stormcaller111
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Hi all, i am traveling to Virginia later this week to stay with family for a few days. Does anyone know Virginia's laws concerning non residents and handgun possession? thanks to all...
Tribal, thanks for the quick reply. Virginia does not honor New York's CC permit. Despite being a non resident, i can open carry in Virginia? also, what are the requirements regarding a handgun in the car (weapon in glovebox, loaded, unloaded etc)? thanks for the help...
Be sure to avoid Blue Ridge Parkway, George Washington Parkway, and any other federal lands.
Explain this with the relevant law please.Don't walk around with a rifle that's not "securely wrapped."
What part of VA are you going to be in?
Get a License To Carry Firearms from Centre County, PA. $26 for 5 years.Virginia does not honor New York's CC permit.
Permits/Licenses that this state Honors
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Virginia AK, AR, AZ, FL, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, WV, WY
http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/USReciprocity.pdf
§ 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.
then Tribal said:Tribal said:Don't walk around with a rifle that's not "securely wrapped."
Tribal said:"Securely wrapped" hasn't been clarified. In theory, an officer could say that walking around with a gun in a locked box isn't "securely wrapped," but the charge would be almost certainly laughed out of court. See § 18.2-308 (and as a side note, I wonder if it's intentional that "308" is the subsection).
§ 18.2-308. Personal protection; carrying concealed weapons; when lawful to carry.
A. If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind by action of an explosion of any combustible material; (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, machete, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, or blackjack; (iii) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nunchaku, shuriken, or fighting chain; (iv) any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart; or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this subsection, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second violation of this section or a conviction under this section subsequent to any conviction under any substantially similar ordinance of any county, city, or town shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony, and a third or subsequent such violation shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony. For the purpose of this section, a weapon shall be deemed to be hidden from common observation when it is observable but is of such deceptive appearance as to disguise the weapon's true nature.
B. This section shall not apply to any person while in his own place of abode or the curtilage thereof.
Except as provided in subsection J1, this section shall not apply to:
1. Any person while in his own place of business;
2. Any law-enforcement officer, wherever such law-enforcement officer may travel in the Commonwealth;
3. Any regularly enrolled member of a target shooting organization who is at, or going to or from, an established shooting range, provided that the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;
4. Any regularly enrolled member of a weapons collecting organization who is at, or going to or from, a bona fide weapons exhibition, provided that the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;
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Get a License To Carry Firearms from Centre County, PA. $26 for 5 years.