wylde007 wrote:
CarryOpen wrote:
If the weapon is not concealed, you do not have a legal duty to notify the officer. Only if you're a concealed cary holder and you're carrying concealed.
I don't know if that's necessarily a true statement.
And I must apologize. I totally spaced out that NC is a "shall notify" state. Virginia is not, and I forgot. My bad.
We are a shall notify state for lawfully concealed weapons. We have no notify statute for illegally concealed or lawfully openly carried firearms to the best of my knowledge. I don't see anywhere in our GS that it could be housed.
Here is the only notification statute that I am aware of:
§ 14‑415.11. Permit to carry concealed handgun; scope of permit.
Any person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a concealed handgun unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law. The person shall carry the permit together with valid identification whenever the person is carrying a concealed handgun, shall disclose to any law enforcement officer that the person holds a valid permit and is carrying a concealed handgun when approached or addressed by the officer, and shall display both the permit and the proper identification upon the request of a law enforcement officer. In addition to these requirements, a military permittee whose permit has expired during deployment may carry a concealed handgun during the 90 days following the end of deployment and before the permit is renewed provided the permittee also displays proof of deployment to any law enforcement officer.]