Gun-carrying men who said they are members of Virginia militias staged a protest Saturday evening at the T.C. Walker Education Center in Gloucester. Their appearance was quiet and lasted until night began to fall. Some counter-protestors shouted from a distance, and a few spectators watched from Walker grounds and from across T. C. Walker Road.

Speaking for the group, Mike Dunn said they were protesting the arrests and felony charges issued against four men for allegedly carrying guns to a meeting of the Gloucester County School Board on July 11. The four men were charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds, a Class 6 felony.

The men were confronted by deputies of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office after leaving the July 11 meeting, and their guns were seized, according to charging papers. The charges were placed three days later.

Dunn asserted that the Walker Center is listed as a government facility, not a school, and that guns would be legal at such a facili...