Texas Peace Officers cannot enforce Federal Law.seamusTX wrote:There are two separate school zone issues.
Texas law has a 100-yard school zone, where any crime is enhanced one degree by possessing a firearm in that zone (PC §46.11). This would be used in state prosecutions of crimes like theft and drug dealing.
The federal law prohibits possession of a firearm in a school zone. It has been used against people who were on school grounds but weren't otherwise committing a crime (yet). I saw one of these cases in the news a few months ago.
I've never heard of a traffic stop being prosecuted under federal law.
BTW, the 1,000-foot federal zone covers some entire cities.
- Jim
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