                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITING OUTDOOR SHOOTING OF FIREARMS OR ARROWS FROM BOWS OR ARROWGUNS IN
CERTAIN AREAS (§ 15.2-1209)

Any county may prohibit the outdoor shooting of firearms or arrows from bows or
arrowguns in any areas of the county which are in the opinion of the governing
body so heavily populated as to make such conduct dangerous to the inhabitants
thereof.
		For purposes of this section, &#8220;bow&#8221; includes all compound bows,
crossbows, slingbows, longbows, and recurve bows having a peak draw weight of 10
pounds or more. The term &#8220;bow&#8221; does not include bows that have a
peak draw weight of less than 10 pounds or that are designed or intended to be
used principally as toys. The term &#8220;arrow&#8221; means a shaft-like
projectile intended to be shot from a bow.
		Any county that prohibits the outdoor shooting of firearms or arrows from bows
or arrowguns shall provide an exemption for the killing of deer pursuant to §
29.1-529. Such exemption for the shooting of firearms or arrowguns shall apply
on land of at least five acres that is zoned for agricultural use. Such
exemption for the shooting of arrows from bows shall apply on land of at least
two acres that is zoned for agricultural use.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-20.3; 1954, c. 223; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-518; 1968,
c. 294; 1992, c. 600; 1993, c. 367; 1995, c. 284; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 229;
2004, c. 930; 2005, c. 564; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.