Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org35064818.2-283Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship2026Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Involving Health and SafetyDangerous Use of Firearms or Other Weapons

If any person 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 is being held at such place he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

Code 1950, § 18.1-241; 1960, c. 358; 1962, c. 411; 1975, cc. 14, 15.Christopher Parris Cabral v. Commonwealth of Virginia1186171815 S.E.2d 8052018-07-17https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4517469/christopher-parris-cabral-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/ . . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . . COARebecca Sue Orange v. Commonwealth of Virginia08822532026-07-28https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10935752/rebecca-sue-orange-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/ . . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . . COA