VA state law requires you to complete a course before you can obtain a concealed weapons permit. In the next couple of months I'm going to take the course, not thinking that I'm going to carry it around all of the time, but just to really familiarize myself with all of the laws, safety, etc related to owning a firearm. Its just something that shouldn't be taken lightly, yet suprising enough of how easy it is to obtain one in the first place. I didn't have to wait but 20 minutes for them to run my paperwork through and I left the store with a weapon....kinda scary almost...