“Gun Reform Now” demand protesters at NRA vigil

An estimated 300 protesters showed up Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, to protest gun violence — and especially last weekend’s devastating attacks in El Paso and Dayton — at the headquarters of the NRA in Fairfax. There was a candle lighting ceremony and the names and ages of the victims were read by different speakers for El Paso and Dayton, followed…

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The killing field of gun safety bills in the Virginia House

Editor’s Note: Second in a two-part series on gun-related bills in the recently concluded state legislative session. Part 1 dealt with the Senate and was posted on April 2. This Part 2 deals with the House of Delegates  By Ben Zuhl: Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates introduced 80 bills to curb rampant gun violence in the legislative session…

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