Virginia State Police - Resident Concealed Handgun Permits
Some other notable less well defined Virginia laws relating to firearms and Concealed Carry:
-You can carry in bars and resturants but cannot consume while doing so.
-You can drive onto school property with the firearm in the car with your CCP but you cannot get out.
-You can carry in a church UNLESS the church has a sign posted not to.
-You can carry on the AT (Appalachian Trail) thru VA IF your permit is recognized by VA.
-You cannot carry while on Federal property (parks, etc.) where posted NO FIREARMS or those in Maryland or DC.
-You cannot carry into businesses if they have it posted NO FIREARMS.
-Leave your fireamrms at home if you are entering Government facilities or military bases.
-Brandishing a firearm will get you in trouble EVEN IF you have a CCP.
-Open Carry is legal (BUT NOT ADVISABLE). VA has folks who will turn you in if they see a gun in public.
-Various universities have NO FIREARMS policies. Check first.
-Stay off the GW Parkway @ DC as part of it runs thru DC EVEN THOUGH it is on the "west bank" of the Potomac in VA.
-Stay out of the Peoples Socialist Republic of Maryland with a loaded firearm.
-County parks (some, not all) now allow CCP holders to carry there.
-Welcome to the VA Personal Property Tax system on your "toys" (cars, boats, etc.)
@ 21 states currently DO NOT HONOR the VA CCP. Great info on this and other subjects on Concealed Carry at the Virginia Citizens Defense League web site:
http://www.vcdl.org/static/ccw.html
Virginia is a great state (Commonwealth). Much of the state is still conservative except the liberal spillovers/lost territories around DC and Virginia Beach. LOTS of foreign languages spoken here so get used to it. We have a great govenor and AT - VERY gun friendly and hopefully will replace SEN Webb with a useful idiot when we replace that other useless idiot in November.
Welcome!
G3Kurz