paul@paul-fisher.com wrote:
Do not know the answer to your question but the statute on the firearms says 'knowingly' so if you get stopped within 1000' of a school and don't know you are within a 1000' should be found not guilty.
yeah but how would you argue that you didn't know??? how would you prove it???
i could have sworn that not to long ago there was a thread somewhere on this forum about an old 70ish year old guy that was told open carry was legal but not told anything else. so he took his little pooch for a walk and got tagged by the cops in a school zone.
i also remember the many people of this forum not being very understanding and just saying "ignorance is not an excuse".
but here's my question......... how in the world am i supposed to know all the school zones??? there are only 2 in my very immediate area and i have a hard enough time remembering where they are. so how on earth am i supposed to know every school zone all over Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, oak creek, etc..etc..etc.. now what about when i go somewhere with my wife and kid for the weekend??? how am i supposed to know about the school zones in Kenosha, west bend, etc..etc..etc..etc....???
there have been several occasions where my wife have gone out of town and i decided to carry because i had absolutely no clue where there might be school zones???
so how exactly are you supposed to open carry AND avoid school zones in unfamiliar territory???