The New York Times has an opinion piece today about efforts to stop New York City investigators from documenting illegal gun purchases and shady dealers in Virginia. Because of our incredibly weak gun laws, dealers in my home state are "among the most notorious suppliers" of illegal guns to NYC.

The Virginia Assembly and our Attorney General don't care about New York City's gun problems, so long as the money from the gun lobby keeps flowing. Never mind that the investigation might actually prevent gun crime by exposing illegal gun deals. Governor Tim Kaine deserves credit for expanding the background check database in response to the Virginia Tech shootings, but he should do more to stand up to the legislature and the AG on gun issues. When a city in another state is doing more to enforce gun laws in our state than we are, there's only one word for it.

Shameful.

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