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Va. Code § 18.2-286: Shooting in or across road or in street

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  1. Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally
  2. Chapter 7. Crimes Involving Health and Safety
  3. Article 4. DANGEROUS USE OF FIREARMS OR OTHER WEAPONS

If any person discharges a firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, or bow and arrow in or across any road, or within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street of any city or town, he shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.The provisions of this section shall not apply to firing ranges or shooting matches maintained, and supervised or approved, by law-enforcement officers and military personnel in performance of their lawful duties.Code 1950, § 33.1-349; 1970, c. 322; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 322; 1994, c. 18; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.

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