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Sen.Dave W. Marsden, D-Fairfax, walks toward committee members after presenting several gun-related bills during a meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

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Sen. Barbara A. Favola, D-Arlington, left, and Sen. George Barker, D-Fairfax, center, wait their turn as Sen.Adam P. Ebbin, D-Alexandria, right, speaks for one of his gun-related bills during a meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Sen. Mark D. Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, asks a question during a meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Philip Van Cleave, right, President of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, laughs as Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran, center, good-naturedly gives a "thumbs up" during a meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. The two were on opposite sides of a number of gun-related bills that were before the committee. Van Cleave and other pro-gunners won most of the battles.

House Majority Leader M. Kirkland Cox, R-Colonial Heights, center, backed by U. S. Representatives Rob Wittman, R-1st, left, and Randy Forbes, R-4th, right, during a press conference dealing with new care facilities for veterans, at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

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Sen. Thomas K. Norment, Jr., R-James City, left, chairman of the Senate Courts of Justice committee, and Sen. Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover, right, listen as the group took up a large number of bills during a meeting of the committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

Sen.Jennifer T. Wexton, D-Loudoun, presents a bill during a meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

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Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, left, confers with Sen. Janet D. Howell, D-Fairfax, right, during a meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, VA Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. The committee had just failed to pass SB993, Lucas' so called "gun show loophole" bill dealing with private transfer of firearms.