Gun Policy News
Closing Gun-Show Loophole Encumbers Rights, Little Benefit
31 January 2005
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), Editorial
Along with abortion and a few other issues, guns galvanize public passion to an unusual degree. Outside the armed camps of gun-control advocates and gun-rights groups, a largely sensible center supports the right to keep and bear arms within reason. The constant question is just what right reason requires. This newspaper supports gun rights within limits, such as Virginia's one-gun-a-month restriction, which has helped reduce "straw purchases" and gun-running along the... (GunPolicy.org)