Edward Peruta
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Simple Challenge to all:
Will law enforcement officers or the state be able to prove that you KNEW the school was within 1,000 feet of your location?
Jay Leno has on many occasions, doneshow segments where he goes out on the street and asks simple questions to everyday citizens, we should do the same.
Here is a two partCHALLENGE to everyone who is discussing this issue. And if you choose to accept the challenge, make sure you do it without a firearm.
You might want to invite the media or local state legislators to the challenge and make sure you video tape the answers.
I guarantee that your findings based on answers of everyday citizens and law enforcementwill be shocking.
Pick a school, any school and make a map showing the 1,000 foot radius around the school. Then measure several different locations and record the distance so you know the answers.
[align=center]NOW FOR THE FUN[/align]
Stop any individual within the 1,000 foot radius of the school and ask if they know the distance, (inFEET),to the nearest school.
Better yet, call the routine policedepartment telephone number and askthat an officer be dispatched on a routine assist call to an areaout of sight from the school but within the radius and thenask the responding officer to tell you the distance to the nearestschool in FEET.
I'llbet that manywillknow where the school is located, but NONE will know the distance in FEET.
[align=center]MAKING A SAMPLE MAP WITH MICROSOFT STREETS[/align]I have chosen a school in the San Diego area at random in Microsoft Streets and Trips.
I then used the find nearby places using a .2 mileradius.
I then used the measure distance feature on the tool list to measure out 353 yards.
The result is the PDF graphic shown at this link.
http://www.ourrockyhill.com/1.California%20Issues/Golden%20Hill,%20San%20Diego,%20California.pdf
Now, if you are within the 1,000 foot radius of this school, you're in violation of the law....correct?
But what if you're on a street within the radius and have absolutely no knowledge that the school is one, two or three streets away?
This law is enforceable and may get you arrested. The arrest will be a hassle and may cost you money, lost hours and time, but every instance where individuals are arrested should be challenged with the support of an advocacy group.
Simple Challenge to all:
Will law enforcement officers or the state be able to prove that you KNEW the school was within 1,000 feet of your location?
Jay Leno has on many occasions, doneshow segments where he goes out on the street and asks simple questions to everyday citizens, we should do the same.
Here is a two partCHALLENGE to everyone who is discussing this issue. And if you choose to accept the challenge, make sure you do it without a firearm.
You might want to invite the media or local state legislators to the challenge and make sure you video tape the answers.
I guarantee that your findings based on answers of everyday citizens and law enforcementwill be shocking.
Pick a school, any school and make a map showing the 1,000 foot radius around the school. Then measure several different locations and record the distance so you know the answers.
[align=center]NOW FOR THE FUN[/align]
Stop any individual within the 1,000 foot radius of the school and ask if they know the distance, (inFEET),to the nearest school.
Better yet, call the routine policedepartment telephone number and askthat an officer be dispatched on a routine assist call to an areaout of sight from the school but within the radius and thenask the responding officer to tell you the distance to the nearestschool in FEET.
I'llbet that manywillknow where the school is located, but NONE will know the distance in FEET.
[align=center]MAKING A SAMPLE MAP WITH MICROSOFT STREETS[/align]I have chosen a school in the San Diego area at random in Microsoft Streets and Trips.
I then used the find nearby places using a .2 mileradius.
I then used the measure distance feature on the tool list to measure out 353 yards.
The result is the PDF graphic shown at this link.
http://www.ourrockyhill.com/1.California%20Issues/Golden%20Hill,%20San%20Diego,%20California.pdf
Now, if you are within the 1,000 foot radius of this school, you're in violation of the law....correct?
But what if you're on a street within the radius and have absolutely no knowledge that the school is one, two or three streets away?
This law is enforceable and may get you arrested. The arrest will be a hassle and may cost you money, lost hours and time, but every instance where individuals are arrested should be challenged with the support of an advocacy group.