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The Gun Free School Zone Act is one of the most unconstitutional and dangerous of the federal gun laws.

It claims the power to ban guns at an arbitrary distance (1000 feet) from a school, any school, not on school property. This makes virtually cities traps where you cannot exercise your right to bear arms without breaking the law. It should be repealed. Mass shootings in schools *increased* after the law was passed.

1 posted on 01/11/2017 4:42:43 AM PST by marktwain
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How many lives has this inane and unconditional law cost? The infuriating part is that WE WARNED YOU THAT WHAT HAPPENED WOULD DEFINITELY HAPLEN.

I wish that those people who passed this law could be held personally liable.


2 posted on 01/11/2017 5:01:58 AM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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How about getting rid of gun free post office zones.


3 posted on 01/11/2017 5:08:57 AM PST by fulltlt
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The gist of the SCOTUS ruling declaring the first version Unconstitutional:
The Act neither regulates a commercial activity nor contains a requirement that the possession be connected in any way to interstate commerce. We hold that the Act exceeds the authority of Congress "[t]o regulate Commerce . . . among the several States . . . ." U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 3.
Oh, that poor, tortured Commerce Clause!

Not sure what kind of tweak a RAT Congress used to overcome that. But obviously, the Federal Gubermint has no business passing such a law.

6 posted on 01/11/2017 6:00:22 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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7 posted on 01/11/2017 6:12:40 AM PST by Envisioning (Call me a racist, one more time......)
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Strongly suggest you all read the SCOTUS case U.S. v Lopez, linked in the main post. Wow, been a long time since I’ve seen such clarity about the 10th Amendment. Also see what is said about not mandating a Federal curriculum in slapping down Breyer. Finally, see how far we have departed from what this case said was out-of-bounds for Congress.


9 posted on 01/11/2017 6:18:04 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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How about military facilities being gun-free zones? Time to end this nonsense.


12 posted on 01/11/2017 6:32:32 AM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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All schools? Even private schools? Shouldn’t they have the ability to allow ccw parents on campus if they so choose?


14 posted on 01/11/2017 8:57:56 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (The Frost Doctrine: Good fences make good neighbors.)
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15 posted on 01/11/2017 4:27:40 PM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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How is the thousand feet measured. If it is direct distance, the nicest sick myself and most of my neighbors are all within it .


16 posted on 01/11/2017 6:05:05 PM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp: Replace Ryan & McConnell; Primary Lyn' Ted and others.)
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