Tim Kaine supports the 'assault weapons ban' in Congress, so it's probably a matter of time before something is trickled down to his home state.
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-kaine-supports-assault-weapons-ban-20130409,0,4527865.story
Pretty decent article, if entirely too short, but basically, Scalia knows that gun control is heading uphill to SCOTUS, and he's been softening up his liberal colleagues.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2521413