Gun Need Not Work For Possession To Be Illegal

By Deborah Elkins
Published: August 6, 2001

A felon can be convicted of illegal possession of a firearm even if the firearm does not work, the en banc Virginia Court of Appeals has held. It doesn't matter whether "the gun's current condition is 'operable'...or whether a can of WD-40 or the local gunsmith could" make the gun fully functional, the court said. If ...

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