Verified Firearm Specifications

VT1062 — general

Citation: Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 4019a

(a) A person shall not transfer a firearm to another person until 72 hours after the licensed dealer facilitating the transfer is provided with a unique identification number for the transfer by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or seven business days have elapsed since the dealer contacted NICS to initiate the background check, whichever occurs first.

VT1041 — federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)

Repealed.

VT1040 — federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless-“(A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

VA1065 — extra time

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(B)(2)

2. The State Police shall provide its response to the requesting dealer during the dealer's request or by return call without delay.

VA1066 — extra time

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(B)(2)

2. The State Police shall provide its response to the requesting dealer during the dealer's request or by return call without delay.

VA1064 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: VA ST § 18.2-308.2:5

A. No person shall sell a firearm for money, goods, services or anything else of value unless he has obtained verification from a licensed dealer in firearms that information on the prospective purchaser has been submitted for a criminal history record information check as set out in § 18.2-308.2:2 and that a determination has been received from the Department of State Police that the prospective purchaser is not...

VA1042 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

VA1041 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

VA1002 — sales from dealer

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2 (1989 Law) (b)(g)

B.1. No dealer shall sell, rent, trade or transfer from his inventory any such firearm to any other person who is a resident of Virginia until he has (i) obtained written consent as specified in subsection A, and provided the Department of State Police with the name, birth date, gender, race, and social security and/or any other identification number and (iii) requested and received criminal history record...

VA1004 — sales from dealer

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2

A. Any person purchasing from a dealer a firearm as herein defined shall consent in writing, on a form to be provided by the Department of State Police, to have the dealer obtain criminal history record information. B.1.

VA1006 — shall issue

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308 et seq

§ 18.2-308.04. Processing of the application and issuance of a concealed handgun permit. A. The clerk of court shall enter on the application the date on which the application and all other information required to be submitted by the applicant is received. B.

VA1005 — prohibited

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 4534 (1942)

§ 4534. Carrying concealed weapons; how punished; forfeiture of weapons; how disposed of. If any person carry about his person hid from common observation, any pistol, dirk, bowieknife, razor, slingshot, metal knucks, or any weapon of like kind, he shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars and, in the discretion of the court, justice, police justice, or...

VA1047 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

VA1008 — safe storage

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-56.2

It shall be unlawful for any person to recklessly leave a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of fourteen. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

VA1010 — state license requirement

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1208

§ 15.2-1208. Same; in certain counties. Chapter 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, requiring permits to sell or purchase pistols or revolvers in any county having a density of population of more than 1,000 a square mile, is repealed. Any records or copies thereof that were created pursuant to this section that are in the custody of any county shall be destroyed no later than July 31, 2004.

VA1009 — state license requirement

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 59-144 (1950)

In any county having a density of population of more than one thousand a square mile, as shown by the last preceding United States census, any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling pistols or revolvers at retail shall, before making any such sale, register as such a dealer with the chief of police of the county and obtain from him a permit to sell such weapons to persons entitled to buy...

VA1068 — required

Citation: Va. Code Ann.§ 18.2-308.1:4 (C)

C. Upon issuance of a protective order pursuant to § 16.1-279.1 or 19.2-152.10, the court shall order the person who is subject to the protective order to (i) within 24 hours after being served with a protective order in accordance with subsection C of § 16.1-279.1 or subsection D of § 19.2-152.10 (a) surrender any firearm possessed by such person to a designated local law-enforcement agency, (b) sell or transfer...

VA1058 — one gun per month

Citation: 2020 VA S.B. 69 § 18.2-308.2:2 (4)®

R. Except as provided in subdivisions 1 and 2, it shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period.

VA1017 — one gun per month

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(P)

Repealed.

VA1069 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

VA1071 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

VA1016 — one gun per month

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(P)

P. Except as provided in subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period. A violation of this subsection shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

VA1050 — public : CCW allowed (open areas)

Citation: Digiacinto v. Rector & Visitors of George Mason Univ., 704 S.E.2d 365, 369 (2011)

Individuals may still carry or possess weapons on the open grounds of GMU, and in other places on campus not enumerated in the regulation. We hold that GMU is a sensitive place and that 8 VAC § 35-60-20 is constitutional and does not violate Article I, § 13 of the Constitution of Virginia or the Second Amendment of the federal Constitution.

VA1051 — public : CCW not allowed

Citation: Op. Att’y Gen. Va. 05-078 (2006)

It is my opinion that the governing boards of Virginia’s public colleges and universities may not impose a general prohibition on the carrying of concealed weapons by permitted individuals. Pursuant to specific grants of statutory authority, however, it is my opinion that colleges and universities may regulate the conduct of students and employees to prohibit them from carrying concealed weapons on campus.

VA1060 — straw purchase - buyer and seller liability

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(L), (M)

L1. Any person who attempts to solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice any dealer to transfer or otherwise convey a firearm other than to the actual buyer, as well as any other person who willfully and intentionally aids or abets such person, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

VA1072 — straw purchase - buyer liability

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(M), (N)

M. Any person who purchases a firearm with the intent to (i) resell or otherwise provide such firearm to any person who he knows or has reason to believe is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive from a dealer a firearm for whatever reason or (ii) transport such firearm out of the Commonwealth to be resold or otherwise provided to another person who the transferor knows is ineligible to purchase or otherwise...

VA1053 — comprehensive

Citation: VA Code Ann. § 15.2-915

No locality shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or motion, as permitted by § 15.2-1425, and no agent of such locality shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof other than those expressly authorized by statute.

VA1073 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

VA1074 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 40 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)

(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

VA1075 — minimum age possession - federal

Citation: 43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

VA1013 — youth possession

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.7

It shall be unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport a handgun or assault firearm anywhere in the Commonwealth.

VA1015 — purchase and sale

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-309(B)

§ 18.2-309. Furnishing certain weapons to minors; penalty B. If any person sells, barters, gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, to any minor a handgun, having good cause to believe him to be a minor, such person shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

VA1019 — limited

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 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...

VA1036 — limited

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 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...

VA1062 — erpo

Citation: 2020 VA H.B. 674 § 18.2-308.1:6

§ 18.2-308.1:6. Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms by persons subject to substantial risk orders; penalty.

VA1031 — dvro

Citation: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1:4

B. In addition to the prohibition set forth in subsection A, it is unlawful for any person who is subject to a protective order entered pursuant to § 16.1-279.1 or an order issued by a tribunal of another state, the United States or any of its territories, possessions, or commonwealths, or the District of Columbia pursuant to a statute that is substantially similar to § 16.1-279.1 to knowingly possess any firearm...