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ABC NEWS
Gun Control Debate Heats Up in Virginia
Families of Va. Tech Victims Stand Outside Rally
May 19, 2007
As Sean McQuade, the final victim of the Virginia Tech massacre to be released from the hospital, wakes up in his own bed, the national struggle over gun control continued this week as two Virginia gun shop owners decided it was time to take a stand.
One month after the deadliest shooting by one individual in U.S. history, two Virginia gun shop owners held a raffle to give away free guns.
“Guns in the hands of decent law-abiding citizens is a good thing,” one of the shop owners said. “In my opinion, you can’t have too many of those kinds of guns.”
But two guns in the hands of a mentally disturbed student, who had been law-abiding, were too much for the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings.
Outside the event, photos of the victims were held up next to signs calling for more gun control.
The so-called “Bloomberg Gun Raffle” was a defiant message to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who recently ordered undercover investigators to try and catch illegal gun sales in action, and targeted shops in several states, inclucing Virginia.
“Mayor Bloomberg is concerned about guns that flood New York City that are used in crimes,” said Paul Helke of the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence. “He sent P.I.s to various states and he found that there were gun dealers not following the law.”
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