How did you get the map to show the 1000 ft radius?
Well, not from Virginia, but have the same circumstances. Honestly you are probably worrying about it too much. GFSZA has not been prosecuted as a standalone crime as far as I know. You could always get a privilege card. Personally I just don't worry about it.
Honestly you are probably worrying about it too much. GFSZA has not been prosecuted as a standalone crime as far as I know.
The only people that worry about it are people who are planning to commit a primary offense and people who are afraid of the bogyman.
The only people that worry about it are people who are planning to commit a primary offense and people who are afraid of the bogyman.
So let's say I am walking my dog and CPD or VBPD decide to flag me down, would they not have RAS that I am in fact, committing a crime at that very moment? Then they could disarm me, run my numbers, run my name etc etc, and then even possibly arrest me?
My concern is just that it gives the police RAS to stop me when they would otherwise have none.
Do you live within the GFSZ?
So let's say I am walking my dog and CPD or VBPD decide to flag me down, would they not have RAS that I am in fact, committing a crime at that very moment? Then they could disarm me, run my numbers, run my name etc etc, and then even possibly arrest me?
My concern is just that it gives the police RAS to stop me when they would otherwise have none.
The funny thing about the GFSZ federal statute is the fact that is says nothing about having to have a concealed carry permit. What it does say is you are exempt from the 1000' foot rule...
" if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license;"
This part of the Code specifically states "if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located". In Virginia, no such licensing exists. There is no requirement to be licensed to possess a firearm here. It says nothing about a carry permit.
This may be why we have not seen anyone charged with this, in and of itself, in Virginia. You CHP is a permit to carry a concealed handgun. It is not a license to possess said handgun. So technically, whether or not you have a CHP makes no difference when one looks at the literal wording of the statute.