TFred
Regular Member
The importance of the "secured container" clause
For those just joining, or who need reminding...
The secured container clause is special because of where it was placed in the CHP law.
It is item #10 in a list of situations that the basic ban on carrying a concealed weapon "shall not apply to".
Among the others in that list are things like "a person in his own place of business", "any law-enforcement officer, ...", and the oft-discussed Commonwealth's Attorney exemption.
The important part of this exemption is that 18.2-308.1, which covers firearms on school property has this nifty little clause:
"The exemptions set out in § 18.2-308 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section."
That means that the "secured container" that exempts you from the CHP also exempts you from the general prohibition on school carry. Was this an accident? Nobody will say. But it has been very useful to hundreds of folks who pick up their children from school every day, and as we are prone to say... after all this time, there has been no "blood in the streets" because of it. It needs to stay.
Even though that exemption may not be needed for the CHP, it is very much still needed for 18.2-308.1.
TFred
For those just joining, or who need reminding...
The secured container clause is special because of where it was placed in the CHP law.
It is item #10 in a list of situations that the basic ban on carrying a concealed weapon "shall not apply to".
Among the others in that list are things like "a person in his own place of business", "any law-enforcement officer, ...", and the oft-discussed Commonwealth's Attorney exemption.
The important part of this exemption is that 18.2-308.1, which covers firearms on school property has this nifty little clause:
"The exemptions set out in § 18.2-308 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section."
That means that the "secured container" that exempts you from the CHP also exempts you from the general prohibition on school carry. Was this an accident? Nobody will say. But it has been very useful to hundreds of folks who pick up their children from school every day, and as we are prone to say... after all this time, there has been no "blood in the streets" because of it. It needs to stay.
Even though that exemption may not be needed for the CHP, it is very much still needed for 18.2-308.1.
TFred
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