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diesel556 wrote:
Mule Skinner wrote:
I found a way to get around this dilema in Wa. state as to the strors that alow it or not. I have a belt buckle that has a .22 pistol in it that releases with a catch that the pressure of your stomach holds on it . Just one flip of the thumb and it is in your hand. It fires .22 LR and up to 50 feet is plenty acurate. To look at it it just looks liek a western buckle. But you are carrying it in the open.
That sounds like a neat setup, but if it's hidden behind the belt buckle, or is designed to look like a belt buckle would that mean it is concealed?
Still, I wouldn't mind having something like that as a BUG, if it were unobtrusive.
In Virginia that buckle would be considered concealed carry. I suspect that is the case in many other states as well. THe reason is that it is designed to Conceal the nature of the firearm to the casual observer.
VIrginia 18.2-308
§ 18.2-308. Personal protection; carrying concealed weapons; when lawful to carry.
A. If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind by action of an explosion of any combustible material; (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, machete, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, or blackjack; (iii) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nunchaku, shuriken, or fighting chain; (iv) any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart; or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this subsection, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second violation of this section or a conviction under this section subsequent to any conviction under any substantially similar ordinance of any county, city, or town shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony, and a third or subsequent such violation shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony.
For the purpose of this section, a weapon shall be deemed to be hidden from common observation when it is observable but is of such deceptive appearance as to disguise the weapon's true nature.
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