If those exceptions aren't written into the law, then you're not "fine".Cool_Hand said:From what I understand is as long as you dont intend to stop at the school and are just passing by say on foot or in a car then you are fine.
If those exceptions aren't written into the law, then you're not "fine".Cool_Hand said:From what I understand is as long as you dont intend to stop at the school and are just passing by say on foot or in a car then you are fine.
That revised law has stood the test of the courts. There are example cases of this law being used successfully against folks carrying within 1000ft of a school.
790.115 Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions.--
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(2)(a) A person shall not possess any firearm, electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon as defined in s. 790.001(13), including a razor blade or box cutter, except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, at a school-sponsored event or on the property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop; however, a person may carry a firearm:
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3. In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(5); except that school districts may adopt written and published policies that waive the exception in this subparagraph for purposes of student and campus parking privileges.
knight0334 said:However a revised version was enacted citing the interstate commerce clause as precedence. That revised law has stood the test of the courts.
That may be the case for a State law, analogous to the federal law, but I don't believe that to be the case, federally.
Just because Congress cites interstate commerce, does not necessarily make it so. In addition, the 1995 revision of the law requires prosecutors to prove a nexus to interstate commerce for any gun charges brought under the act.
Ya ! mind your "Ps" and "Qs" and don't cause a scene.