JUST IN: Virginia Gov. Northam will recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in coming weeks to take up a package of gun control legislation he said is urgently needed to prevent killings like Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach city employee DeWayne Craddock
used two semi-automatic handguns, a silencer and extended ammunition magazines to kill 12 people, all but one them colleagues he had worked with for years, and injure several others. Craddock was then killed in an intense gunbattle with police during which a bullet hit one officer in a bulletproof vest.
"It's an emergency here in Virginia, and it's time to take action," Northam said."Every one of these pieces of legislation will save lives." Other proposals Northam said he wants lawmakers to vote on include mandating universal background checks before gun purchases, limiting purchases to one handgun per month and a so-called red flag bill that would allow authorities to temporarily seize someone's guns if they are a shown to be threat to themselves or others.
The governor has long advocated for stricter gun control. He made the issue a top priority of his 2017 gubernatorial campaign, drawing from his experience as a pediatrician and Army doctor who has treated children and soldiers wounded by firearms.
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