Virginia § 18.2-284 - Selling or giving toy firearms
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 18.2-284 — Selling or giving toy firearms, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18.2-284. Selling or giving toy firearms
No person shall sell, barter, exchange, furnish, or dispose of by purchase, gift or in any other manner any toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm, if the same shall, by action of an explosion of a combustible material, discharge blank or ball charges. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each sale of any of the articles hereinbefore specified to any person shall constitute a separate offense.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the sale of what are commonly known as cap pistols.
Code 1950, § 18.1-347; 1960, c. 348; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2003, c. 976.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18.2-284 ("Selling or giving toy firearms") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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