“It tends to be heavily Democrat-controlled or Democrat-centered areas, like Northern Virginia, for example, that, that have passed these [gun restrictions] so you’re not getting them in more red conservative rural areas,” said Amy Swearer, legal fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
Nico Bocour, government affairs director for the gun-control advocacy group Giffords, said that Virginia allowing localities to restrict firearms in public provides an opportunity for each community to address their own specific needs.
“What might be appropriate in a very rural area might be a little bit different in a very densely populated urban area, as far as, you know, day-to-day regulations of various sorts,” Ms. Bocour said.
Company No. 7 is home again.
âThis is a great day,â said Roanoke Fire-EMS Chief David Hoback. âWe built this station for the next 75 years of service to this community.â
The reconstruction of Fire Station No. 7 has been a closely watched and anticipated project in Roanoke.
The new firehouse, christened with a grand opening Wednesday, offers almost four times as much space and is better designed to meet modern needs â including, crucially, being able to properly house both male and female firefighters. That is something the prior, circa-1922 fire station couldnât do.
âI certainly want to thank our fire and EMS personnel,â said City Manager Bob Cowell, adding that while the historic station was of a great era it was no longer able to support the communityâs needs.
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Press Release From Terry McAuliffe Campaign: Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea today endorsed Terry McAuliffe for governor, joining a growing list of prominent Virginia leaders backing Terry for Virginia since he launched his campaign just last week. In his endorsement, Mayor Lea touted Terry’s big, bold vision to create a more equitable Virginia by making an unprecedented investment in education and ensuring all Virginians benefit from the Commonwealth’s post-COVID economic recovery.
“Since he announced his campaign just last week, Terry McAuliffe has demonstrated his vision for the future of our Commonwealth is big, bold, and consequential. Terry has made racial equity central to his education and COVID plans, pushing to address inequalities that have plagued our communities for generations,” said Mayor Sherman Lea (Roanoke). “He will lift up our communities by making sure our kids have a quality education, fighting this opioid and heroin epidemic, and helping small businesses