Applying for a Resident Permit
Take a Class as described below: All persons applying for a license must complete a training course in handling and firing a handgun. The successful completion of any of the following courses fulfills this training requirement: 1. Any official National Rifle Association handgun safety or training course; 2. Any handgun safety or training course or […]
Applying for a Non-Resident Permit
The state of West Virginia does not issue a Permit/ License to Non-Residents.
Carry Permit Limitation
From the WV AG’s Handbook on Firearm Laws for West Virginia 1. Federal government properties or other places where firearms are prohibited by federal law. This includes areas of restricted access in airports 2. Any property where firearms are prohibited by the owner, lessee or other person charged with the care, custody and control of […]
Gun Sign Requirements and Limitations
In West Virginia, “No Firearm” signs have no force of law unless it is specifically posted and mentioned in State Law that it is off limits to those with permit/license to carry. If a person go to a place where there is a sign but not mentioned in the law and ask that person to […]
Police on Carry Requirements
§61-7-4. (n) All licensees must carry with them a state-issued photo identification card with the concealed weapons license whenever the licensee is carrying a concealed weapon. Any licensee who fails to have in his or her possession a state-issued photo identification card and a current concealed weapons license while carrying a concealed weapon is guilty […]
Traveling with Firearm Inside a Vehicle
§20-2-6a. Carrying a handgun while afield. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, a person who is not prohibited at the time from possessing a firearm pursuant to the provisions of section seven, article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code or by any applicable federal law may carry a handgun for self-defense […]
Open Carry
§20-2-6a. Carrying a handgun while afield. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, a person who is not prohibited at the time from possessing a firearm pursuant to the provisions of section seven, article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code or by any applicable federal law may carry a handgun for self-defense […]
State Preemption
§8-12-5a. Limitations Upon Municipalities’ Power To Restrict The Purchase, Possession, Transfer, Ownership, Carrying, Transport, Sale and Storage of Certain Weapons and Ammunition. (a) Except as provided by the provisions of this section and the provisions of section five of this article, neither a municipality nor the governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance or […]
Deadly Force Laws
§55-7-22. Civil relief for persons resisting certain criminal activities.
Notes
The state of West Virginia Consider on a Loaded Firearm §20-2-5. Unlawful Methods of Hunting and Fishing and Other Unlawful Acts. What is Loaded. (9) Have in his or her possession a crossbow with a nocked bolt, rifle or shotgun from which all cartridges have not been removed, in or on any vehicle or conveyance, […]