The WTOP article has a glaring error. ::gasp:: What a shock!
Directly after a quote from Governor McDonnell, the author begins a new paragraph with this text:
"Currently, laws in Virginia ban anyone from carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of school grounds. Only police officers are exempt."
They provide a link to
§ 18.2-282, which is the
brandishing code, and which does NOT outlaw carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school. Instead, it does increase the penalty for brandishing within 1,000 feet from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony.
I would not be surprised if this "error" was intentional.
TFred