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Roanoke College posts poll results about Virginians and hot-button issues
There are some interesting results from a new Roanoke College poll. It asked respondents about important social issues nationally, and polled people across Virginia. On immigration reform, when offered a choice of how to deal with immigrants in the U....
Tags: Surveys, Immigration, Firearms, Elections, Research
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Idea of gun range divides Giles County community
WDBJ7 anchor/reporterThe topics of guns, gun ranges and gun laws continue to divide people across the nation and right here in Giles County. Ironically enough, most of the people there are pro-gun. Guns are a part of the area's culture. The problem? Residents think...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Gun Control
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Senate rejects expanded gun background checks
The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. Wednesday's vote was a jarring blow to the drive to curb firearms sparked by December's massacre of...
Tags: Interior Policy, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Politics, Firearms, National Rifle Association of America
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What will universal background checks do?
WDBJ7 ReporterWith lawmakers considering universal background checks, some gun owners are worried. Gun control advocates say it could help stop the illegal sale of firearms. Aaron Cochran owns Trader Jerry's in Salem. Like most gun stores in the country, empty...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Gun Control
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Kaine supports assault weapons ban
Assignment ManagerSenator Tim Kaine says he will vote in favor of banning certain types of assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. In an editorial published Tuesday morning in the Norfolk Virginian Pilot newspaper, Kaine says he also supports...Tags: Interior Policy, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Liberty University makes a change to its gun policy on campus
While lawmakers continue the debate over gun control in Washington, one school in our region is making a clear statement on the issue. Some people at Liberty University will get to carry guns to class if they want to. The university's general counsel,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Interior Policy, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Firearms
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Connecticut lawmakers pass wide-ranging gun control law
Connecticut lawmakers gave final approval early Thursday to a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown that one lawmaker...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Mental Health, Firearms, Dannel P. Malloy , Weaponry
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Gun control debate continues in Rocky Mount
Anchor/ReporterThe White House event was just one in a series of rallies by gun control groups across the country today. One of those groups, Organizing for Action, rallied in Rocky Mount tonight to raise awareness about universal background checks for gun purchases....Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Gun Control
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Organizing For Action: "We need tougher gun laws"
WDBJ7 anchor/reporterA group of mothers who lost children to gun violence joined President Obama in Washington today to push for tougher gun laws. The Senate is expected to consider gun legislation that expands background checks next month. The President says the votes in...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Organizing for Action, U.S. Senate, White House
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Henrico County man faces $100 fine after 7-year-old grandson brought loaded gun onto school bus
A Henrico County man has been fined $100 for failing to secure a loaded handgun that his grandson took to school. Media outlets report that 78-year-old Harvey Lee Pleasant pleaded guilty Thursday in Henrico County General District Court to allowing...
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Local Republicans question a move made by Roanoke Mayor David Bowers
Local Republicans are questioning a move made by Democratic Roanoke Mayor David Bowers. He signed a letter along with hundreds of other mayors, urging Congress to pass an assault weapons ban. "I just don't think these proposals are unreasonable. I...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Assault, Gun Control, U.S. Congress
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Relative of Henrico County boy who took gun to school charged
Henrico County police have charged an adult relative of a boy who brandished a loaded handgun on a school bus. Police tell media outlets that 78-year-old Harvey L. Pleasant is charged with allowing children access to a firearm. The misdemeanor charge...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics
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