7.62 is right about Virginia. Vast Cultural differences exist between VA and MD. Since so much of Virginia is mountainous, the state is just chock full of gunowners, and the current governor realizes this with his pro RKBA stances. Even around more populated areas like Richmond and Hampton Roads there isn't a hostile view towards gun ownership, as hunting and target shooting is a popular pastime among Virginia suburbanites.
Most residents in Northern VA counties near D.C. have a negative, if not hostile view towards guns and gun ownership by non LEOs. These are primarily transplants from the north in Northern VA for the region's booming job market. Fortunately, goofy laws that were granfathered in some Northern Va Counties will not have an effect on the rest of the state. Many in rural Virginia, particulary in isolated communities in the Southwest(Appalachia), Southside, and the Eastern Shore(Accomack-Northampton) don't have a lot of material wealth, so their guns are some of their most prized possessions.
Sorry to hijack the thread, but Virginia is a whole different animal than MD, and vastly different than the PRNJ. It is truly disturbing that authorities in the PRNJ are putting their heightened level of ignorance on display by considering BB guns "firearms" and by introducing bills to ban muzzle loaders. Those PRNJ idiots take ignorance to a whole new level.