From: meyers@leonardo.rtp.dg.com (Bill Meyers)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: "Teacher's union asks for gun control law, protected schools"
Date: 26 Jan 93 01:51:54 GMT
Followup-To: rec.hunting
Organization: N/I

In article <PA146008.640.727113692@utkvm1.utk.edu> PA146008@utkvm1.utk.edu (David Veal) writes:
#From the Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 15, 1993
[ ... ]
#Teacher's union asks for gun control law, protected schools
[ ... ]
#	The National Education Association, which has 2 million members, 
#said it wants stricter enforcement of a 1990 federal law banning guns on 
#school property.
[ ... ]
#	Geiger said he is sending a letter to Clinton and Lloyd Bentsen, the 
#incoming Treasury secretary, asking them to take a "personal interest" in 
#enforcing the Gun-Free Schools Zones Act of 1990.
#	He said the law "too often has been unpublicized and unenforced" by 
#the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

The text of said law is appended below, from an old tpg posting.
Executive summary:  it's a Federal felony for a normal person to
pass within 1000 feet of any school property without all firearms
unloaded _and_ locked in a container or locked in a gun rack.

Having driven to and from a friend's hunting spot this year, I've
begun to wonder:  can you get to anyplace in the country _without_
passing within 1000 feet of a school, somewhere along the way?
Country schools have to be bus-accessible.  They tend to be in or
near small towns that are on main travel routes.  And 1000 feet
is almost 1/5 of a mile.  Hmmm ...

Remember to lock those firearms while traveling, folks.

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#This is the actual text of the GUN FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990 from  
#PUBLIC LAW 101-647 NOV. 29, 1990
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#SEC. 1702. GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990
#  (a) SHORT TITLE.- This section may be cited as the "Gun Free School  
#Zones Act of 1990".
#  (b) PROHIBITIONS AGAINST POSSESSION OR DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IN A  
#SCHOOL ZONE.-
#     (1) IN GENERAL.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is  
#amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
#  "(q)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess  
#a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to  
#believe, is a school zone.
#  "(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the possession of a firearm-
#       "(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
#       "(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so  
#by the State in which the school zone is located or a political  
#subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political  
#subdivision requires that, before an individual obtain such a license, the  
#law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify  
#that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license;
#        "(iii) which is-
#             "(I) not loaded; and
#             "(II) in a locked container, or a locked firearms rack which  
#is on a motor vehicle;
#        "(iv) by an individual for use in a program approved by a school  
#in the school zone;
#        "(v) by an individual in accordance with a contract entered into  
#between a school in the school zone and the individual or an employer of  
#the individual;
#         "(vi) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official  
#capacity; or
#         "(vii) that is unloaded and is possessed by an individual while  
#traversing school premises for the purpose of gaining access to public or  
#private lands open to hunting, if the entry on school premises is  
#authorized by school authorities.
#   "(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall be unlawful  
#for any person, knowingly or with reckless disregard for the safety of  
#another, to discharge or attempt to discharge a firearm at a place that  
#the person knows is a school zone.
#       "(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to discharge of a firearm-
#            "(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
#            "(ii) as part of a program approved by a school in the school  
#zone, by and individual who is participating in the program;
#            "(iii) by an individual in accordance with a contract entered  
#into between a school in a school zone and the individual or an employer  
#of the individual; or
#             "(iv) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her  
#official capacity.
#   "(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preempting or  
#preventing a State or local government from enacting a statute  
#establishing gun-free school zones as provided in this subsection.".
#          (2) DEFINITIONS.- Section 921(a) of such title is amended by  
#adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs:
#           "(25) The term 'school zone' means-
#                 "(A) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or  
#private school; or
#                 "(B) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of  
#a public, parochial or private school.
#            "(26) the term 'school' means a school which provides  
#elementary or secondary education, as determined under State law.
#             "(27) The term 'motor vehicle' has the meaning given such  
#term in section 10102 of title 49, United States Code.".
#           (3) PENALTY.-Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding  
#at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
#               "(4) Whoever violates section 922(q) shall be fined not  
#more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.   
#Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of imprisonment  
#imposed under this paragraph shall not run concurrently with any other  
#term of imprisonment imposed under any other provision of law.  Except for  
#the authorization of a term of imprisonment of not more than 5 years made  
#in this paragraph, for the purpose of any other law a violation of section  
#922(q) shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor.".
#             (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.- The amendments made by this section  
#shall apply to conduct engaged in after the end of the 60-day period  
#beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
#             (5) GUN-FREE ZONE SIGNS.- Federal, State, and local  
#authorities are encouraged to cause signs to be posted around school zones  
#giving warning of prohibition of firearms in a school zone.
#-----  END ----
#
#Robert I. Kesten
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