Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is following the gun control playbook by exploiting a tragedy to push Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam failed political agenda, the fact is none of the governor's gun control proposals would have prevented the horrible tragedy at Virginia Beach.

Jennifer Baker

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If Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is genuinely interested in pursuing policies that will save lives, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam should focus on prosecuting violent criminals and fixing our broken mental health system, instead of blaming Virginia's law-abiding gun owners for the act of a deranged murderer.

There's no such thing as unlicensed gun dealers, they're called felons. If you're breaking the law, you should be prosecuted and punished.

If you look at the data and the sheer number of increases in suicides, including suicides carried out by means other than firearms, it is very clear that a solution that would actually save lives is dealing with the mental health issue, gun control is not the answer.

Generally, airguns are not defined as firearms under state or federal law because of the numerous negative effects such a definition would create.

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Treating airguns as firearms would make teaching firearm safety t... by Jennifer Baker

Treating airguns as firearms would make teaching firearm safety to children much more difficult.

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We're not going to find a law to fix every single problem in this country, right. Not every law stops every crime. But what we can do is put more laws in place to ensure things like background checks are happening.

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The NRA is opposed to any and all forms of a gun registry. by Jennifer Baker

The NRA is opposed to any and all forms of a gun registry.

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