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By MARY K. BLEWITT
and MARK SCOLFORO
Arundel Newspapers Staff Writers
ATOKA — More than 2,500 Republicans flocked from around the Commonwealth to attend the 14th Annual Atoka Country Supper at the Middleburg estate of U.S. Sen. John Warner on Saturday.
As the afternoon began a group protesting Warner’s vote in favor of a gun control bill stopped traffic on U.S. 50 near the entrance to his farm, passed out literature critical of the senator and held up a sign that, from a distance, seemed to indicate the Atoka Country Supper had been cancelled.
Among the vehicles that were stopped on U.S. 50 was Warner’s own car, according to his chief of staff, Susan Magill.
“He got out of his car and gave them a piece of his mind,” said Magill.
“He said, ‘What are you doing? The supper’s not cancelled, these are my guests,’ ” said Magill.
Cars were stopped at the Route 713 intersection, where visitors turn on U.S. 50 to enter Warner’s Atoka farm.
The literature that the Warner organization recovered was critical of Warner’s vote last year that restricted some types of automatic weapons. The literature was printed by the “Northern Virginia Citizens for Safe Government.” A phone call to a number on a press release issued by the group was not returned.
The group also released a photograph of the banner, which read, “John WARNER of ATOKA has CANCELLED” on the top (capital letters being much larger), and “your right to keep and bear arms” in small print at the bottom.
Passing motorists, given only a glance at the poster, read “Warner Atoka cancelled.”
Magill said she did not think the
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