2009 Virginia Gubernatorial Election

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This one's coming up shortly, between Creigh Deeds (D) and Bob McDonnell (R).

At first, it seems that both are good candidates, that they both have a history of being pro-gun.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...26/AR2009092602516_3.html?sid=ST2009092602935

However, in the end, it looks like McDonnell will be the better candidate for gun owners, since Deeds is starting to compromise too much:

The two split over a bill that limited handgun purchases to one a month. Deeds voted no; McDonnell, yes.

But both men have changed their views. After the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, Deeds began to support closing the loophole that allows some private vendors at gun shows to make sales without background checks. McDonnell now supports repealing the one-gun-a-month law because of improvements he says have been made in instant background checks.

Deeds's gun-friendly record earned him the National Rifle Association's endorsement in 2005 but cost him the support of former governor L. Douglas Wilder. This year, the NRA switched to McDonnell, citing his record as attorney general and Deeds's "flip-flop" on the gun show loophole.