...Commonwealth’s Attorney Erin] Little said that authorities had taken a bayonet and more than 700 rounds of ammunition, along with other items, from Zhao’s dormitory room for safe-keeping..
Remember when New Orleans “authorities” seized guns for “safe keeping” during the hurricane and allowed them to rust up?
It's tough to tell the magazine's capacity based on external appearance - it could have a block inserted under the floor plate to limit "excess" capacity, as was commonly done during the Assault Weapons Ban. The detective would be on thin ice concerning Probable Cause in any sane jurisdiction.
No word on being foreigner and illegaly struting the stuff
The ATF enforces selectively
I’m not sure I’m too hot on the idea of letting citizens of potentially enemy states own guns and ammunition here...and I doubt too many other countries allow that either.
Virginia State law (with exceptions) has no limitation on magazine size
§ 18.2-287.4. Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty.
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.
Blacksburg is not in any of these counties. I don’t understand how they can charge this kid with a violation of a law that doesn’t exist.
Meanwhile, deliberately and intentionally, they let violent criminals keep their guns.
The Second Ammendment does not apply to foreign nationals !
There seem to be a few people in this thread talking about a Chinese national having a firearm on US Soil during his visa stay here.
If I came from China, not only would I leave to be -surrounded- by guns, but I would make no plans on ever returning to China.
This guy looks like he could use our support as a refugee we should actually take in.
Not the reason. There is more to it.
Not enrolled in school, buying guns with 30-round magazines, bought a decal-ed former police car, searching for a bullet-proof vest.
I’ve heard of foreign nationals travelling to various african countries for hunting trips. Is it common for foreigners to travel here for hunting? As non citizens do they need any special permits in the various states?