A Billings man was arrested for possession of a firearm within a school zone. Apparently he lives across the street from a school and was walking up and down the sidewalk carrying a firearm off and on for days before the ATF showed up and arrested him.
Details here.
https://www.kulr8.com/news/billings...cle_bd1028ec-40a1-11ee-ac24-bb6e2a414da5.html
I have a couple questions about the GFSZ Act.
Does the firearm have to be loaded, I have read yes, and I have read no?
What about discharging a firearm in Self Defence on public property within a school zone?
This is what it says.
(3)
(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 that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the person knows is a school zone.
In a Self Defense shooting, the shooting knows he/she is discharging the firearm.?
Details here.
https://www.kulr8.com/news/billings...cle_bd1028ec-40a1-11ee-ac24-bb6e2a414da5.html
I have a couple questions about the GFSZ Act.
Does the firearm have to be loaded, I have read yes, and I have read no?
What about discharging a firearm in Self Defence on public property within a school zone?
This is what it says.
(3)
(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 that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the person knows is a school zone.
In a Self Defense shooting, the shooting knows he/she is discharging the firearm.?