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Trump vows to eliminate gun-free zones near schools
Associated Press ^ | Jan. 7, 2016 9:33 PM EST | Jill Colvin

Posted on 01/07/2016 7:05:18 PM PST by Olog-hai

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he would eliminate gun-free zones in schools on his first day if he's elected to the White House.

Trump was addressing a rally crowd in Burlington, Vermont, as President Barack Obama was speaking at a televised town hall on gun violence in America. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: banglist; elections; gunfreezones; immigration; liberalagenda; trump; trumpwasright
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To: Sacajaweau

I misremembered the year. It was 1995 and the case was United States v Lopez.

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1994/93-1260


41 posted on 01/07/2016 8:35:04 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Olog-hai

Hillary has pledged to close all “below average” schools.

Think about that one for a while.


42 posted on 01/07/2016 8:37:58 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

http://www.gunlaws.com/Gun_Free_School_Zones_Act.pdf


43 posted on 01/07/2016 8:38:12 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
I see they added the requirement of the gun affecting interstate commerce to get around the USSC objection. So, if I'm carrying near a school in my state, the federal law doesn't apply to me, right? "(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone."
44 posted on 01/07/2016 8:50:57 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Wickard vs. Filburn pretty much takes care of that.


45 posted on 01/07/2016 8:55:26 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

You really need to look at US v Lopez. It came later and was intended to limit federal over reach via interstate commerce.


46 posted on 01/07/2016 9:05:21 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Has it? Limited overreach?


47 posted on 01/07/2016 9:08:01 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

It seems to have limited the reach of the gun free schools act


48 posted on 01/07/2016 9:12:52 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Sacajaweau

We need a federal law that forces lib jurisdictions to enforce the constitution whether they like it or not.


49 posted on 01/07/2016 9:12:52 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Olog-hai

Make this go viral...

How to create a gun free America in 5 easy steps

https://reason.com/reasontv/2015/10/07/how-to-create-a-gun-free-america-in-5-ea


50 posted on 01/07/2016 9:12:53 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: Dalberg-Acton
OK.

(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone."

By that wording it would seem that your gun had better have been manufactured in the same state as the school and never have left it.

51 posted on 01/07/2016 9:17:05 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: John Valentine; All

President Trump, as Commander in Chief, could end “gun free zones” on military bases on day one of his presidency.

It would be harder to get rid of the “gun free school zones” legislation, but with a Republican Congress, he could, and should do it.

That legislation never made any sense execept as a way to disarm the country.


52 posted on 01/07/2016 9:19:20 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Olog-hai

Another distortion by the press. I heard him say it “IN” not ‘around’. BIG difference. In as in armed guards or teachers. Not ‘around’ as in anybody within 200 feet.


53 posted on 01/07/2016 9:25:04 PM PST by time4good
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To: lightman

BUMP!!!


54 posted on 01/07/2016 9:28:55 PM PST by entropy12 (Go Trump! Born in USA of 2 US Citizen Parents!! And not in pockets of ANY rich donors!!!!)
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To: Angels27
Sounds great, but how you going to do it Donald?

Extort the states like the feds extorted the states to enact Gun Free Zones.

55 posted on 01/07/2016 9:31:15 PM PST by Despot of the Delta (It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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To: mtrott

Tell that to the current resident of WH. He just signed an executive order to require background checks for all gun sales.


56 posted on 01/07/2016 9:31:48 PM PST by entropy12 (Go Trump! Born in USA of 2 US Citizen Parents!! And not in pockets of ANY rich donors!!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

Awesome. One problem: HOW? Gun free zones are (stupidly) set by local and state authorities. The Federal government, specifically the Justice Department CAN file Federal Civil Rights lawsuits in every single jurisdiction challenging the Constitutionality of such laws, but those will take at least 2 years to work their way through the courts. None of this “Day 1” crap.


57 posted on 01/07/2016 9:53:51 PM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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To: Repeal The 17th

Ahh I should have read your clarification before posting.

*sentences self to FReeper detention*


58 posted on 01/07/2016 9:54:46 PM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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To: marktwain

Yep, but military bases are not what I had in mind, though.


59 posted on 01/07/2016 10:18:27 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Ah, I think any state education programs funded by federalistas would have to follow suit, would they not? Like school lunches and contraceptives, etc., I mean.


60 posted on 01/08/2016 1:06:33 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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