Comments on: ‘Rees for Congress’ Convicted on Concealed Weapons Charge http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2009/rees-for-congress-convicted-on-concealed-weapons-charge.html A New View On Local News In Appomattox and Central Virginia Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:06:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Stollenwerk http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2009/rees-for-congress-convicted-on-concealed-weapons-charge.html/comment-page-1#comment-2517 Mike Stollenwerk Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:22:10 +0000 http://www.appomattoxnews.com/?p=3465#comment-2517 Firearms concealed **out of reach** (e.g., in cases in the trunk) are not unlawfully concealed under Section 18.2-308; also, the Va. S, Ct. has said that a person without a permit to conceal does not violate 18.2-308 if she stores a gun in a glove box or console **contemporaneously with exiting the vehicle** (and presumably while promptly retrieving it when returning to the vehicle). See Pruitt v. Com. (2007) discussed at http://www.vachiefs.org/vapleac/vplb/3-1/feb08_call2.htm. But permits to conceal are petty easy to get - just pay $50 and aply at your local circuit court, no SSN disclosure required, and fingerprints only required if your locality requires (most do not). Firearms concealed **out of reach** (e.g., in cases in the trunk) are not unlawfully concealed under Section 18.2-308; also, the Va. S, Ct. has said that a person without a permit to conceal does not violate 18.2-308 if she stores a gun in a glove box or console **contemporaneously with exiting the vehicle** (and presumably while promptly retrieving it when returning to the vehicle). See Pruitt v. Com. (2007) discussed at http://www.vachiefs.org/vapleac/vplb/3-1/feb08_call2.htm.

But permits to conceal are petty easy to get – just pay $50 and aply at your local circuit court, no SSN disclosure required, and fingerprints only required if your locality requires (most do not).

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