In 2007, roanoke.com, the website of The Roanoke Times, published a list of Virginians licensed to carry concealed weapons, and then deleted it the next day.

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Virginia need not reach to London, to New York, to dignified yet bygone American figures like Ernest Hemingway, or even deep into its past for the wisdom of such great Virginians as Jefferson (and, for that matter, George Washington, James Madison, and John Marshall, also on record in this matter).

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And for West Virginians, they represent the true soul of the mountains.

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At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC students and Virginians Alison Linas and Stephanie Berman decided to help organize the event.

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In the case of Fairfax County, its 1.1 million residents represent one in seven of all Virginians, and so it bulks very large in the determination of which slate of electors will get the most votes.

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"Virginians have voted for honoring the promise of Social Security and creating more and better jobs in this dynamic, silicon dominion, " declared Allen in his victory speech.

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For West Virginians, it is likely to be the rubber match after four decades of political battles.

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Virginians are better educated and richer than the national average.

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So I'm asking you if you would be willing to re-look at some of these policies, with a high unemployment and the unsure economy that we have now, to assure West Virginians that you're listening.

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West Virginians' attitudes to race may also have helped Mrs Clinton, the surveys suggested.

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