
Ken Plum: Epidemic surge in gun violence
While public attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic many missed the epidemic surge in gun violence that has been occurring in this country.

While public attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic many missed the epidemic surge in gun violence that has been occurring in this country.

Virginia Democrats won majorities in the House of Delegates and State Senate in 2019 on a platform heavy on gun violence prevention measures. What we’ve seen in the two legislative sessions since buttresses the case that elections matter.

Rule by brute force. That’s about as good a description as you’ll find for the sorry state of our nation.

On March 6, 2016, officers from the Richmond Police Department responded to a call for service within the 1400 block of Armfield Road.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) are leading 65 of their House colleagues in urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bring two gun safety bills to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote.

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has endorsed Mark Herring for re-election as attorney general.

All charges against Daryl Wayne Reese of Waynesboro have been dropped after further investigation.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst has determined that the shooting of a Harrisonburg Police officer responding to an animal complaint was “accidental.”

A coalition of state AGs is calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to close a loophole that allows criminals, domestic abusers and other prohibited purchasers of firearms to purchase “ghost guns.”

Virginia is one of three states in the nation whose constitution permanently disenfranchises citizens with past felony convictions, but gives the governor the sole discretion to restore civil rights, excluding firearm rights.
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