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I believe in severely punishing violent criminal behavior based on the criminal’s actions, not the tools they use.

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

"That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power."

Virginia Constitution Article I, Section 13

The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental Constitutional right. The Virginia Bill of Rights also defends the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.

George Washington once said, "The right to keep and bear arms stands only second in importance to the Constitution itself."

The federal courts have historically upheld the Second Amendment of our Constitution as an individual right to keep and bear arms. Our multi-layer gun control laws only restrict law-abiding citizens from protecting their lives and the lives of their loved ones, They do nothing to stop criminals who are intent on breaking these and other laws. In Richmond I will protect your right to keep and bear arms.

I also fully support concealed carry in Virginia. I recall an incident while I was a State Trooper. One evening after stopping a violent felon in a stolen car, I was forced to physically restrain him. While struggling with this felon, in the lanes of traffic on I-77, I was relieved to find myself being backed up by two armed truck drivers who had stopped their rigs on the highway in order to prevent traffic from hitting us as we fought. All resistance left the felon when he saw those two armed truckers.