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2003 SESSION
034175636Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-915 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-915. Control of firearms.
From and after January 1, 1987, no locality shall adopt any ordinance, resolution or motion, as permitted by § 15.2-1425, and no agent of such locality shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof other than those expressly authorized by statute. For purposes of this section, a statute that does not refer to firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, shall not be construed to provide express authorization.
Nothing in this section shall affect the validity or invalidity of any
ordinance, resolution or motion adopted prior to January 1, 1987. Nothing in
this section shall prohibit a locality from adopting workplace rules relating
to terms and conditions of employment of the workforce. Nothing in this section
shall prohibit a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101 from acting
within the scope of his duties. Nothing in this section shall have any effect
on any pending litigation. However, no No person may be prosecuted or
convicted of a violation of any ordinance regulating the possession, carrying,
or transportation of a firearm if he is (i) in lawful possession of possessing,
carrying, or transporting the firearm without violating any provision of Title
18.2 and he has a valid concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to § 18.2-308
or (ii) otherwise possessing, carrying, or transporting the firearm in a lawful
manner.