New gun deaths on campus where by 32 were slain in 2007 renews legislative gun policy debate

Source: Washington Post Posted By: JohnW 4527 days ago

Thursday’s point-blank slaying of a Virginia Tech campus policeman is sure to renew the gun control battle in all its fury before the General Assembly next month.

The debate had quieted somewhat in the nearly five years since a student on a murderous rampage shot and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech.

But with Republicans expecting House and Senate majorities and a pro-gun Republican governor, conservatives are taking aim at Virginia’s 20-year-old one-handgun-a-month law. Only three other states....

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