Read the article itself.
I stopped at "so-called "resistance"". These people have been calling themselves the Resistance since before the inauguration. The whole article's a desperate attempt at reframing the past three years.
Aw, hell. Dorothy Fontana died? She, as much as Roddenberry, created Star Trek - she wrote the entire backstory for Spock and Vulcan.
Side note: she's credited as "DC Fontana" because she couldn't get work as "Dorothy," and had to user her initials.
No. The purpose of Congressional immunity is to prevent Congressmen and Senators from being persecuted and silenced while Congress is in session.
While immunity isn't blanket, I'm pretty confident saying that in an impeachment case, a Congressman won't be arrested for anything related to that impeachment, as it would be extremely difficult to argue that's not in some way a political prosecution.
More importantly, it keeps him from having to confiscate those guns under VA law. The practical matter of avoiding that nightmare situation is a far better reason than any philosophical point.
California's so backwards in some ways. In my state, they tax the rain, and starting next year will fine you for taking care of your lawn...and fine you for not taking care of it.