Sleepless wrote:
Krato88 wrote:
AbNo wrote:
It should be noted that the law quoted in the OP of this thread is pre-empted, as are all local laws more restrictive than state law, which maintains no provisions on conditions of carry when OC'd.
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Not meaning to hijack away from the OP's question, but regarding local laws on OC, I have heard/recalled reading about some folks in Manassas (just an example) that got a LEO "incident" because their pistol(s) carried more than 10 rounds.
Is the number of rounds something to also consider?
Pursuant to that answer, does a Concealed permit allow you to
Openly carry a weapon that, for example, has a greater than 10 round capacity in an area that has a local law against it?
Either didn't see or missed anything on the subject from VSP's site so any input would be welcomed.
To my knowledge you are allowed to have a maximum of 20 rounds in amagazine no matter if you open carry or carry concealed.
Hope this helps.
"a maximum of 20
centerfire rounds in amagazine"
If you have a CHP, you are exempt from this anyway
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18.2-287.4. Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a loaded (a) semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine that will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock or (b) shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered on or about his person on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public (i) in any city with a population of 160,000 or more or (ii) in any county having an urban county executive form of government or any county or city surrounded thereby or adjacent thereto or in any county having a county manager form of government.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to law-enforcement officers, licensed security guards, military personnel in the performance of their lawful duties, or any person having a valid concealed handgun permit or to any person actually engaged in lawful hunting or lawful recreational shooting activities at an established shooting range or shooting contest. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.