No such ATF Ruling ever.Jim K ....At one time the feds ruled that even threading a barrel was illegal without a tax stamp since it would show intent to install a silencer. I don't know what rules were changed or if they backed off on that.
§ 18.2-287.4. Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a loaded (a) semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine that will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock or (b) shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered on or about his person on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public in the Cities of Alexandria, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Falls Church, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, or Virginia Beach or in the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Henrico, Loudoun, or Prince William.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to law-enforcement officers, licensed security guards, military personnel in the performance of their lawful duties, or any person having a valid concealed handgun permit or to any person actually engaged in lawful hunting or lawful recreational shooting activities at an established shooting range or shooting contest. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
The exemptions set forth in § 18.2-308 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section.
(1991, c. 570; 1992, c. 790; 2003, c. 976; 2004, c. 995; 2005, c. 160; 2007, c. 8
I believe part of the new laws in NY and CT prohibited threaded barrels, or caused the weapon to be considered an "assault rifle" which were prohibited.
^ In NoVa's liberal bastions, I see. That should stop those evildoers in their tracks. Einstein was certainly correct about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
Guess I won't be taking my FNX-45 Tactical out there anytime soon then.
steelerdude99 said:Virginia has state firearms law preemption; so unless it's a state law ... it is not law. BUT I would not be surprised if some localities still "have gun laws on the books".
Just like the Connecticut lawsuit going forward against Bushmaster despite a law that forbids it.
(c) If the court determines that a violation was knowing and willful, the court shall assess a civil fine of up to $5,000 against the elected or appointed local government official or officials or administrative agency head under whose jurisdiction the violation occurred.
Not exactly.steelerdude99 said:...Just like the Connecticut lawsuit going forward against Bushmaster despite a law that forbids it....
Good point. We went through the same nonsense in Florida until the 2010 Legislature clamped down and starting assessing $5,000 fines to local governments and politicians per each offense against state preemption. Money out of their pocket is the only thing they truly understand.
Not exactly.
Immunity laws, like the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) possibly involved in the Bushmaster lawsuit, do not, and can not, forbid a lawsuit. ...