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2008 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 18.2-308.2:01 and 18.2-308.2:1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-308.2:01. Possession or transportation of certain firearms by certain persons.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States or who is not a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any assault firearm or to knowingly and intentionally carry about his person, hidden from common observation, an assault firearm.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who is not lawfully present in the United States to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any firearm or to knowingly and intentionally carry about his person, hidden from common observation, any firearm. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.
C. For purposes of this section, "assault firearm" means any semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock.
§ 18.2-308.2:1. Prohibiting the selling, etc., of firearms to certain persons.
Any person who sells, barters, gives or furnishes, or has in
his possession or under his control with the intent of selling, bartering,
giving or furnishing, any firearm to any person he knows is prohibited from
possessing or transporting a firearm pursuant to §§ 18.2-308.1:1,
18.2-308.2, subsection B of § 18.2-308.2:01, or § 18.2-308.7 shall be
guilty of a Class 6 felony. However, this prohibition shall not be applicable
when the person convicted of the felony, adjudicated delinquent or acquitted by
reason of insanity has (i) been issued a permit pursuant to subsection C of §
18.2-308.2 or subsection B of § 18.2-308.1:1, (ii) been pardoned or had his
political disabilities removed in accordance with subsection B of § 18.2-308.2
or (iii) obtained a permit to ship, transport, possess or receive firearms
pursuant to the laws of the United States.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.