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  • Petersen easily unseats Davis in Senate (gun-grabbing, RINO wife of Tom Davis lost in VA)

    11/16/2007 11:38:19 AM PST · by neverdem · 20 replies · 65+ views
    Washington Times ^ | November 7, 2007 | Seth McLaughlin
    Jeannemarie Devolites Davis yesterday lost her bid for re-election to the Virginia Senate, dealing Republicans a blow in a key Northern Virginia district. John Chapman "Chap" Petersen, a Democrat, defeated Mrs. Davis in the 34th Senate District in central Fairfax. "This is one of those moments you dream of all your life," Mr. Petersen told the crowd last night at his postelection gathering at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. "When I was young and stupid, I thought I would put Fairfax on the map, but the reverse happened. The people of Fairfax City put me on the map," he said....
  • Republican pushes gun show bill (VA)

    01/16/2007 10:28:37 AM PST · by neverdem · 59 replies · 1,120+ views
    Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | January 15, 2007 | NA
    A Fairfax Republican will carry this year's version of a measure that would close the so-called gun show loophole in Virginia. State Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, R-Fairfax, is sponsoring the bill that gun control advocates contend would close what they call a loophole that allows people to buy firearms from unlicensed dealers without a background check at gun shows. Similar measures have died in past legislatures -- last year, a proposal pushed by state Sen. Henry L.Marsh III, D-Richmond, died in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. Davis described her bill "as not about taking away anybody's Second Amendment rights"...