Mark Earley was the GOP Attorney General of Virginia who ran for governor. He's the man who instituted "Project Exile" in Virginia, and the GOP tried to pass him off as a "conservative" candidate for governor. The guy is a lifelong member of the NAACP, and a consistent gungrabber. Conservative Virginians gave him the bird in the election and now we have a democrat carpetbagger for governor. The VAGOP pompom shakers on FR are blaming conservatives for the fact that we now have a democrat governor. Conservatives knew good and well what would happen if that stealth commie got the governor's job with a GOP majority in the legislature. Our rights are safer with a governor and legislature who will be at war with each other.
Earley is exactly the type who would push a program like the one your character pushed while naming it something patriotic sounding.
That's pretty scary! I was actually thinking of Curren in MD when I wrote up Sanderson, and was wondering if his politics would even translate to more conservative VA. I guess these gun grabbers can spring up anywhere!