Whether or not I understand the dynamics of getting gun rights bills passed (and let me assure you, I understand a **** of a lot more than you may realize), you are simply delusional if you think Tim Kaine will be pro-gun.
Tim Kaine is not Mark Warner. Mark Warner realized the political expediency of being pro-gun in Virginia and changed his beliefs accordingly. But Warner had never held elective office and he had no record to hide.
If you think the man who used City of Richmond money to sponsor buses to the Million Moo March (and who was later embarrassed into paying back the city) is a friend of gun-owners, then I suggest you put down the bong and step away from the keyboard.
A pols past actions reflect on future actions - Kaine's past
makes me take his claims of support for 2nd amendment with large grain of salt.
OTOH Kilgore is letting his staff attack VCDL's President - a guy who is I know to always be very polite and if anything not confrontational enough.
In this election Kaine is trying to claim he is pro-gun - Kilgore is not going to be attacked for answrering pro-gun on a survey - the logical inference is that Kilgore doesn't want to take a strong postion on any particular gun rights issue.
Put down the bong? If he's stupid enough to belive that, he's smoking something even more potent, methinks. He probably aughta put down the crack pipe in that situation.