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law enforcement officials. Under the old law, they were responsible for criminal background checks on all applicants, but the ultimate decision rested with the judge.
Now, if a problem in an applicant’s background isn’t discovered, the permit must be granted.
But proponents of the new law don’t see much difference.
“We already had a concealed weapon law in Virginia,” Mr. Stroupe said. “This just streamlined it and made it more uniform and not as subjective. There is no state data to support the claims that the number of crimes increase with the implementation of this law.”
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