A magistrate judge released her on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

The board had been debating Covid-19 mitigation measures as the Omicron wave continues to cause significant community transmission, and in light of one of new Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive orders.

On January 15, his first day in office, Youngkin issued an executive order saying parents could decide whether their children had to wear face masks in school.

During the public comment section of the meeting, a response from one of the four Page County residents who spoke turned confrontational.

"My children will not come to school on Monday with a mask on," King told the Board. "Alright? That's not happening. And I will bring every single gun loaded and ready to... I will call every..."