Reporte de armas de fuego perdidas o robadas en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si pierdes o te roban un arma, debes avisar a la policía en 48 horas. Si no lo haces, podrías tener que pagar una multa.

Es como cuando se te pierde el teléfono y tienes que avisar a tus amigos para que no lo usen. Si no lo haces, podrías tener problemas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Juan se da cuenta de que su pistola ha desaparecido. En lugar de ignorarlo, llama a la policía dentro de las 48 horas para reportar que le han robado su arma. Así, cumple con la ley y evita multas.

Penalidades

Multa de hasta $250 por no reportar la pérdida o robo en 48 horas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-287.5 - Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. A. If a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, then such person shall report the loss or theft to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft. The law-enforcement agency shall enter such report information into the National Crime Information Center maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the loss or theft of an antique firearm as defined in § 18.2-308.2:2 . B. A violation of this section is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $250. The attorney for the county, city, or town in which an alleged violation of this section has occurred is authorized to enforce the provisions of this section and may bring an action to recover the civil penalty, which shall be paid into the local treasury. C. No person who, in good faith, reports a lost or stolen firearm shall be held criminally or civilly liable for any damages from acts or omissions resulting from the loss or theft. This subsection shall not apply to any person who makes a report in violation of § 18.2-461 . 2020, c. 743 . Article 5. Uniform Machine Gun Act. Va. Code § 18.2-288 - Definitions. When used in this article: (1) "Machine gun" applies to any weapon which shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. (2) "Crime of violence" applies to and includes any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of the same, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, rape, mayhem, assault with intent to maim, disab