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meddafuxa wrote: So you're saying you can only carry near a school, whether in your car or not if you have a permit to that state? You're saying this is a federal law and state law doesn't matter? So if you're in a state that doesn't require permits, how does that work? What if the state has its own laws reguarding schools and firearms? You're saying they are useless because of this federal law?

Yes.

Read 18 U.S. Code § 922(q), in particular, (q)(2)(B).

Note that "school zone" is defined in § 921, which is where you find the whole "within 1000 feet of a school" definition under federal law.

meddafuxa wrote:You can carry a firearm in your car concealed in Texas. So the school law would only apply if you were out of your vehicle, to my understanding anyway.

That is completely incorrect. JALLEN was referring to the FEDERAL gun free school zones act. It has an exception for people licensed to carry in the state where they are carrying (reciprocity does not apply). Texas law has nothing to do with this.

That said, JALLEN's point is like a traveling call in the NBA. Having a gun in the car within 1000 feet of a school is technically a crime but in the real world virtually no one is ever charged with this offense. How many traveling calls are made in the NBA?

Antares wrote: I know that I will have to take the TX CHL class here but need to get a name of an instructor in the area and a cost

No doubt in my mind, take the class from Charles L. Cotton.

http://www.texashandguntraining.com