OPINION BY Senior Justice A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON.
The dispositive question in this criminal appeal is whether the statute proscribing possession of a firearm on school property is one of strict criminal liability, or whether proof of mens rea or scienter is required to support a conviction for its violation.
Code § 18.2-308.1(B), as pertinent here, provides that "[i]f any person possesses any firearm designed or intended to expel a projectile...
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