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[align=left]Its NOT a felony charge to carry on a COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY campus in the Commonwealth of Virginia. If you are a student/faculty/staff of the public college/university and have a CCW and are caught, you may be subject to expulsion. As far as private universities go, you could be subject to both expulsion and a trespassing charge provided you don't leave the private property when directed by LE or someone with authority of the university/college (university official, etc). LE must be contacted by the university and a request must be made to remove the offender. As a general rule, per the AG ruling, public universities cannot outright ban carrying of weapons on campus by CCW holders who are NOT students. Another thing that seems to confuse people...you aren't subject to any VAC regarding colleges/universities unless you are a part of the university community which means student/faculty/staff. The AG ruling attempts to spell out that point because it seems lots of people can't understand the difference between statutory code and administrative code. Administrative code cannot supersede statutory code because Statutory code defines the limits of an administrative code's authority. Administrative codes are internal rules for particular agencies. Statutory code is law. That being said, unless you are a member of the particular agency in which the VAC section was written out for (employee, student, staff, faculty, etc) , it does NOT apply to you so don't sweat it. Hope this helps a little. Legalese can be very confusing for folks who are not members of the Bar.
The felony charge (class 6) is reserved for carrying of firearms on elementary and secondary school property unless you fall into one of the stated exemptions and exceptions defined in 18.2-308.1.
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