RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - After the Virginia Tech massacre, there was a public outcry for more gun control laws. It's been one of the most highly-charged debates in Virginia. Since then, analysts say Virginia has taken some measures for gun control, but more measures to protect or expand gun rights.



Virginia Tech shooter Seung Hui Cho cleared background checks to buy two semiautomatic pistols, even though a judge found him a danger to himself two years before. That prompted then-Governor Kaine to issue what's considered the biggest boost to gun control since then: an executive order requiring the names of people involuntarily committed to mental health facilities to be submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.