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Virginia · 2027 Regular Session
HB926Outdoor shooting of firearm on property without reasonable care; prohibition, penalty.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds a new local option for counties to prohibit outdoor firearm discharge unless done on at least five acres with reasonable care (including use of a berm or backstop) to prevent projectiles from crossing property lines, creating a rebuttable presumption of violation for shooting across bounds, so,
Any county may by ordinance prohibit outdoor shooting of a firearm unless the discharge of such firearm is conducted (i) on land of at least five acres and (ii) with reasonable care to prevent a projectile from crossing the bounds of the land.
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Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Updates the definition of 'bow' in the existing prohibition on outdoor shooting in heavily populated areas by moving the prior definition language into the new subsection A and adding definitions for 'arrow,' 'backstop,' and 'berm,' with no substantive change to restrictions on bows or arrows.
"Backstop" means a device to stop, redirect, and contain bullets. "Berm" means an embankment used for restricting bullets to a given area or as a protective or dividing wall between two areas.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill primarily adds a new county-level prohibition on outdoor firearm shooting without reasonable care to prevent projectiles from leaving the property (with acreage and backstop requirements), which restricts the ability to discharge firearms outdoors in those jurisdictions. It also reorganizes and slightly expands definitions related to bows, arrows, berms, and backstops in the existing statute on shooting in populated areas, but this is a neutral technical update with no change in effect on the axis.
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