A Loophole in Dire Need of Closing

Sen. Henry Marsh knows his bill to close the state’s gun-show loophole faces an incredibly uphill fight, but at least he had several hundred folks show up Monday supporting his initiative.

Senate Courts of Justice committee hearings rarely are among the things that get people up early to pack a hearing in Richmond, but Marsh’s bill was one of the rare exceptions.

Introduced in the wake of the April 16, 2007, massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech by crazed gunman Sueng-Hui Cho, Marsh’s bill would require anyone purchasing a gun at a gun show and everyone selling a gun at a gun show to undergo and to perform a background check.