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Pro-gun group to rally at Virginia Tech

By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY
Updated

A pro-gun group plans to demonstrate Nov. 17 on the campus of Virginia Tech, where a 2007 massacre by a troubled student left 33 people dead, The Roanoke Times and other news organizations report.

The Virginia Citizens Defense League announced its plans in a message sent to members and e-mail subscribers, the Times reports.

The plans are part of an effort by the group to demonstrate at more than a dozen public colleges and universities across Virginia in response to state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's stance that a university's governing body must have some say in whether it is legal to carry a concealed weapon in campus buildings, according to the Times.

According to the website AmmoLand.com, the protest is slated for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET in front of the student center.

The website of the Defense League, based in Newington, Va., indicates that it was founded in 1994 and it is "dedicated to advancing the fundamental human right of all Virginians to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment."

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