peter nap wrote:
TFred wrote:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+sum+HB54
Handguns in courthouses. Allows a person who may lawfully possess a firearm to carry a handgun into a courthouse when the courthouse is being used for non-judicial activities.
TFred
Fred, That's not a good law. It's another prize in the "Perks for Permits" Game show.
I find it a little disconcerting that on a board named Opencarry.org, where the members Open Carry because they have a right to, applaud bills that give Concealed Handgun Permit holders, special
privileges (Note the syntax) that have no bearing on Concealing a handgun.
I'm scratching my head here. There is nothing in this bill about CHPs.
Here's the full text of the bill, the amended section of code is in
bold italics. Am I missing something?
TFred
(I'm not going to put it in a quote box because that strips all the formatting away, and I'm too lazy to add it back in myself...)
Also... what you see below that is
not bold italics is already current law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §
18.2-283.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§
18.2-283.1. Carrying weapon into courthouse.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess in or transport into any courthouse in this Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in §
18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of §
18.2-308. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
However, nothing in this section shall prohibit a person who may lawfully possess a handgun from possessing in or transporting into any courthouse a handgun when such courthouse is being used for purposes other than judicial proceedings or official judicial activities.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of the peace, magistrate, court officer, or judge while in the conduct of such person's official duties.