n5wd wrote:The original question was posed on behalf of someone who intends to get her CHL, on a forum devoted to CHL topics, therefore I'd think it safe to say that the federal GFSZ isn't germane to the answer.Mel wrote:But doesn't MPA prohibit a concealed handgun within 1,000' of a school?
CHL, of course, is a different thing.
But, for everyone else... Remember that the GFSZ is primarily a sentence enhancer, to increase the penalty of some found to have committed a federal crime near the school zone (like drug-related murder, etc.).
Texas ‘gun free school zone’ is a enhancement statute. If a person is commits a crime with a weapon within 300 feet of a school, then the punishment for that crime is increased.
Federal "gun free school zone" law is found in 18 U.S.C. 44 §922(q)
States that it is a federal crime for a person to possess a firearm, on the grounds of or within 1000 feet of a public, parochial, or private school. Basically, possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle while driving past a school is a federal crime.
There is an exception to this law if you are licensed by the State.