EXTREMEOPS1
Campaign Veteran
Used my GPS to show my Points of Interest (POI) as schools, OMG there are so many school zones in my area its not funny best I start locking up my weapon instead of driving around with it holstered and unloaded ,,,,,
EXTREMEOPS1 wrote: "there are so many school zones in my area its not funny best I start locking up my weapon instead of driving around with it holstered and unloaded ,,,,, "
Don't plan on having it in your car - you'd best be locking it up at home. Why?
California Penal Code 626.9(b), states: Any person who possesses a firearm in a place that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a school zone, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), unless it is with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority, shall be punished as specified in subdivision (f).
The way the law is written, you can't even drive through a school zone with a firearm in your vehicle without permission.
You're going to have to send out one or more of these:
Dear Superintendent ___________,
California Penal Code, Section 626.9, otherwise known as the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995, generally prohibits a person from possessing a firearm within one thousand feet of the grounds of a public or private school. It does not matter if one is on foot or is driving from one place to another. Passing through a school zone as defined by the law while possessing a firearm is prohibited.
Subsection (b) of the Act does permit a person to carry a firearm outside of one's home or business with the written permission of the school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority.
I would like to be able to protect myself and my family while outside of my home, off school grounds, something that state law currently restricts without your written permission.
Briefly stated, I cannot exercise a fundamental civil right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and applicable to the states without your okay.
To add insult to injury, I'm not even permitted to drive to a shooting range to obtain or maintain proficiency with a firearm without your permission since my drive takes me within 1,000 feet of a school in your school district.
I respectfully request your written permission, per California Penal Code, Section 626.9(b), to lawfully possess a firearm while within the geographic confines of your school district.
Sincerely,
If you want to legally drive through a school zone in California with a firearm somewhere in your vehicle, even if you're going to a shooting range somewhere, you are required by law to ask for permission to exercise a fundamental right.
(c) Subdivision (b) does not apply to the possession of a firearm
under any of the following circumstances:
(2) When the firearm is an unloaded pistol, revolver, or other
firearm capable of being concealed on the person and is in a locked
container or within the locked trunk of a motor vehicle.
This section does not prohibit or limit the otherwise lawful
transportation of any other firearm, other than a pistol, revolver,
or other firearm capable of being concealed on the person, in
accordance with state law.
If you want to legally drive through a school zone in California with a firearm somewhere in your vehicle, even if you're going to a shooting range somewhere, you are required by law to ask for permission to exercise a fundamental right.
Whether you send such a letter or not means nothing to me since I'm not in California.
Could you imagine if every firearm owner in California each sent out just one such letter to their local school board?
In order to legally carry a firearm anywhere within a school zone, you are required by law to ask for permission. If your house is within such an unmarked zone, you can't even carry while standing on your own unfenced front yard.
The key word to all the school zones are "reasonable". You may not know a school zone (or multiples thereof) are on the way to your local gun range.
However you're expected to know if you live next door to one, or park next to one.