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Yes, you could be prosecuted on the federal statutes if you were carrying under the authority now granted under PC 46.02 to carry in your vehicle. But nobody seems to ever be prosecuted solely for that, because federal prosecutors don't want the law challenged, again, and it to be found unconstitutional, again.

You also must have a license to carry issued by the state you are in in order to be exempt from the "Gun Free School Zone" law, IIRC. My Texas CHL won't exempt me from a school zone if I travel to Louisianna, even though we have reciprocity with them.

bmontana, you are correct. The law clearly states that the parking lots are perfectly okay for you to have your CCW in. There is some debate about whether you could have your weapon on you (or maybe even stored in you car) if there is a school activity going on in the parking lot at the time (like band practice), as the two laws/clauses would seem to conflict. But, under normal circumstances, the parking lots are legally clear to carry, unless effective notice is given, which is kind of difficult, since most schools are owned by a government entity.

The Hawkins Administration Building is a separate building, but it is basically on the campus of the Huntsville High School, right at the end of the soccer/football practice field. When I played soccer in high school, our laps of the field had us running right by the building. As I believe I stated in my original post, I consider the building to fall under the school prohibition, so I was not carrying. The rest of my post was meant to be more toungue-in-cheek than anything else, because of this presumption of mine, but I like the discussion that it has spawned.

So let's work in 2009 to either define school (very narrowly) or remove the prohibition against carrying in schools! Tornado beat me to it, but I agree completely. Let me and others of like mind protect our children and other's children, even the adult "children" (hey, they're someone's "little boy/girl") working and learning in administration buildings and colleges!

Basically, anyway. I just went to the Hawkins Administration building for Huntsville ISD to drop off some paperwork. I don't know if this would be considered a school since there would rarely be students present, but it is definitely school (district) property and it was definitely a building, so I wasn't packing. Since I was considering it a school, anyway, I didn't pay much attention to any signs going in, but on my way out I noticed in the vestibule (not on the door or I couldn't have missed it coming in) a big ole 30.06 sign. Everything looked proper without me stopping to measure letter size, etc..

So would this mean that the district is conceding that the building is not a school? Wouldn't the sign then be unenforceable because the property is owned by a government entity? Am I reading too much into this since their lawyer is probably just trying to justify his inflated salary (sorry Charles , I'm sure you earn every penny you are paid, but not all lawyers do) by posting signs he (or she) knows are unnecessary?