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VA Code § 18.2-283.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-283.1. Carrying weapon into courthouse

It is unlawful for any person to possess in or transport into any courthouse in this Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile, or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in § 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of § 18.2-308. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of the peace, magistrate, court officer, judge, city or county treasurer, or commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of such person's official duties.1988, c. 615; 2004, c. 995; 2007, cc. 87, 519; 2012, c. 295; 2017, c. 761.
VA Code § 18.2-284 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-284. Selling or giving toy firearms

No person shall sell, barter, exchange, furnish, or dispose of by purchase, gift or in any other manner any toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm, if the same shall, by action of an explosion of a combustible material, discharge blank or ball charges. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each sale of any of the articles hereinbefore specified to any person shall constitute a separate offense.Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the sale of what are commonly known as cap pistols.Code 1950, § 18.1-347; 1960, c. 348; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2003, c. 976.
VA Code § 18.2-285 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-285. Hunting with firearms while under influence of intoxicant or narcotic drug; penalty

It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt wildlife with a firearm, bow and arrow, slingbow, arrowgun, or crossbow in the Commonwealth while he is (i) under the influence of alcohol; (ii) under the influence of any narcotic drug or any other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatsoever nature, or any combination of such drugs, to a degree that impairs his ability to hunt with a firearm, bow and arrow, slingbow, arrowgun, or crossbow safely; or (iii) under the combined influence of alcohol and any drug or drugs to a degree that impairs his ability to hunt with a firearm, bow and arrow, slingbow, arrowgun, or crossbow safely. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Conservation police officers, sheriffs, and all other law-enforcement officers shall enforce the provisions of this section.Code 1950, § 29-140.1; 1952, c. 96; 1962, c. 469; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 543; 2005, c. 507; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.
VA Code § 18.2-286 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-286. Shooting in or across road or in street

If any person discharges a firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, or bow and arrow in or across any road, or within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street of any city or town, he shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.The provisions of this section shall not apply to firing ranges or shooting matches maintained, and supervised or approved, by law-enforcement officers and military personnel in performance of their lawful duties.Code 1950, § 33.1-349; 1970, c. 322; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 322; 1994, c. 18; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.
VA Code § 18.2-286.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-286.1. Shooting from vehicles so as to endanger persons; penalty

Any person who, while in or on a motor vehicle, intentionally discharges a firearm so as to create the risk of injury or death to another person or thereby cause another person to have a reasonable apprehension of injury or death shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. Nothing in this section shall apply to a law-enforcement officer in the performance of his duties.1990, c. 951.
VA Code § 18.2-287.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-287.01. Carrying weapon in air carrier airport terminal

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport into any air carrier airport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon, and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in § 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of § 18.2-308. Any such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any weapon possessed or transported in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in § 19.2-386.28.The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, conservation police officer, conservator of the peace employed by the air carrier airport, or retired law-enforcement officer qualified pursuant to subsection C of § 18.2-308.016, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any passenger of an airline who, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, transports a lawful firearm, weapon, or ammunition into or out of an air carrier airport terminal for the sole purposes, respectively, of (i) presenting such firearm, weapon, or ammunition to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight, in order to comply with federal law, (ii) checking such firearm, weapon, or ammunition with his luggage, or (iii) retrieving such firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the baggage claim area.Any other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance specifically addressing the possession or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth shall be invalid, and this section shall control.2004, c. 894; 2007, cc. 87, 519; 2013, c. 746; 2016, c. 257.
VA Code § 18.2-287.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-287.2. Wearing of body armor while committing a crime; penalty

Any person who, while committing a crime of violence as defined in § 18.2-288 (2) or a felony violation of § 18.2-248 or subdivision (a) 2 or 3 of § 18.2-248.1, has in his possession a firearm or knife and is wearing body armor designed to diminish the effect of the impact of a bullet or projectile shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.1990, c. 936; 1997, c. 311.
VA Code § 18.2-287.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 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.The exemptions set forth in §§ 18.2-308 and 18.2-308.016 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section.1991, c. 570; 1992, c. 790; 2003, c. 976; 2004, c. 995; 2005, c. 160; 2007, c. 813; 2016, c. 257.
VA Code § 18.2-287.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-287.5. Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty

A. If a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, then such person shall report the loss or theft to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft. The law-enforcement agency shall enter such report information into the National Crime Information Center maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the loss or theft of an antique firearm as defined in § 18.2-308.2:2.B. A violation of this section is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $250. The attorney for the county, city, or town in which an alleged violation of this section has occurred is authorized to enforce the provisions of this section and may bring an action to recover the civil penalty, which shall be paid into the local treasury.C. No person who, in good faith, reports a lost or stolen firearm shall be held criminally or civilly liable for any damages from acts or omissions resulting from the loss or theft. This subsection shall not apply to any person who makes a report in violation of § 18.2-461.2020, c. 743.
VA Code § 18.2-288 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-288. Definitions

When used in this article:(1) "Machine gun" applies to any weapon which shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.(2) "Crime of violence" applies to and includes any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of the same, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, rape, mayhem, assault with intent to maim, disable, disfigure or kill, robbery, burglary, housebreaking, breaking and entering and larceny.(3) "Person" applies to and includes firm, partnership, association or corporation.Code 1950, § 18.1-258; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-289 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-289. Use of machine gun for crime of violence

Possession or use of a machine gun in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is hereby declared to be a Class 2 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-259; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-290 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-290. Use of machine gun for aggressive purpose

Unlawful possession or use of a machine gun for an offensive or aggressive purpose is hereby declared to be a Class 4 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-260; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 229; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-291 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-291. What constitutes aggressive purpose

Possession or use of a machine gun shall be presumed to be for an offensive or aggressive purpose:(1) When the machine gun is on premises not owned or rented for bona fide permanent residence or business occupancy by the person in whose possession the machine gun may be found;(2) When the machine gun is in the possession of, or used by, a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence in any court of record, state or federal, of the United States of America, its territories or insular possessions;(3) When the machine gun has not been registered as required in § 18.2-295; or(4) When empty or loaded shells which have been or are susceptible of use in the machine gun are found in the immediate vicinity thereof.Code 1950, § 18.1-261; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-292 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-292. Presence prima facie evidence of use

The presence of a machine gun in any room, boat or vehicle shall be prima facie evidence of the possession or use of the machine gun by each person occupying the room, boat, or vehicle where the weapon is found.Code 1950, § 18.1-262; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-293 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-293. What article does not apply to

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to:(1) The manufacture for, and sale of, machine guns to the armed forces or law-enforcement officers of the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof, or the transportation required for that purpose; and(2) Machine guns and automatic arms issued to the national guard of Virginia by the United States or such arms used by the United States army or navy or in the hands of troops of the national guards of other states or territories of the United States passing through Virginia, or such arms as may be provided for the officers of the State Police or officers of penal institutions.Code 1950, § 18.1-263; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-293.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-293.1. What article does not prohibit

Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with:(1) The possession of a machine gun for scientific purposes, or the possession of a machine gun not usable as a weapon and possessed as a curiosity, ornament, or keepsake; and(2) The possession of a machine gun for a purpose manifestly not aggressive or offensive.Provided, however, that possession of such machine guns shall be subject to the provisions of § 18.2-295.Code 1950, § 18.1-263; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-294 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-294. Manufacturer's and dealer's register; inspection of stock

Every manufacturer or dealer shall keep a register of all machine guns manufactured or handled by him. This register shall show the model and serial number, date of manufacture, sale, loan, gift, delivery or receipt of every machine gun, the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given or delivered, or from whom it was received. Upon demand every manufacturer or dealer shall permit any marshal, sheriff or police officer to inspect his entire stock of machine guns, parts, and supplies therefor, and shall produce the register, herein required, for inspection. A violation of any provisions of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-264; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-295 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-295. Registration of machine guns

Every machine gun in this Commonwealth shall be registered with the Department of State Police within twenty-four hours after its acquisition or, in the case of semi-automatic weapons which are converted, modified or otherwise altered to become machine guns, within twenty-four hours of the conversion, modification or alteration. Blanks for registration shall be prepared by the Superintendent of State Police, and furnished upon application. To comply with this section the application as filed shall be notarized and shall show the model and serial number of the gun, the name, address and occupation of the person in possession, and from whom and the purpose for which, the gun was acquired or altered. The Superintendent of State Police shall upon registration required in this section forthwith furnish the registrant with a certificate of registration, which shall be valid as long as the registrant remains the same. Certificates of registration shall be retained by the registrant and produced by him upon demand by any peace officer. Failure to keep or produce such certificate for inspection shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor, and any peace officer, may without warrant, seize the machine gun and apply for its confiscation as provided in § 18.2-296. Upon transferring a registered machine gun, the transferor shall forthwith notify the Superintendent in writing, setting forth the date of transfer and name and address of the transferee. Failure to give the required notification shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor. Registration data shall not be subject to inspection by the public.Code 1950, § 18.1-265; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 199; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 618; 1988, c. 460.
VA Code § 18.2-296 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-296. Search warrants for machine guns

Warrant to search any house or place and seize any machine gun possessed in violation of this article may issue in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided by law for stolen property, and any court of record, upon application of the attorney for the Commonwealth, a police officer or conservator of the peace, may order any machine gun, thus or otherwise legally seized, to be confiscated and either destroyed or delivered to a peace officer of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof.Code 1950, § 18.1-266; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-297 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-297. How article construed

This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.Code 1950, § 18.1-267; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-298 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-298. Short title of article

This article may be cited as the "Uniform Machine Gun Act."Code 1950, § 18.1-268; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-299 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-299. Definitions

When used in this article:"Sawed-off shotgun" means any weapon, loaded or unloaded, originally designed as a shoulder weapon, utilizing a self-contained cartridge from which a number of ball shot pellets or projectiles may be fired simultaneously from a smooth or rifled bore by a single function of the firing device and which has a barrel length of less than 18 inches for smooth bore weapons and 16 inches for rifled weapons. Weapons of less than .225 caliber shall not be included."Sawed-off rifle" means a rifle of any caliber, loaded or unloaded, which expels a projectile by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is designed as a shoulder weapon with a barrel or barrels length of less than 16 inches or which has been modified to an overall length of less than 26 inches."Crime of violence" applies to and includes any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of the same, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, rape, mayhem, assault with intent to maim, disable, disfigure or kill, robbery, burglary, housebreaking, breaking and entering and larceny."Person" applies to and includes firm, partnership, association or corporation.Code 1950, § 18.1-268.1; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1992, c. 580; 2004, c. 930.
VA Code § 18.2-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-300. Possession or use of "sawed-off" shotgun or rifle

A. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2 felony.B. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle for any other purpose, except as permitted by this article and official use by those persons permitted possession by § 18.2-303, is a Class 4 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-268.2; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 710; 1992, c. 580.
VA Code § 18.2-303 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-303. What article does not apply to

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to:(1) The manufacture for, and sale of, "sawed-off" shotguns or "sawed-off" rifles to the armed forces or law-enforcement officers of the United States or of any state or of any political subdivision thereof, or the transportation required for that purpose; and(2) "Sawed-off" shotguns, "sawed-off" rifles and automatic arms issued to the National Guard of Virginia by the United States or such arms used by the United States Army or Navy or in the hands of troops of the national guards of other states or territories of the United States passing through Virginia, or such arms as may be provided for the officers of the State Police or officers of penal institutions.Code 1950, § 18.1-268.5; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1992, c. 580.
VA Code § 18.2-303.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-303.1. What article does not prohibit

Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle for scientific purposes, the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle possessed in compliance with federal law or the possession of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle not usable as a firing weapon and possessed as a curiosity, ornament, or keepsake.Code 1950, § 18.1-268.5; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 351; 1992, c. 580; 1993, c. 449.
VA Code § 18.2-304 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety|§ 18.2-304. Manufacturer's and dealer's register; inspection of stock

Every manufacturer or dealer shall keep a register of all "sawed-off" shotguns and "sawed-off" rifles manufactured or handled by him. This register shall show the model and serial number, date of manufacture, sale, loan, gift, delivery or receipt of every "sawed-off" shotgun and "sawed-off" rifle, the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle was sold, loaned, given or delivered, or from whom it was received. Upon demand every manufacturer or dealer shall permit any marshal, sheriff or police officer to inspect his entire stock of "sawed-off" shotguns and "sawed-off" rifles, and "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle barrels, and shall produce the register, herein required, for inspection. A violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-268.6; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1992, c. 580.