Starting on July 1, Virginia will join 15 other states that have extreme risk protection orders. This means that a judge can remove firearms from people who are determined to be at risk of harming themselves or others. This law will help prevent gun violence by ensuring that people who are going through a crisis […]
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Rich Anderson Represents the NRA. Not Me. And Not You. [Election Update]
This is part of a series of posts on Delegate Rich Anderson, who is up for re-election in District 51. Read the other posts in this series: Rich Anderson’s Dog Whistle Racism 7 Years of Votes Against Raising the Wage Rich Anderson: Another Old White Dude With Opinions About Your Body Rich Anderson has been […]
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A Parent’s Nightmare
The following is a guest blog by Lori Haas. It was a beautiful spring morning ten years ago when I got the phone call from my daughter, Emily. “Hi Mom, I’ve been shot,” she said. I immediately dropped what I had been doing and raced towards Blacksburg with my husband, breaking every traffic law as […]