[MR] Knife and Sword transport laws

[Roy B. Scherer]

At 02:06 PM 6/9/2009 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm going to agree.  Think about it, if your following the laws on
>transprotation, (usually means you can't have instant access to it, like say
>the GLOVEBOX and ammo for guns must be seperate),

         Excuse me, but that's actually not quite accurate.
         In Virginia, it is a FELONY to carry a deadly weapon -- gun, 
knife, nun-chuck, etc. -- in your glove box.
         Sorry to be a Cassandra, or a bearer of bad news, but if you 
rely on police and prosecutors to use common sense in applying the 
laws, IMHO you are a fool.  Put the "deadly weapon" in your glove 
box, and you face time in the pen, at the mercy of the guy with the 
most cigarettes.
         I suggest that weapons be laced on the floor of the back 
seat, NOT covered while traveling.

Code of Virginia

Title 18.2 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY.

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Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety
         I will spare the list the entire text of this law, but click on:
         <http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-308>
-- Britton

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