Kevin108
Regular Member
Need some clarification on what is likely illegal signage. New signs at Portsmouth's Operations Center on Frederick Blvd. https://maps.google.com/?ll=36.824492,-76.332466&spn=0.004749,0.005906&t=h&z=18
This is where auctions are held, the police impounds cars, the public can come to notify officials of problems with the waste disposal, issues with public buildings, etc. I can only imagine it's public property in the same sense as a library or city hall. I don't believe there's any justification for random searches nor do I believe they have the ability to ban weapons here.
It's also being said the employees are being told they can no longer carry weapons in their vehicles. I doubt that's the case either.
Can any of you offer any additional clarification or arguments to support the signs?
This is where auctions are held, the police impounds cars, the public can come to notify officials of problems with the waste disposal, issues with public buildings, etc. I can only imagine it's public property in the same sense as a library or city hall. I don't believe there's any justification for random searches nor do I believe they have the ability to ban weapons here.
It's also being said the employees are being told they can no longer carry weapons in their vehicles. I doubt that's the case either.
Parking Lot Storage Laws (Local Public Employees)
§ 15.2-915. Control of Firearms; Applicability to Authorities and Local Governmental Agencies.
A. No locality shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or motion, as permitted by § 15.2-1425, and no agent of such locality shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof other than those expressly authorized by statute. For purposes of this section, a statute that does not refer to firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, shall not be construed to provide express authorization.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a locality from adopting workplace rules relating to terms and conditions of employment of the workforce. However, no locality shall adopt any workplace rule, other than for the purposes of a community services board or behavioral health authority as defined in § 37.2-100, that prevents an employee of that locality from storing at that locality's workplace a lawfully possessed firearm and ammunition in a locked personal, private motor vehicle. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, from acting within the scope of his duties.
The provisions of this section applicable to a locality shall also apply to any authority or to a local governmental entity, including a department or agency, but not including any local or regional jail, juvenile detention facility, or state-governed entity, department, or agency.
B. Any local ordinance, resolution or motion adopted prior to the effective date of this act governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, other than those expressly authorized by statute, is invalid.
C. In addition to any other relief provided, the court may award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and court costs to any person, group, or entity that prevails in an action challenging (i) an ordinance, resolution, or motion as being in conflict with this section or (ii) an administrative action taken in bad faith as being in conflict with this section.
D. For purposes of this section, "workplace" means "workplace of the locality."
Can any of you offer any additional clarification or arguments to support the signs?
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