RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine has vetoed legislation that would have expanded Virginia’s death penalty and made it easier to purchase and carry guns.
Kaine on Friday vetoed bills that would have expanded the death penalty to accomplices in murders and to those who kill on-duty fire marshals or auxiliary police officers. Virginia already ranks second in the nation in the number of executions carried out.
Kaine also rejected legislation that would have allowed those with concealed carry permits to take hidden weapons into bars and restaurants as long as they didn’t drink alcohol and another bill that would have allowed retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms into restaurants that serve booze.
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