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Chapter 24 WEAPONS Sec. 24-l. Sec. 24-2. Sec. 24-3. Sec. 24-4. Sec. 24-5. Sec. 24-6. Carrying concealed weapons. Discharging firearms-Generally. Same-At target ranges. Pointing or brandishing firearm or object similar in appearance. Discharge of air guns, gravel shooters, etc. Killing of deer. Sec. 24-1. Carrying concealed weapons. (a) If any person carries about his person, hid from common observation, any pistol, revolver or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind, dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, razor, slingshot, metal knucks, blackjack, any flailing instrument consisting of two (2) or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nunchuck, nunchaku, shuriken or fighting chain, or any weapon of like kind, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such weapon shall be forfeited to the city and may be seized by an officer as forfeited, and such as may be needed for police officers or conservators of the peace shall be devoted to that purpose, and the remainder shall be destroyed by the officer having them in charge. (b) This section shall not apply to any person carrying a concealed weapon in accord with a valid permit so to do issued pursuant to state law. (c) This section shall not apply to: (1) Any person while in his own place of abode or the curtilage thereof. (2) Any police officers, sergeants, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs or regular game wardens appointed pursuant to chapter 3 of title 29 (~ 29-24 et seq.), of the Code of Virginia. (3) Any regularly enrolled member of a target shooting organization who is at, or going to or from, an established shooting range, provided that the weapon is unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported. (4) Any regularly enrolled member of a weapons collecting organization who is at, or going to or from, a bona fide weapons exhibition, provided that the weapon is unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported. (5) Any person carrying such weapon between his place of abode and a place of purchase or repair, provided the weapon is unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported. (d) This section shall not apply to any of the following individuals while in the discharge of their official duties, or while in transit to or from such duties: (1) Carriers of the United States mail in rural districts. (2) Officers or guards of any state correctional institution. Supp. No. 63 1423