July 22, 2011, 10:28 AM | #1 |
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VA vs. WV Gun Laws
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I am looking at moving out of MD for several reasons, one reason being the Gun Laws in MD. I am looking at moving to either Virginia or West Virginia which are both viable options for me and was looking to see as to whether or not someone could comment as to which state had better gun laws, including carry laws, and why? Thank you, Kevin |
July 22, 2011, 11:28 AM | #2 |
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Another MD expatriate here...
They're both probably a wash, though I prefer VA's better system of pre-emption. WV has a lot of grandfathered local ordinances on carry. It really depends on what laws you find onerous though. VA has machinegun registration at the sate level, which is irritating if you're a Title II person. WV and VA have carry permit reciprocity, so if you can carry in one, you can carry in both. VA has a more extensive reciprocity with other states however. www.handgunlaw.us covers most of the handgun laws. That said, I'd make your decision based on taxes, jobs and COL, not gun laws. Either state is fine so far as gun laws go. |
July 22, 2011, 06:39 PM | #3 |
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I live in Virginia. Virginia has very liberal gun laws. We are shall-issue state with respect to concealed handgun permits. Carry is permitted in a wide array of places. We have open-carry. There are lots of places to shoot. Virginia is a great state with respect to gun laws. That's my plug for Virginia.
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July 25, 2011, 10:20 PM | #4 |
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Another vote for the Old Dominion
Virginia has very good gun laws, although not as good as Utah or Vermont. Open carry is legal everywhere, and I often take advantage of that, even in socialist hell-holes like Arlington and Richmond. Shall-issue permits. Gun stores and shows abound. Hunting is a rich part of the culture. We do have a crappy one-handgun-a-month law, a legacy of that troll, Gov. Wilder.
We also have great history - Jamestown, Yorktown, George Washington's birthplace and Mount Vernon; Monticello and the University of Virginia; Francis Lightfoot Lee, and many other Signers; James Madison's Montpelier; Patrick Henry lived and argued cases here, and delivered his "give me Liberty or give me Death" speech from the pulpit of St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond; James Monroe; Gen. Lee's birthplace and home; the Virginia Military Institute; Gen. Stonewall Jackson's home, and the place of his death at Chancellorsville; Chief Justice John Marshall; all those many battlefields of the War of Northern Aggression , including Appomattox Court House; the Bedford Boys, We offer Atlantic beaches and Blue Ridge Mountains; the Chesapeake Bay; the Northern Neck; the Appalachian Trail; heck, you can even ski! And, for us gunnutz, we have an extremely gun-friendly administration and House (the Senate's a bit iffy). More importantly, we have the Virginia Citizens Defense League - that's reason enough to move to Virginia. We always play offense thanks to Phil Van Cleave and his Merry Band of Warriors. I have family in Maryland, my father was a Baltimore native, I'm an Orioles fan, and I'd no more live there than in California. This message brought to you by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce
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July 25, 2011, 10:57 PM | #5 | |
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Quote:
http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Firearms_...ePurchase.shtm Plus you can buy as many as you want at gun shows.
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July 25, 2011, 11:36 PM | #6 |
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Thanks, egor20, this is true!
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July 26, 2011, 11:42 AM | #7 |
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State preemption is our friend.
No more counties refusing to issue permits to anyone (Arlington). No more 5 day waiting periods (Fairfax) on handguns. Cash and carry with a NICS check in the while state. |
July 26, 2011, 12:04 PM | #8 |
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Whenever me and the family visit DC from Florida, we stay in Arlington VA hotels. We leave our guns there in a safe and do our sightseeing in the city. VA has decent gun laws I would say.
Oh, and they have an all guns and shooting channel there that I love, I stay up all night watching it. No such channel back in Jacksonville FL. |
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