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'Cowardly' Virginia Senate Betrays Victims, Retains Gun Show Loophole
8 February 2009
New York Times, Editorial
Richmond lawmakers have callously rejected a gun control proposal sought as a memorial to the 32 students slain in the Virginia Tech massacre. Once more, state senators proved more beholden to the gun lobby's propaganda and campaign money than to public safety.
The measure, sought by Gov. Tim Kaine after the 2007 campus spree, would have reined in the unfettered sales of lethal weaponry — from backwoods to battlefield guns — at weekend "sportsmen's shows."
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