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Interesting that this state senator wears her gun to highlight the ongoing struggle for gun rights in Virginia, which is currently run by a Lib-Dem governor/attorney-general, although the House of Delegates and Senate are still in Republican (and hopefully pro-gun rights) hands. Of course the leftist Washington Post/Pravda-on-the-Potomac is going to put a negative slant on it. While there are a number of places where it is illegal to carry a firearm, of interest is the fact that Virginias who have a Concealed Carry Permit can and do carry handguns in the State Capitol. Each year the Virginia Citizens' Defense League (which has been very successful at expanding Virginia gun rights) organizes a day-long lobbying rally in Richmond, where teams of pro-gun members (many carrying) go into the Capitol and buttonhole their representatives to question them about their stands on gun issues and (if necessary) try to put some pressure on the politicos with regard to gun rights.