In the first signs of how he’ll act on legislation approved by Virginia’s Democratic General Assembly, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a largely symbolic bill protecting same-sex marriage but took a more adversarial stance to bills dealing with gun control, reproductive rights and marijuana. Youngkin had until Friday night
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s assertion this month that the state’s gun laws are already strong enough for his liking isn’t deterring Democrats from moving forward with major proposals limiting access to firearms. Policymaking committees in both chambers of the General Assembly have started to advance significant gun
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A bill that would require safer storage of firearms was one of several gun safety measures Democrats advanced in party-line votes during the Senate Judiciary meeting on Monday. In the wake of the recent shooting of a Newport News teacher by a 6-year-old student, Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, brought forward
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Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year, Virginia legislators are trying to remove a locality’s authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms in public areas. After the Court ruled against a New York law that placed strict limits on carrying guns outside the home, some
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