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[align=left](2) POSSESSION OF FIREARM IN SCHOOL ZONE. (a) Any individual[/align]
[align=left]who knowingly possesses a firearm at a place that the individual[/align]
[align=left]knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone is[/align]
[align=left]guilty of a Class I felony.[/align]
[align=left](b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the possession of a firearm:[/align]
[align=left]1. On private property not part of school grounds;[/align]
[align=left]2. If the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so[/align]
[align=left]by a political subdivision of the state or bureau of alcohol, tobacco[/align]
[align=left]and firearms in which political subdivision the school zone is[/align]
[align=left]located, and the law of the political subdivision requires that,[/align]
[align=left]before an individual may obtain such a license, the law enforcement[/align]
[align=left]authorities of the political subdivision must verify that the[/align]
individual is qualified under law to receive the license;
3. That is not loaded and is:
[align=left]a. Encased; or[/align]
[align=left]b. In a locked firearms rack that is on a motor vehicle;[/align]
[align=left]4. By an individual for use in a program approved by a school[/align]
[align=left]in the school zone;[/align]
[align=left]5. By an individual in accordance with a contract entered into[/align]
[align=left]between a school in the school zone and the individual or an[/align]
[align=left]employer of the individual;[/align]
[align=left]6. By a law enforcement officer or state−certified commission[/align]
[align=left]warden acting in his or her official capacity; or[/align]
[align=left]7. That is unloaded and is possessed by an individual while[/align]
[align=left]traversing school grounds for the purpose of gaining access to[/align]
[align=left]public or private lands open to hunting, if the entry on school[/align]
[align=left]grounds is authorized by school authorities.[/align]
[align=left]8. By a person who is legally hunting in a school forest if the[/align]
[align=left]school board has decided that hunting may be allowed in the[/align]
school forest under s. 120.13 (38).
An off duty law enforcement officer is not acting in his or her official capacity, therfore, is prohibited from carrying an exposed and loaded firearm on public property within 1000 feet of a school property while not on duty. However, from what I have determined this same restriction apparently does notapply to a retired law enforcement officer that has a special license to carry concealed. Go figure.