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Virginia firearm law risks a conviction even if not caught redhanded
Virginia firearm law is among the most Second Amendment-friendly in the nation, but does not greenlight firearm possession by convicted felons nor reckless handling of such weapons. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that being caught redhanded in unlawful possession of a firearm is...
Shooting defense in Virginia addressed by Fairfax criminal lawyer
Shooting into an occupied building risks a Virginia felony prosecution and conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with interest one of the more recent Virginia Court of appeals opinions that deal with several critical aspects of such defense. Meade v. Virginia, ___ Va. App. ___...
Firearm Curbs from VA Protective Orders
Firearm curbs are part and parcel of a Virginia protective order (also known as stay away and no-contact orders, commonwly issued in tandem with assault claims). As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see such curbs as flying in the face of the letter and spirit...
Concealed carry & handgun limits in VA – Fairfax criminal lawyer weighs in
Concealed carry and handgun rights are extensively protected in Virginia, which is one of the more Second Amendment-protecting states. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I here address those rights and limits, restoration of handgun rights, and recent newer limits on handguns. By law, Virginia...
Handgun violence – Part II – Fairfax criminal lawyer
Fairfax criminal lawyer on handling handgun violence and all violence. How do we stop murders if guns are not banned? I do not have a ready answer, but as a Fairfax criminal lawyer do have the below thoughts. Those who own guns should assure they...
Stopping violence without worsening the poor criminal justice system – Virginia lawyer
Virginia criminal lawyer warns against worsening the criminal justice system in addressing rampant gun violence. Stopping violence must not come at the price of worsening our already unacceptable criminal justice system that overcriminalizes, overarrests, overconvicts, overincarcerates, and oversupervises (through pretrial detention, and often excessive limitations...
Firearm convictions are possible without gun’s recovery- VA criminal lawyer
Firearm convictions are possible without the weapon's recovery, at least when it has been fired. As a Virginia criminal/Second Amendment lawyer defending prosecutions for firearms, handguns, knives and other weapons, one of my first lines of defense in such cases is to attack whether the prosecutor...
Two Convictions for One Handgun – Fairfax Criminal Lawyer Weighs In
Two convictions for one handgun are of course less desirable than only one. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the Constitution's Fifth Amendment bars being convicted twice for the same offense. However, the Virginia Court of Appeals allows for more than one conviction...
School shooting of teacher- Fairfax lawyer on VA mom’s indictment
Shooting incidents by juveniles get coupled with questions of motive (if the incident happened), why the child had access to a firearm, and whether the shooter is too young to merit being prosecuted in the first place. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that...
Harsh Virginia drug laws- Fairfax criminal lawyer on avoiding them
Harsh Virginia drug laws remain despite the commonwealth's liberalization personal marijuana use. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see this week's harsh nine-year prison sentence for Brittney Griner for smuggling less than a gram of THC oil as an opportunity for prosecutors, judges and jurors...