Limit to How Many Guns You Can Purchase a Month?

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Limit to How Many Guns You Can Purchase a Month?

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How many guns can a upstanding resident of VA purchase a month legally? Handguns/rifles? Is there a limit?
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You can purchase one handgun per month unless you have a concealed handgun permit (CHP), which exempts you from that rule.

I think you can purchase as many long guns as you like.
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There are other exemptions to the one-handgun-a-month law in addition to having a VA concealed handgun permit. Trading-in of a handgun at the same time a handgun is purchased and as a part of the same transaction is an example. Others are listed here:

http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Firearms_Mul ... chase.shtm
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oh - you can also fill out a form and submit to the State Police requesting permission to exceed the one-a-month law. Not sure of the form number or the specific procedure. I would suggest just getting your CHP and not worrying about it.
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So can only purchase one handgun in a month or one handgun ever thirty days?
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Re: Limit to How Many Guns You Can Purchase a Month?

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30-day wait period, not per calendar month.... can't go on May 30, then June 5.... gotta wait until June 30.
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allingeneral wrote:You can purchase one handgun per month unless you have a concealed handgun permit (CHP), which exempts you from that rule.

I think you can purchase as many long guns as you like.

Applied for CHP yesterday :). Literally been in VA for ten days now, clerk said 45 days or less, what is the average wait?
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meak99 wrote:30-day wait period, not per calendar month.... can't go on May 30, then June 5.... gotta wait until June 30.
Thanks for the clarification!
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bensmiata wrote:
allingeneral wrote:You can purchase one handgun per month unless you have a concealed handgun permit (CHP), which exempts you from that rule.

I think you can purchase as many long guns as you like.

Applied for CHP yesterday :). Literally been in VA for ten days now, clerk said 45 days or less, what is the average wait?
Depends on your location?
Some in as little a week...others 45 days... or more (in some cases).
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allingeneral wrote:You can purchase one handgun per month unless you have a concealed handgun permit (CHP), which exempts you from that rule. :clap:

I didn't know that! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: Limit to How Many Guns You Can Purchase a Month?

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Being that this is National Firearms Training Week, what better time to go for your CHP!

http://vagunforum.net/firearms-safety-t ... t9317.html
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you can buy as many hand guns as you like, but can only bring one home every 30 days.

Oh, and remember that your dealer gets to fill out a special form if you buy more than 1 gun every 5 days.
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jdonovan wrote:Oh, and remember that your dealer gets to fill out a special form if you buy more than 1 gun every 5 days.
Handguns only, of course. You can avoid it by going to more than one dealer.
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