ProShooter
Ultimate Member
For those of you who visit Virginia, you may be familiar with Virginia code 18.2-308. That is the law that describes concealed carry, the permit process and some exemptions to the law.
For example, some examples of these exemptions under Virginia law are:
You could carry a concealed handgun without a permit if you were on your own property or in your own home.
You could carry a concealed handgun without a permit to or from a place of purchase or repair.
You could carry a concealed handgun without a permit going to or from an established shooting range.
Well, a year or two ago I looked at that and thought it odd that there was no exemption for carrying a concealed handgun to a firearms training class, where you could learn about your gun!
I made this suggestion to the Virginia Citizens Defense League, and this year they got a Senator to carry it forward and it passed!
Effective July 1, 2012, 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia will read:
B. This section shall not apply to......
11. Any enrolled participant of a firearms training course who is at, or going to or from, a training location, provided that the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported.
Link here - http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+CHAP0291+hil
Kudos to the VCDL and the Senator for bringing this to fruition!
Let's change some more laws!
For example, some examples of these exemptions under Virginia law are:
You could carry a concealed handgun without a permit if you were on your own property or in your own home.
You could carry a concealed handgun without a permit to or from a place of purchase or repair.
You could carry a concealed handgun without a permit going to or from an established shooting range.
Well, a year or two ago I looked at that and thought it odd that there was no exemption for carrying a concealed handgun to a firearms training class, where you could learn about your gun!
I made this suggestion to the Virginia Citizens Defense League, and this year they got a Senator to carry it forward and it passed!
Effective July 1, 2012, 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia will read:
B. This section shall not apply to......
11. Any enrolled participant of a firearms training course who is at, or going to or from, a training location, provided that the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported.
Link here - http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+CHAP0291+hil
Kudos to the VCDL and the Senator for bringing this to fruition!
Let's change some more laws!