Who is going to open carry while voting?

[ocholsteroc]

its a school, they just changed it a few years ago becuase the school was built..

UG I edit both my post, sorry this one is NOT TO THE ^ ABOVE ONE sorry USNA69. I ment MY voting place used to be at a Church now its at a School.

 

[USNA69]

its a school, they just changed it a few years ago becuase the school was built..

huh?????

 

[HeroHog]

If it's not prohibited someplace, it stays on me. Plain and simple.

 

[ocholsteroc]

huh?????

Sorry for the mix up. It used to be at a Church but once the School was built they changed it.

^^ my post above, sorry I got confused. I ment MY voting place, not yours.

 

[HeroHog]

I open carried while voting today! :banana: No schools close, it was a Knights Of Columbus building, not a church. No one said a word if they even noticed the gun sticking up out of the bag in my lap even though it was easy to see. Went by Wal-Mart on the way home and nothing said/noticed that I could spot there either. Being in a wheelchair may have something to do with it... :question:

 

[jegoodin]

roscoe13 wrote:
During the last Presidential primaries, they had a Democrat booth and a Republican booth. You had to state which one you wanted.

Is that even legal?

 

[Tess]

wylde007 wrote:
Mine's in an elementary school - so I wear an empty holster and mag cases.
Its the best I can do. :?

Oh, and a VCDL hat.

Yata hey

And don't forget to use your CHL (if you have one) as the government-issued identification.

 

[The Wolfhound]

Is that even legal?

Virginia has had OPEN primaries. Voters may vote in the Demorcat or Republican primary, but you must choose which ballot you will be voting on.

Darn. I have to vote in a school!

 

[Thundar]

Is that even legal?

No, it sure is not as it is a violation of equal protection. The state acts as an agent for only the democrap and refusnic parties. They refuse to have primaries for any other parties, and have extensive ballot qualification requirements for all but the democrat and republican party candidates.

Unequal treatment of parties is beyond unfair, it is a relic of the old two party system that we will kill very soon.

 

[kimbercarrier]

I will. I vote at Sandy Bottom Nature park in Hampton. I've done so the past few years with no problems.

 

[user]

First, let me say that I do not recommend carrying in a school building while voting. Too much opportunity for trouble.

That said, it is my opinion that a "school" is not a building, it is a group of people. That's why we use phrases like school-house to describe the building. Same thing with "college", "faculty", and "congregation". All relate to groups of people, not places or things.

Where I vote, the school is closed on election day. There is no school that day. The building is merely a voting place, and as such, I believe that the best view is that carrying when there is no school in session within the building that normally houses the school is perfectly legal. Same idea as with the no-carrying-in-court rule. In the City of Falls Church, for example, the General District Court is in session on Tues. and Thurs. mornings (if I recall correctly) in the same room used for meetings of the City Council. When there's no judge there, it's not a court.

If anyone were arrested for carrying in a school building on election day when no school is in session, and hired me to represent them, that (along with interference with voting rights), would be the defense I'd make.

 

[Regular_Joe]

§ 18.2-283. Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship.

If any person carry any gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger or other dangerous weapon, without good and sufficient reason, to a place of worship while a meeting for religious purposes is being held at such place he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

Unless the church was holding services during voting hours, you should be good to go...

Yep - voting at a church and voting armed. There is just something danged American with that!

 

[user]

Yep - voting at a church and voting armed. There is just something danged American with that!

It has to be a "meeting for religious purposes" for that code section to apply.