Posted on 06/10/2012 7:17:49 PM PDT by open carry
In Virginia, like most states, adults aged 18 and over may own and openly carry firearms, including handguns, in public without any need to register their guns or obtain a permit to open carry. But in a little noticed attorney general opinion last month, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) issued a formal opinion on concealed carry in which he said that
“provided the handgun is properly secured in a container or compartment within the vehicle, persons who may lawfully possess a firearm but have not been issued a concealed weapons permit may possess, in a vehicle, a handgun that is loaded and the handgun may remain within reach of a driver or passenger under such conditions. It further is my opinion that, for a handgun to be 'secured in a container or compartment,' . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
It’s not like they care what they say either way.
It seems to me that when someone buys a firearm, do they not then get in their car and leave with it, in what could be considered a ‘concealed’ way?
What is the problem? Why is this opinion controversial?
Even the Hatfields?
The word "loaded". In MD you can have a gun the passenger compartment, but the ammo for it must be in the trunk...Or vice versa...
Otherwise I'd never get to the range...{:-).../snicker
Oh, the ol’, “your defenses must be useless” concern. Gotcha~
Link to the letter...opinion of the Attorney General of Virginia on the possession and storage of firearms in vehicles.
http://www.oag.state.va.us/Opinions%20and%20Legal%20Resources/Opinions/2012opns/11-111%20Newman.pdf
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