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I may be going to Va Beach in a month, and wondered if they havd a local ordinance. Thanks for the help. 
Balisongs In Va Beach, Va OK?
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<b>Sec. 38-1. Carrying concealed weapons.</b>
(a) If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind, (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, or blackjack, (iii) any flailing instrument consisting of two (2) or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which instrument may also be known as a nunchuck, nunchanka, nunchalcu, shuriken or fighting chain, (iv) any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two (2) points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this section, 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 and conservators of the peace shall be devoted to that purpose, and the remainder shall be destroyed by the officer having them in charge. For the purposes of this section, a weapon shall be deemed to be hidden from common observation when it is observable but is of such deceptive appearance as to disguise the weapon's true nature.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person carrying a concealed weapon in accord with permission granted by a circuit court pursuant to section 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia.
(c) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Any person while in his own place of abode or curtilage thereof;
(2) Any police officer, sergeant, sheriff, deputy sheriff, regular game warden or animal control officer;
(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 weapons are 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 weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;
(5) Any person carrying such weapons between his place of abode and a place of purchase or repair, provided the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;
(6) Campus police officers appointed pursuant to section 23-232 et seq. of the Code of Virginia;
(7) Any person actually engaged in lawful hunting, as authorized by the board of game and inland fisheries, under inclement weather conditions necessitating temporary protection of his weapon from these conditions; and
(8) Any state police officer retired from the Department of State Police and any local law-enforcement officer retired from a police department or sheriff's office within the Commonwealth (i) with a service-related disability or (ii) following at least fifteen (15) years of service, other than a person terminated for cause; provided such officer carries with him written proof of consultation with, and a favorable review of the need to carry a concealed weapon issued by, the chief law-enforcement officer of the agency from which the officer retired.
(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;
(3) Conservators of the peace, except that the following conservators of the peace shall not be permitted to carry a concealed weapon unless a permit is obtained pursuant to section 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia:
a. Notaries public;
b. Registrars;
c. Drivers, operators or other persons in charge of any motor vehicle carrier of passengers for hire; or
d. Commissioners in chancery;
(4) Noncustodial employees of the department of corrections designated to carry weapons by the director of the department of corrections pursuant to section 53.1-29 of the Code of Virginia;
(5) Law enforcement agents of the Armed Forces of the United States and federal agents who are otherwise authorized to carry weapons by federal law while engaged in the performance of their duties; and
(6) Law enforcement agents of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) Spring stick means a spring-loaded metal stick activated by pushing a button which rapidly and forcefully telescopes the weapon several times its original length.
(2) Ballistic knife means any knife with a detachable blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism.
(Code 1965, § 38-1; Ord. No. 945, 5-14-79; Ord. No. 1279, 5-24-82; Ord. No. 1466, 7-2-84; Ord. No. 1558, 9-30-85; Ord. No. 1704, 6-8-87; Ord. No. 2233, 6-22-93; Ord. No. 2343, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 2451, 6-24-97)
State law references: Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-308.
<b>Sec. 38-7. Sale, delivery, etc., of blackjacks, metal knucks, switchblade knives and similar weapons.</b>
If a person sells or barters, or exhibits for sale or for barter, or gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, or has in his possession or under his control, with the intent of selling, bartering, giving or furnishing, any blackjack, brass or metal knucks, any disc of whatever configuration having at least two (2) points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, switchblade knife or like weapons, such person shall be prima guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The having in one's possession of any such weapon shall be facie evidence, except in the case of a conservator of the peace, of the intent to sell, barter, give or furnish the same.
(Code 1965, § 38-4; Ord. No. 1540, 6-24-85)
(a) If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind, (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, or blackjack, (iii) any flailing instrument consisting of two (2) or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which instrument may also be known as a nunchuck, nunchanka, nunchalcu, shuriken or fighting chain, (iv) any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two (2) points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this section, 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 and conservators of the peace shall be devoted to that purpose, and the remainder shall be destroyed by the officer having them in charge. For the purposes of this section, a weapon shall be deemed to be hidden from common observation when it is observable but is of such deceptive appearance as to disguise the weapon's true nature.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person carrying a concealed weapon in accord with permission granted by a circuit court pursuant to section 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia.
(c) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Any person while in his own place of abode or curtilage thereof;
(2) Any police officer, sergeant, sheriff, deputy sheriff, regular game warden or animal control officer;
(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 weapons are 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 weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;
(5) Any person carrying such weapons between his place of abode and a place of purchase or repair, provided the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;
(6) Campus police officers appointed pursuant to section 23-232 et seq. of the Code of Virginia;
(7) Any person actually engaged in lawful hunting, as authorized by the board of game and inland fisheries, under inclement weather conditions necessitating temporary protection of his weapon from these conditions; and
(8) Any state police officer retired from the Department of State Police and any local law-enforcement officer retired from a police department or sheriff's office within the Commonwealth (i) with a service-related disability or (ii) following at least fifteen (15) years of service, other than a person terminated for cause; provided such officer carries with him written proof of consultation with, and a favorable review of the need to carry a concealed weapon issued by, the chief law-enforcement officer of the agency from which the officer retired.
(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;
(3) Conservators of the peace, except that the following conservators of the peace shall not be permitted to carry a concealed weapon unless a permit is obtained pursuant to section 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia:
a. Notaries public;
b. Registrars;
c. Drivers, operators or other persons in charge of any motor vehicle carrier of passengers for hire; or
d. Commissioners in chancery;
(4) Noncustodial employees of the department of corrections designated to carry weapons by the director of the department of corrections pursuant to section 53.1-29 of the Code of Virginia;
(5) Law enforcement agents of the Armed Forces of the United States and federal agents who are otherwise authorized to carry weapons by federal law while engaged in the performance of their duties; and
(6) Law enforcement agents of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) Spring stick means a spring-loaded metal stick activated by pushing a button which rapidly and forcefully telescopes the weapon several times its original length.
(2) Ballistic knife means any knife with a detachable blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism.
(Code 1965, § 38-1; Ord. No. 945, 5-14-79; Ord. No. 1279, 5-24-82; Ord. No. 1466, 7-2-84; Ord. No. 1558, 9-30-85; Ord. No. 1704, 6-8-87; Ord. No. 2233, 6-22-93; Ord. No. 2343, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 2451, 6-24-97)
State law references: Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-308.
<b>Sec. 38-7. Sale, delivery, etc., of blackjacks, metal knucks, switchblade knives and similar weapons.</b>
If a person sells or barters, or exhibits for sale or for barter, or gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, or has in his possession or under his control, with the intent of selling, bartering, giving or furnishing, any blackjack, brass or metal knucks, any disc of whatever configuration having at least two (2) points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, switchblade knife or like weapons, such person shall be prima guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The having in one's possession of any such weapon shall be facie evidence, except in the case of a conservator of the peace, of the intent to sell, barter, give or furnish the same.
(Code 1965, § 38-4; Ord. No. 1540, 6-24-85)
