I find no specific statutory authority granting the Department the authority to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in state parks.Damn straight. Now let's make sure they don't exceed their authority.
I do find this headline over the top, hyperbole-wise. The VA AG wasn't "standing up for the Second Amendment!" He didn't even mention it, except for one footnote, and focused instead on Commonwealth code.
Still, this shows how a definitive opinion from a state attorney general can have a very real and immediate practical impact on the conduct of enforcer agencies. And just to clarify what I proposed for Ohio open carry yesterday: Don't for a minute think there's a sheriff, chief or cop in the state who doesn't already know the law in this regard. My aim was to take that excuse away from them, once and for all.
Not that I expect it to happen.
[Via Michael S]
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Footnote 8 mentions the 2A, but I would have hoped that Bob McDonnell, set to run for governor on a Bill of Rights platform, would have emphasized it rather than de-. is he trying not to offend the Other 50%? Why, why WHY? They're not going to vote for him anyway! It's like Republicans courting former Hillaryites with the Palin candidacy.
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