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MTclip wrote:
Hello Im New here (to the forums)but Iam a virginia native. I have tried to do my research onOC laws here in VA. I am still a little bit nervous about carrying my firearm into public because of some reactions i may or may not get. Is this normal for a new OC virgin ? Also I was woundering the proper way to travel in city with my firearm in my vehicle. Thanks Alot
Welcome to OCDO.
The Wally World Tour
http://www.defensivecarry.com/vbulletin/730330-post50.html is heartily recommended to get used to OC-ing. Some of the layout may have been changed over the years, but the basic stops are all still there.
Concerns are "normal" for OC virgins, just as concerns are "normal" in anything you are new at doing. You get used to it after a few times, and then may notice that it bothers you more when you are not carrying.
The "proper" way to travel with your firearm while in your vehicle (ina city, in a county, on the farm, doing no harm) is (my preference) in a holster attacvhed to your belt.If you do not want to do that, it must besomewhere in plain view [that's the legal part] (on the passenger seat, on the dashboard are the 2 most often used) and where it can be secured from sliding around and does not get in the way of you as the driver or any ofthe passengers you may have [that's the common sense part]. (Think about using your seatbelt thru the holster belt slots/loops as one way to do that.)
You do not say where you live, but there are OC dinners scheduled fairly regularly in NOVA, Manassas, the Montclair/Dunfries area of PW County, Richmond and Tidewater. As Grapeshot suggested, try to go to one as an icebreaker.
If you go to an OC dinner in Tidewater, stay far away from Danbus - he's got bad karma lately.
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum54/16338.html
stay safe.
skidmark
* edited to add link re: Danbus karma.