Reports   of the   Attorney General   (1981-1982)   at 454


WEAPONS.    PERMIT TO   CARRY CONCEALED   WEAPON IS VALID THROUGHOUT THE STATE.


February 10, 1982


The Honorable Charles E. King, Jr., Clerk

Circuit Court of Gloucester County


This is in reply to your letter of January 29, 1982, in which you ask whether the circuit court may issue a permit to carry a concealed weapon pursuant to § 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, which permit is valid throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.


This Office has ruled previously that a permit to carry a concealed weapon is valid throughout the State.   See Reports   of the   Attorney General   (1968-1969)   at 557 (1954-1955) at 48.   Although § 18.2-308 has been amended since those Opinions, the provision upon which those Opinions was based has remained substantially unchanged. Accordingly, I adhere to the prior Opinions and conclude that such a permit is valid throughout the entire Commonwealth.