Virginia gun control advocates are bringing their message to the General Assembly

Thanks for bring this to my attention. I have emailed my legislators, and pointed out they quickest way he could loose my vote was to vote for such gun control nonsense. I also called his office, and I was assured by his staff that not only was he against such useless measures I could count on him to vote to repeal more gun control laws...

I promised my support for him in the future

I would suggest all that care on this issue do the same... By calling and emailing, it highlights the fact just how unpopuler gun control is.

Gun control in any form, be it prohibition, registration, tightening laws or enacting new laws does not and will not reduce criminal gun violence. What it does is create more victims of violence. Look at Washington DC for a good example of that. There's a whole lot of people in this world let alone our own country who apparently never learned much in history class. Did prohibition sto the flow of alcohol? Marijuana and cocain are illegal to posess but you'll find it's an ongoing problem in every corner of America. The answer is in penalties for criminal behavior. Our legal system and our penal system have gotten so soft on criminals that there's no deterrent to criminal behavior. There seems to be a never ending supply of lawyers who couldn't care less about truth along with a an endless number or liberal organizations fighting to protect the "rights" of criminals. If any state wants to reduce violent crime,  it's got to punish the criminals with punishment that fits the crime. Even lethal injection is too soft a punishment for a criminal who takes a life. Public hanging and the electric chair garner a whole lot more respect. Not even those penalties will eliminate violent crime but they will certainly thin the heard.