CODE OF VIRGINIA

CARRYING LOADED FIREARMS IN PUBLIC AREAS PROHIBITED; PENALTY (§ 18.2-287.4)

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a loaded (a) semi-automatic
center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action
of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the
offense with a magazine that will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or
designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a
folding stock or (b) shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven
rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered on or about his
person on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in
any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public
in the Cities of Alexandria, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Falls Church, Newport News,
Norfolk, Richmond, or Virginia Beach or in the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax,
Henrico, Loudoun, or Prince William.The provisions of this section shall not
apply to law-enforcement officers, licensed security guards, military personnel
in the performance of their lawful duties, or any person having a valid
concealed handgun permit or to any person actually engaged in lawful hunting or
lawful recreational shooting activities at an established shooting range or
shooting contest. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.The exemptions set forth in §§ 18.2-308 and
18.2-308.016 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 570; 1992, c. 790; 2003, c. 976; 2004, c. 995; 2005, c. 160;
2007, c. 813; 2016, c. 257.