I'm drunk and armed (oops, wait sorry wrong permit)

[vicarz]

Update to a question nobody asked: for ages I've been saying you can get a permit to carry a concealed gun, but even with the permit you couldn't take it into government buildings, bars, and oddly...churches. However on a whim I looked up the concealed carry statute
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-308 (part D and later)

Turns out I was right-ish, as the regulation appears somewhere else:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-283

More than just right, nutjob Cuccinelli recently posited that all reasons are good enough reasons to carry a gun in church:
http://cursesfoiledagain2.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/va-attorney-general-rules-on-guns-in-church/ (not an official site, but a decent layperson analysis) (and by layperson I readily admit likely smarter than me)

It's particularly fascinating that this AG opinion addresses application of the law, but the law remains on the books. What a weird fucking state...I mean commonwealth.

Odder too is that this concealed permit actually only allows, by the letter of the law, a handgun. If I foolishly conceal carry nunchucks, this may not comply with the law! Would you prefer my borderline self kept a shoulder holstered firearm or spinny sticks? Think someone didn't think that whole thing through? Think the NRA wrote the law and they don't give a rat's ass about rights generally?

Comments

[thesaucemonster.livejournal.com]

Speaking about bringing guns into church: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-ho-church-killing-follow-20120504,0,3357387.story

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Yeah saw that - no end to punishment for doing a good thing. He was fed by them for years, and only when he demanded more and was unruly did they finally ask him to leave...so he killed 'em all. People who helped him then withdrew help. Wow.