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2004 SESSION
041228820Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-287.01 as follows:
§ 18.2-287.01. Carrying weapon in air carrier airport terminal.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport into any air
carrier airport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or
intended to propel a [ missle missile ] or projectile of any kind, (ii)
frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, [ missle missile ] , projectile or
ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, tasers,
stun weapons and those weapons specified in subsection A of §18.2-308. Any
such weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A
violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any weapon
possessed or transported in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the
Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in § subsection A of 18.2-308.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff,
law-enforcement agent or official, [ or ] game warden [ , or conservator of
the peace while in the conduct of such person's official duties, ] [ , or
conservator of the peace employed by the air carrier airport, ] nor
shall the provisions of this section apply to any ticketed passenger who, to the extent
otherwise permitted by law, transports a lawful firearm into or out of an air carrier
airport terminal for the sole purposes, respectively, of checking such firearm
with his luggage or retrieving such firearm from the baggage claim area.