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Virginia governor tightens gun control rules, creates task force [View all]
Source: Reuters
Politics | Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:55pm EDT
Virginia governor tightens gun control rules, creates task force
RICHMOND, VA. | BY GARY ROBERTSON
Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe ordered tighter gun control measures in Virginia on Thursday that included creation of a gun crimes task force.
McAuliffe's executive order comes as Democratic presidential candidates are making gun control a major campaign theme following a rash of high-profile mass shootings.
McAuliffe is heading Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in Virginia, which is the home of the powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby, and reducing gun violence has been a focus of his administration.
In signing the order, McAuliffe cited the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech University in which 32 people were killed and the on-air killings in August of two Roanoke television journalists.
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Virginia governor tightens gun control rules, creates task force
RICHMOND, VA. | BY GARY ROBERTSON
Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe ordered tighter gun control measures in Virginia on Thursday that included creation of a gun crimes task force.
McAuliffe's executive order comes as Democratic presidential candidates are making gun control a major campaign theme following a rash of high-profile mass shootings.
McAuliffe is heading Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in Virginia, which is the home of the powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby, and reducing gun violence has been a focus of his administration.
In signing the order, McAuliffe cited the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech University in which 32 people were killed and the on-air killings in August of two Roanoke television journalists.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/15/us-usa-virginia-guns-idUSKCN0S92EI20151015
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