Confused about school

[jmra]

As long as you have a valid Texas CHL and do not carry into a building when you pick up your grandchildren, you are completely fine.

Correct. You technically are in violation of federal law for being in a gun free zone unless you do have that valid Texas CHL. An out of state CHL is not good enough. It must be a Texas CHL if it is a Texas school.

So if my wife (non-chl) takes my truck with our firearm in the console to pick up the kids at the school, she is in violation of the law? For some reason, I thought the MPA would cover the violation.

The Federal Gun Free School Zones Act only makes an exception for a CHL issued by the state in which the school is located. It does not make an exception for MPA.

The Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990 (18 U.S.C. § 922(q)) states:
(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a firearm—
(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license;
(iii) that is— (I) not loaded; and (II) in a locked container, or a locked firearms rack that is on a motor vehicle;

There is more but not that applies to the conversation

[BigBangSmallBucks]

Thanks. The word physical still has me scratching my head.

Its a song by Olivia Newton John.

[Rrash]

As long as you have a valid Texas CHL and do not carry into a building when you pick up your grandchildren, you are completely fine.

Correct. You technically are in violation of federal law for being in a gun free zone unless you do have that valid Texas CHL. An out of state CHL is not good enough. It must be a Texas CHL if it is a Texas school.

So if my wife (non-chl) takes my truck with our firearm in the console to pick up the kids at the school, she is in violation of the law? For some reason, I thought the MPA would cover the violation.

Nope, only state issued CHL. This is a good excuse to talk the wife into getting her plastic. I'm going to use this to try to persuade my wife.