Yesterday a Virginia appellate court upheld a conviction for unlawful possession of ammunition based on the accused's possession of empty shell casings. The statute reads that ammunition comprises a "combination" of primer, bullet, "or" propellant, etc..., but it was read to mean any one of those because of the Legislature's use of the word "or" instead of "and." The appellate court went on to clarify that, based on the Legislature's plain wording in the statute, that it would permit unlawful possession convictions for inoperable firearms or inoperable "ammunition."
It'll be interesting to see how the NRA responds to this....
It'll be interesting to see how the NRA responds to this....