West Virginia

Confirmed via the official West Virginia Code site: W. Va. Code §61-7-4 (permitless since HB 4145, effective May 26, 2016) governs only CONCEALED carry; the old separate open-carry restriction, §61-7-3, has been repealed with no replacement prohibition. Open carry has effectively never been restricted in West Virginia.

West Virginia has no statute prohibiting firearms in places of worship; carry there is a property-owner decision.

West Virginia is a permitless-carry state, and its list of statutorily prohibited places (correctional facilities, K-12 school property, courthouses, the State Capitol Complex, posted private property, certain municipal zones) does not include bars or restaurants — but this is based on that list's silence in a secondary summary rather than a confirmed reading of the full code, so it's marked conditional.

West Virginia has statewide permitless carry for qualifying adults 18+ (since 2016, 'Constitutional Carry Act'), alongside an optional license (W. Va. Code § 61-7-4) mainly for reciprocity. No boat/vessel/waterway restriction was found in West Virginia carry law.

W. Va. Code §61-7-11a(g) bans firearms 'on the premises of a court of law, including family courts' for everyone, with no concealed-carry exception — only on-duty law enforcement and a court order can override it. This section does not reach general government buildings; West Virginia's broad statutory preemption of local firearm regulation (§61-7-14) means an ordinary DMV office or city hall is not restricted absent a specific, narrow statutory carve-out, none of which was found for general government offices.

The Campus Self-Defense Act (2023 W.Va. Acts, effective July 1, 2024) requires PUBLIC institutions of higher education to allow holders of a valid WV (or reciprocal) concealed-carry license to carry a concealed pistol/revolver on campus, subject to 12 statutory exceptions (certain athletic facilities, daycare, disciplinary hearings, specified labs, etc.). Open carry and permitless carry are not covered, and private institutions are outside the Act.

W. Va. Code § 61-7-14 lets a private property owner exclude carriers by posted notice; absent that, carry is presumptively lawful.

No WV statute requires advance owner consent; general trespass law (W. Va. Code 61-3B-3) requires notice before presence becomes unlawful (opt-out default). Constitutional-carry state.

No West Virginia source I found lists airports among restricted locations (usacarry.com's list: primary/secondary schools, school buses, courthouses, and places where federal law prohibits firearms). No statute or second source addresses airports specifically.

West Virginia has had permitless carry since 2016 for anyone 21+ who is not otherwise prohibited — this covers vehicle carry for ordinary/self-defense purposes. Separate hunting-specific rules requiring an unloaded/cased long gun in a vehicle apply only to hunting trips, not general self-defense carry.

No West Virginia statute prohibits firearms in hospitals.

West Virginia is permitless-carry. W. Va. Code §61-7-14's restriction is limited to primary/secondary school premises, and the law affirmatively protects locked, out-of-view vehicle storage of firearms in parking lots generally. No rest-area restriction found. Verified against the statute text directly.

W. Va. Code § 61-7-4 (concealed weapons license statute), reviewed directly via code.wvlegislature.gov: contains licensing, application, and background-check provisions but no requirement to disclose firearm possession to a law enforcement officer during a stop.

W. Va. Code § 61-7-4 expressly provides for both a "state resident license" and a "nonresident license" to carry a concealed deadly weapon, applied for through a county sheriff.

W. Va. Code §61-7-11a(b)(1) bans firearms on any school bus or in/on a public primary or secondary education building; no exception exists for concealed carry permit holders — only unloaded firearms in locked vehicles, unloaded firearms in transport, and board-approved educational displays are excepted. West Virginia is permitless-carry, which doesn't affect this school-specific ban.

No West Virginia-specific firearms-signage criminal statute is known to me, and I could not confirm the notice requirements of WV's general trespass statute (W. Va. Code § 61-3B-3) in this session.

W. Va. Code § 8-12-5a: no municipality may limit the right to purchase, possess, carry, transport, sell, or store firearms. Named grandfather exception for municipal ordinances already in effect before June 3, 1999.

West Virginia has no dedicated Article 7 statute barring concealed carry at a polling place, per a specific secondary-source review of WV prohibited-places law — but 'many polling places are located in school buildings, which independently triggers the W. Va. Code § 61-7-11a prohibition' on firearms on school premises. So the answer depends entirely on whether the specific polling site is a school (very common) or another type of venue.

No state-level magazine capacity restriction found.

No state ERPO/red flag law. West Virginia enacted a (largely symbolic, no local ERPOs had existed) law in 2021 preempting local governments from adopting extreme risk protection orders.

No additional state restriction beyond the federal NFA process. West Virginia's weapons statutes are silent on suppressors and SBR/SBS specifically, meaning no state-law prohibition exists beyond federal NFA compliance. Machine gun possession (W. Va. Code § 61-7-9) is unlawful only for a person who has NOT fully complied with applicable federal statutes/regulations — federal NFA registration alone satisfies WV law, with no separate state license layered on top. Pre-1986 transferable machine guns are legal if federally registered.

Stand Your Ground by statute: W. Va. Code § 55-7-22(c) (2008) — no duty to retreat.

No West Virginia statute requires background checks on private firearm transfers. Confirmed via absence from Giffords' UBC list.

No West Virginia statute restricts suppressor possession — West Virginia Code Chapter 61, Article 7 (Dangerous Weapons) separately addresses only machine guns (§61-7-9) — so a federally-registered suppressor faces no added state condition.

W. Va. Code §61-7-9 requires only that the owner have 'fully complied with applicable federal statutes and all applicable rules and regulations of the secretary of the treasury' — no separate state permit or registration; violation without such compliance is a misdemeanor.

Not addressed by W. Va. Code Chapter 61, Article 7; secondary legal sources agree West Virginia does not separately restrict short-barreled rifles beyond ordinary federal NFA compliance.

Not addressed by W. Va. Code Chapter 61, Article 7; secondary legal sources agree West Virginia does not separately restrict short-barreled shotguns beyond ordinary federal NFA compliance.

West Virginia's dangerous-weapons chapter (Ch. 61, Art. 7) does not separately restrict destructive devices or AOWs beyond ordinary federal NFA compliance; §61-7-16 additionally bars a local CLEO from refusing NFA transfer certification based on a generalized objection, which supports rather than burdens lawful transfers.