amaixner
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I'm confused about the following. My previous readings of the code seemed to clearly say that possession of a weapon not cased and unloaded on the grounds of any school whatsoever is illegal in Iowa (except in case of written permission, LEOs, security, etc).
This web site states the following here: http://www.opencarry.org/ia.html :
College Carry Carry Not Statutorily Prohibited
NOTE: Even if Legal, Students May be Subject to Academic Sanctions
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The law is as follows:
724.4B CARRYING WEAPONS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS -- PENALTY
-- EXCEPTIONS. 1. A person who goes armed with, carries, or transports a firearm
of any kind, whether concealed or not, on the grounds of a school
commits a class "D" felony. For the purposes of this section,
"school" means a public or nonpublic school as defined in section
280.2.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to the following:
a. A person listed under section 724.4, subsection 4,
paragraphs "b" through "f" or "j". [this exempts LEOs, unloaded cased arms, etc]
b. A person who has been specifically authorized by the
school to go armed, carry, or transport a firearm on the school
grounds, including for purposes of conducting an instructional
program regarding firearms.
Section 280.2
Definitions. The term "public school" means any school directly supported in whole or in part by taxation. The term "nonpublic school" means any other school which is accredited pursuant to section 256.11. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4251; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280.2] 91 Acts, ch 200, §1; 2008 Acts, ch Section amended
Code section 256.11 is at this link, can't get it to paste easily:
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So basically what I'm trying to understand is if a college is somehow not considered a school here, or if the site has incorrect or indeterminate information? If it is so, I would like to ask the DPS to verify it, though it seems unlikely. Anyone gone over this in detail before?
I'm confused about the following. My previous readings of the code seemed to clearly say that possession of a weapon not cased and unloaded on the grounds of any school whatsoever is illegal in Iowa (except in case of written permission, LEOs, security, etc).
This web site states the following here: http://www.opencarry.org/ia.html :
College Carry Carry Not Statutorily Prohibited
NOTE: Even if Legal, Students May be Subject to Academic Sanctions
----------------------
The law is as follows:
724.4B CARRYING WEAPONS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS -- PENALTY
-- EXCEPTIONS. 1. A person who goes armed with, carries, or transports a firearm
of any kind, whether concealed or not, on the grounds of a school
commits a class "D" felony. For the purposes of this section,
"school" means a public or nonpublic school as defined in section
280.2.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to the following:
a. A person listed under section 724.4, subsection 4,
paragraphs "b" through "f" or "j". [this exempts LEOs, unloaded cased arms, etc]
b. A person who has been specifically authorized by the
school to go armed, carry, or transport a firearm on the school
grounds, including for purposes of conducting an instructional
program regarding firearms.
Section 280.2
Definitions. The term "public school" means any school directly supported in whole or in part by taxation. The term "nonpublic school" means any other school which is accredited pursuant to section 256.11. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4251; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280.2] 91 Acts, ch 200, §1; 2008 Acts, ch Section amended
Code section 256.11 is at this link, can't get it to paste easily:
Code:
http://search.legis.state.ia.us/nxt/gateway.dll/ic/2009code/1/9461/9462/9463/9476?f=templates$fn=document-frameset.htm$q=[field%20folio-destination-name:%27sec_256_11%27]$x=Advanced#0-0-0-30187====================
So basically what I'm trying to understand is if a college is somehow not considered a school here, or if the site has incorrect or indeterminate information? If it is so, I would like to ask the DPS to verify it, though it seems unlikely. Anyone gone over this in detail before?
