[marktwain]

I thought this was struck down by SCOTUS

It was, then former President Bill Clinton demanded that Janet Reno "find a way" to implement a new, essentially the same, version.

As I recall, Clinton used the power of the MSM and a coming adjournment of the Congress to get the law passed. He said that he would not allow the Congress to adjourn and go home to campaign in their home districts until they passed this law.

[MileHi]

Need more info, I don’t think this is a problem.

[Still Thinking]

He said that he would not allow the Congress to adjourn and go home to campaign in their home districts until they passed this law.

Or else what? He DID realize he was in a separate branch of government, didn't he?

[ForGod'sSake]

As I recall, Clinton used the power of the MSM and a coming adjournment of the Congress to get the law passed.

I wasn't aware of this but the law was "reenacted" in '95 after the Gingrich led Pubbie Revolution in '94. Our very own Pubbies did this to us. Imagine that.

[MileHi]

Here is what I found:

Title 18 of the United States Code section 922(q) contains the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1995, which prohibits the possession of a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reason to believe, is a school zone. The statute defines a school zone as the grounds of a public, parochial or private elementary or secondary school, or within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a public, parochial or private elementary or secondary school. The ban on firearm possession does not apply: (a) if the possession is on private property outside the school grounds; (b) if the firearm is properly licensed; (c) if the firearm is unloaded and in a locked container or on a locked firearms rack mounted on a vehicle; (d) if possession of the firearm is for use in a program approved by the school; (d) if possession of the firearm is in connection with a contract between the school and the possessor or his employer; (e) if the possession is by a law enforcement officer on official duty; or (f) if the firearm is unloaded and the person in possession is traveling through the school zone to gain access to public or private hunting lands.

As I read this, any one of exceptions (a) through (f) negate the ban on possession.

So (b) if the firearm is properly licensed, is an exception to the possession ban. My state does not “register” or “license” firearms. All of my firearms are “properly licensed”, that is, not at all as required.

Then there is (a) if the possession is on private property outside the school grounds. My vehicle passing by a school is “private property outside the school grounds”.

What say you FReepers?