Dumb to advise somebody to break the law without reviewing the possible consequences.
We all have to decide whether or not our lives are worth anything or not. If your comfortable being told that you arent allowed to have a weapon to protect yourself, and believe that you will be magically protected, by who or what, I dont know, great, but so far, from what Ive seen, those have restricted things, havent been doing a very good job of protecting anyone. I choose to be a little more proactive, and Im also a little more realistic than some, about who has my best interests at heart.
and if you do it in a school it carries some serious federal penalties as well.
Perhaps if you do so illegally. Luckily, I dont live in Ohio.
As with most restrictive "laws", there is almost always the "and any other lawful purpose" clause, usually at the end of all the cites.
This is PA's version.....
http://www.acslpa.org/Information_O.../pennsylvania_uniform_firearms_act_part_2.HTM
Title 18 – Crimes and Offenses
18 Pa CS 912 - Possession of weapon on school property
(a) Definition. – Notwithstanding the definition of “weapon” in section 907 (relating to possessing
instruments of crime), “weapon” for purposes of this section shall include but not limited to any
knife, cutting instrument, cutting tool, nunchuck stick, firearm, shotgun, rifle and any other tool,
instrument or implement capable of inflicting serious bodily injury.
(b) Offense defined. – A person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree if he possesses a
weapon in the building of, on the grounds of, or in any conveyance providing transportation to
or from any elementary or secondary publicly-funded educational institution, any elementary or
secondary private school licensed by the Department of Education or any elementary or
secondary parochial school.
(c) Defense. – It shall be a defense that the weapon is possessed and used in conjunction with a lawful supervised school activity or course or is possessed for other lawful purpose.
This is the federal version....
http://smartgunlaws.org/federal-law-on-guns-in-schools/
Federal Law on Guns in Schools
Posted on May 21, 2012
See our Guns in Schools policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue.
Recognizing that guns have no place in our nation’s schools, the federal government has taken steps to make our elementary and secondary schools safer from gun violence by adopting: 1) The Gun-Free School Zones Act; and 2) The Gun-Free Schools Act. Establishing gun-free school zones – that prohibit possession of a gun within a school, on school property, or within a set distance of school property – helps to secure schools from gun-related violence and crime.
The Gun-Free School Zones Act
The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a firearm that has moved in or otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.1 The GFSZA also prohibits any person from knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the safety of another, discharging or attempting to discharge a firearm that has moved in or otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place the person knows is a school zone.2 The GFSZA defines “school zone” as: 1) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or private school; or 2) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public, parochial or private school.3
Exceptions to the possession prohibition include:
Firearm possessors licensed by the state or locality to possess the gun, whose law requires that before the person obtains a license, state or local law enforcement verify that the person is qualified to receive the license;4 or
Where the firearm is:
Unloaded and in a locked container or locked firearms rack on a motor vehicle;5 or
Unloaded and possessed 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.6
http://smartgunlaws.org/federal-law-on-guns-in-schools/