In Virginia Beach, it is permissible to carry a firearm unconcealed as long as there is less than 20 rounds?
If it has magazines that hold less than 20 rounds of centerfire ammunition you are ok. Another person asked about Keltec's PMR30 22magnum which holds 30 rounds but that is rimfire so it doesn't apply.
This law is often forgot about as I did when I got a threaded barrel for my gun but I have a CHP which voids the requirements.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-287.4
§ 18.2-287.4. Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a loaded (a) semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a
magazine that will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to
accommodate a silencer or equipped with a
folding stock or (b)
shotgun with a magazine
that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered on or about his person on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public in the Cities of Alexandria, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Falls Church, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, or
Virginia Beach or in the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Henrico, Loudoun, or Prince William.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to law-enforcement officers, licensed security guards, military personnel in the performance of their lawful duties,
or any person having a valid concealed handgun permit or to any person actually engaged in lawful hunting or lawful recreational shooting activities at an established shooting range or shooting contest. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
The exemptions set forth in §
18.2-308 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section.