gun control

The week in review

Best break for gun-runners: Virginia's Senate passes a bill February 6 lifting the one-handgun-a-month law put into place in 1993 by Governor Doug Wilder to curb gun trafficking, the Washington Post reports. House of Delegates has already eliminated the one-gun limit, and G
You can play football on Sunday, so why not hunt, wonders Tony Shifflett, pictured with an eight-point buck.

Bloody Sunday? Repeal of hunting ban thrills-- and chills

When Karen Wood was shot to death in her own backyard in 1988 while wearing white mittens, some suggested the Maine woman's death was her own fault. After all, those mittens might resemble a deer's tail, and she had stepped outside during hunting season without wearing b

Carmen's law: Cat shooting prompts new gun measure

She was one family's pet, but the death of Carmen the cat may soon have an impact on every resident of Albemarle County. On Wednesday September 6, a day after Hook press time, County attorney Larry Davis plans to present to the Board of Supervisors a draft ordinance that, i

Claws and effect: Cat killing shocks Bentivar

Her name was Carmen, but the family called her a "ragdoll" because she'd put up with anything. A big black cat, Carmen patiently allowed children to roughhouse with her, served as a frequent guest at a local elementary school's "show and tell" days, and followed neighbors

After all: Wilder's one-handgun-a-month ban may survive

It was part of L. Douglas Wilder's campaign platform, but two weeks ago it appeared that the former governor's 17-year-old ban on buying more than one handgun a month seemed headed for repeal. Wilder had always described the ban as a commonsense way to end Virginia's dubiou
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