Thundar
Regular Member
Wow, Surry County, get ready for the hurricane. The prohibition on loaded handguns is clearly preempted!
Surry County, Virginia
Sec. 20-66. - Restrictions on loaded weapons.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall have in his possession or under his control, or have in any vehicle in which he may be in charge or have in control, any loaded shotgun or rifle or other firearm while he or such vehicle is upon any public street in the county, or, while either is unlawfully upon the land of another; provided, that law enforcement officers, and members of the armed forces of the United States or the military forces of the state when acting under competent orders, shall be excepted; and provided, further, that such person who shall be able to show at the time apprehended that his possession of the loaded rifle or shotgun was required or reasonably necessary, under the then appearing circumstances, for the protection of his person or family from bodily injury or his property from serious damage by another shall also be excepted.
Link: http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=14669&stateId=46&stateName=Virginia
Italics are mine.
Surry County, Virginia
Sec. 20-66. - Restrictions on loaded weapons.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall have in his possession or under his control, or have in any vehicle in which he may be in charge or have in control, any loaded shotgun or rifle or other firearm while he or such vehicle is upon any public street in the county, or, while either is unlawfully upon the land of another; provided, that law enforcement officers, and members of the armed forces of the United States or the military forces of the state when acting under competent orders, shall be excepted; and provided, further, that such person who shall be able to show at the time apprehended that his possession of the loaded rifle or shotgun was required or reasonably necessary, under the then appearing circumstances, for the protection of his person or family from bodily injury or his property from serious damage by another shall also be excepted.
Link: http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=14669&stateId=46&stateName=Virginia
Italics are mine.