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I think you couldn't carry a fully automatic pistol or other machinegun in VA. The Virginia machinegun statute prohibits using a MG for offensive purposes.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-291
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18.2-291. What constitutes aggressive purpose.
Possession or use of a machine gun shall be presumed to be for an offensive or aggressive purpose:
(1) When the machine gun is on premises not owned or rented for bona fide permanent residence or business occupancy by the person in whose possession the machine gun may be found;
(2) When the machine gun is in the possession of, or used by, a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence in any court of record, state or federal, of the United States of America, its territories or insular possessions;
(3) When the machine gun has not been registered as required in §
18.2-295; or
(4) When empty or loaded shells which have been or are susceptible of use in the machine gun are found in the immediate vicinity thereof.
18.2-293.1 Allows you to transport a weapon to the range. However I would think defensive carry would be seen as an aggressive purpose but YMMV.
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18.2-293.1. What article does not prohibit.
Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with:
(1) The possession of a machine gun for scientific purposes, or the possession of a machine gun not usable as a weapon and possessed as a curiosity, ornament, or keepsake; and
(2) The possession of a machine gun for a purpose manifestly not aggressive or offensive.
Provided, however, that possession of such machine guns shall be subject to the provisions of §
18.2-295.
