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The praying mantis eats its young — making it too much like some politicians, said some of the legislators in the sarcastically serious debate on the subject.
On the more serious side, the General Assembly passed laws affecting such rights and privileges as the purchase of cigarettes and guns.
New this year is a law raising the legal age for the purchase of cigarettes and other tobacco products from 16 to 18. The law establishes a $50 fine for both minors who illegally buy cigarettes and the people who sell them to minors.
The lawmakers used the last minutes of the Assembly this year to require that the purchasers of any firearm undergo an instant criminal background check.
The Virginia instant check system is being used as a model for other states interested in installing gun control that stops short of a waiting period or an outright ban on guns.
New laws on the books also make it illegal to “recklessly endanger”
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