if you carry in VA on a permit from another state like i do then the Gun Free School zone act still applies to you
VA law does not make the distinction as to the permits issuing state as you can see below
But the Federal law does make that distiction and the BATFE's opinion follows the federal lawUnder 18.2-308.1, it talks about having a firearm on school property. It says (as an exemption) "The provisions of this section shall not apply to............... (vi) a person who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade, in or upon a motor vehicle, or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; or (vii) a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. For the purposes of this paragraph, "weapon" includes a knife having a metal blade of three inches or longer and "closed container" includes a locked vehicle trunk.
link to the BATFE opinion18 U.S.C. § 922(q))
A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a firearm—
(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license;
The law provides certain exceptions to the general ban on possession of firearms in school zones.The law clearly provides that in order to qualify as an exception to the general prohibitions of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, the license must be issued by the State in which the school zone is located or a politicalOne exception is where the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State. . .
subdivision of that State. A concealed weapons license or permit from any other State would not satisfy the criteria set forth in the law.