rlh2005
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My family and I are traveling this weekend to the son's wrestling tournament. The tournament is being held at a public high school and we will be staying overnight in a hotel. I want to have my pistol with me and carry when legal. I have a VA CHP and I know I can have a loaded gun on school property so long as both I and the gun stay in the SUV.
My question is about legal stowage of the pistol on school grounds. I intend to unload my pistol and stow it in an in-car gun lockbox cabled to the drivers seat frame. The ammo will be locked in the glove box. I cannot assume public/on-street parking near the school.
The third paragraph of § 18.2-308.1 states:
Thanks.
My family and I are traveling this weekend to the son's wrestling tournament. The tournament is being held at a public high school and we will be staying overnight in a hotel. I want to have my pistol with me and carry when legal. I have a VA CHP and I know I can have a loaded gun on school property so long as both I and the gun stay in the SUV.
My question is about legal stowage of the pistol on school grounds. I intend to unload my pistol and stow it in an in-car gun lockbox cabled to the drivers seat frame. The ammo will be locked in the glove box. I cannot assume public/on-street parking near the school.
The third paragraph of § 18.2-308.1 states:
"The provisions of this section shall not apply to...(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....For the purposes of this paragraph,..."closed container" includes a locked vehicle trunk."
As I read this paragraph, I am staying within the law. Am I missing anything or breaking any laws?
Thanks.