Virginia Senate votes to repeal limit on gun purchases

6 February 2012, 4:42 pm

PORTSMOUTH, Va (Reuters) - Virginia lawmakers on Monday moved toward lifting a 19-year-old law limiting handgun purchases to one per month, despite a recent history of campus shootings and critics' concerns that the state will become a "gunrunners' paradise." State senators voted 21-19 to amend Virginia law to eliminate the prohibition that was enacted in 1993 to curb gun smuggling operations ...... Read More »

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