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- 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"
- Message-ID: <9301252127.AA20517@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:51:54 GMT
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- 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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- #From: uk09365@nx08.mik.uky.edu (robert i kesten)
- #Subject: Gun Free School Zones Text
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- #Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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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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