Virginia Attorney General: Personal Protection Is “Good And Sufficient Reason” For Carrying Gun To Church

UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh reports that "Va. Stat. § 18.2–283 makes it a misdemeanor to 'carry any gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger or other dangerous weapon, without good and sufficient reason, to a place of worship while a meeting for religious purposes.' Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli has just issued an opinion concluding that 'carrying a weapon for personal protection constitutes a good and sufficient reason' for purposes of the statute. The opinion also notes that the church, as property owner, may bar people from carrying weapons onto its property, but that’s a separate legal question." Tweet