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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- Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:18 am
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- Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:50 am
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You are correct about Texas law. There is no general restriction on carrying long guns, loaded or unloaded, concealed or not.
Long guns are prohibited in the "places weapons prohibited" in PC §46.03.
Then there's a federal law that prohibits firearms on school grounds, including parking lots, and within 1,000 feet of a school, unless unloaded in a locked case or rack. (This law contains an exception for CHLs.)
The federal law is rarely prosecuted. To the best of my knowledge, it has never been used against someone who is merely driving past a school. It would most likely be overturned by the Supreme Court, as a previous version of the same law was.
Jim
Long guns are prohibited in the "places weapons prohibited" in PC §46.03.
Then there's a federal law that prohibits firearms on school grounds, including parking lots, and within 1,000 feet of a school, unless unloaded in a locked case or rack. (This law contains an exception for CHLs.)
The federal law is rarely prosecuted. To the best of my knowledge, it has never been used against someone who is merely driving past a school. It would most likely be overturned by the Supreme Court, as a previous version of the same law was.
Jim