OC shotgun

[Revolverx]

wat about open carry with a shotgun? is that legal? strapping it over ur shoulder? wat about how to transport it in a car? and anyother info that would b usefull

[OakRidgeStars]

You can transport a shotgun in a vehicle, but it must be unloaded.
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15.2-915.2. Regulation of transportation of a loaded rifle or shotgun.
The governing body of any county or city may by ordinance make it unlawful for any person to transport, possess or carry a loaded shotgun or loaded rifle in any vehicle on any public street, road, or highway within such locality. Any violation of such ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $100. Conservation police officers, sheriffs and all other law-enforcement officers shall enforce the provisions of this section. No ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be enforceable unless the governing body adopting such ordinance so notifies the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries by registered mail prior to May 1 of the year in which such ordinance is to take effect.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to duly authorized law-enforcement officers or military personnel in the performance of their lawful duties, nor to any person who reasonably believes that a loaded rifle or shotgun is necessary for his personal safety in the course of his employment or business.
(1976, c. 506, � 18.2-287.1; 1977, c. 377; 1989, c. 50; 2004, c. 462.)

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As far as open carrying a shotgun, just because you can doesn't mean it's a good idea. Don't expect to receive a warm welcome when you walk up with a shotgun.
You will have the opportunity to meet many members of law enforcement, who are going to stop you and ask just what-the-heck-you-think-you're-doing?

If OC is your goal, put the money you're going to drop on the shotgun towards a handgun. Then in three years, you can apply for your CHP.

[Moccasin]

Don't forget high capacity rifles and shotguns in certain localities without a CHP.

§ 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 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section.

[Vahunter]

Loaded in a vehicle ? Depends on the county you live in.

[zephyp]

Loaded in a vehicle ? Depends on the county you live in.

Yup, counties by law can regulate transportation of firearms.

[Revolverx]

o i live in fredericksburg

[Vahunter]

o i live in fredericksburg

I take it that is Stafford county ? I just checked the book from the game commission, NO loaded rifles or shotguns in vehicles. Sorry.

[StaffordCarry]

o i live in fredericksburg

The anti-poaching BS no carry of loaded long arms is really only comfortably solved by using a magazine fed shotgun or rifle without the magazine loaded into firearm. Unless you leave it in the car fulltime you will always risk the brandishing claim of some moron.

Craig