Posted on 07/19/2017 2:04:15 AM PDT by marktwain
Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to possess a weapon on school grounds. There are broad exceptions. From 18 Pa.C.S. 912(c):
(c) Defense.–It shall be a defense that the weapon is possessed and used in conjunction with a lawful supervised school activity or course or is possessed for other lawful purpose.
The words are clear. The meaning is plain. As a father, Andrew Goslin brought a pocketknife to school and showed it to school administrators to demonstrate the silliness of their no pocketknives policy.
The police were called, Goslin was arrested. The case went all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (called the Superior Court in Pennsylvania).
On 16 February, 2017, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania correctly decided to uphold the plain language of the law. From Commonwealth v. Goslin (pdf):
We conclude that the language of Section 912(c), though broad, is unambiguous, and that Appellant possessed his pocketknife on school grounds for “other lawful purpose.” Therefore, we vacate Appellant’s Judgment of Sentence and order a new trial.4
It did not take long for another law abiding citizen to be saved from the clutches of overzealous bureaucrats: From delcotimes.com:
Jordan was charged with a single count of possessing a weapon on school property. That charge was withdrawn Friday, however, due to new guidance from the Pennsylvania Superior Court in another case, Commonwealth v. Goslin.
That opinion, filed Feb. 26, stated that carpenter Andrew Goslin brought a work knife with him to a meeting at an elementary school. He was found guilty of possessing a weapon on school property during a bench trial, but appealed the verdict.
The statute provides that
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Unless a knife is possessed for an unlawful purpose it is possessed for a lawful purpose.
Unless the prosecutor could show the defendant had ill intent in his possession of the knife I could not vote for conviction.
The scary thing is that it never should have gone to the Superior Court in the first place. How many people had to make the wrong decision for it to go that far?
It would be nice if the Wisconsin supreme court would rule the same plain meaning.
Of the constitutional bearing arms amendment any lawful purpose.
Only in leftist liberal fascist la la land could you have such a cutting decision.
Thank God for the Constitution.
"...how dare you even think like that..."
We had a rifle team in the school. I had a principal who would stop and ask to see your pocket knife? If you had a dull blade he taught you how to hone an edge. If you didn’t have one on you he wanted to know why?
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Been there, done that.
The possession of knives by school children was regularly encouraged, to foster responsibility and problem solving.
they'd faint if they saw pics from my highschool parking lot in the 70's, i'd look like the militia was holding a rally or something
Yep, even in Houston they were more concerned with cigarette smoking and the hippies long hair.
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