Virginia Senate Republicans Obstruct Gun Violence Prevention Measures

From ThinkProgress Fri Jan 18 2013, 20:40:20

The Virginia Senate's Courts of Justice Committee defeated several proposals for gun violence prevention, on party-line votes at an unscheduled meeting. And while one bill initially passed the committee -- a proposal to prevent unlicensed vendors who don't run background checks from selling firearms at gun shows -- the committee rescinded its initial 8-6 vote [...]

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