I had thought that the changes last year allowed the leaving of a loaded firearm in a "SECURED container or compartment" in a motor vehicle while at an elementary school. But the only reference I can find is
§ 18.2-308.B.10. Any person who may lawfully possess a firearm and is carrying a handgun while in a personal, private motor vehicle or vessel and such handgun is secured in a container or compartment in the vehicle or vessel.
But this seams to apply only when one "is carrying a handgun" which would not be the case, and "while in a personal, private motor vehicle" which would also not be the case after exiting the vehicle.
So that would mean we are back to the old,
§ 18.2-308.1.B (paragraph two) (vi) a person who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade, in or upon a motor vehicle, or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; or (vii) a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school.
So is the gun required to be unloaded or not when left SECURED in car in the school parking lot during let's say a parent teacher conference?
§ 18.2-308.B.10. Any person who may lawfully possess a firearm and is carrying a handgun while in a personal, private motor vehicle or vessel and such handgun is secured in a container or compartment in the vehicle or vessel.
But this seams to apply only when one "is carrying a handgun" which would not be the case, and "while in a personal, private motor vehicle" which would also not be the case after exiting the vehicle.
So that would mean we are back to the old,
§ 18.2-308.1.B (paragraph two) (vi) a person who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade, in or upon a motor vehicle, or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; or (vii) a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school.
So is the gun required to be unloaded or not when left SECURED in car in the school parking lot during let's say a parent teacher conference?