Actually the federal law does NOT apply to CHL holders due to an exemption in the federal law and the way Oregon state law is written.
USC Title 18, ss 922 says you can't carry a firearm "in a school zone" UNLESS you are licensed by the state to carry the firearm. The Oregon CHL is a license, issued by this state, which licenses the CHL holder to possess firearms (long gun or handgun not differentiated, see ORS 166-360 and 370). In this state, with a CHL, you are licensed to carry a FIREARM on school grounds by nature of those ORS.
Title 18, USC, ss 922, q, (1), originally enacted in 1990 but overturned by the US Supreme Court in 1995, was re enactd in 1996 but with far less "school zone" BS than the original.
18, USC, ss 921, defines school zone as 1000 feet and defines school as "primary or secondary" (which is K-12). Universities, Colleges, and professional schools ARE NOT primary or secondary education, they are "post secondary education".
I have pasted in the text from USC 18, 922 below, in part, (it's a really long one on a ton of BS crap that the congress seems to think they have the power to regulate because of the "interstate commerce clause"). Kind of like that gives them the power to regulate our health care and anything else they want to regulate just by saying "commerce clause".
If you want to read the entire section (it deals with transfers, intestate transfers, possession in "school zones", etc. There are also a few more exemptions after the point I stopped cutting. And Colleges and Universities do not fall under the gun free school zones due to ss 921 definitions. Without a license you can't be on their grounds or within 1000 feet but with an Oregon CHL you are exempt and, again, Colleges and Universities are NOT covered in 18 USC, 922. Only K-12 schools.
Pertinent Portion of US Code Title 18, ss 922, q
(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to
possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects
interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual
knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a
firearm -
(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do
so by the State in which the school zone is located or a
political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or
political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains
such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or
political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified
under law to receive the license;
Know the law....in and out!!!!!!
In my opinion, 166.210 covers the definitions for a CHL (166.291), which it defines a handgun. 166.291 also uses the word handgun specifically, does not say anything about long guns. I see that Oregon law doesn't care about a long gun in a school zone if you are licensed. But federal law (in my opinion) overrides state law, and states that you must be licensed to carry that firearm, which CHL holders are not licensed for anything but a handgun.
166.210 Definitions. As used in ORS 166.250 to 166.270, 166.291 to 166.295 and 166.410 to 166.470:
(1) “Antique firearm” means:
(a) Any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898; and
(b) Any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the replica:
(A) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or
(B) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and that is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
(2) “Corrections officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181.610.
(3) “Firearm” means a weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of powder.
(4) “Firearms silencer” means any device for silencing, muffling or diminishing the report of a firearm.
(5) “Handgun” means any pistol or revolver using a fixed cartridge containing a propellant charge, primer and projectile, and designed to be aimed or fired otherwise than from the shoulder.
(6) “Machine gun” means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, which is designed or modified to allow two or more shots to be fired by a single pressure on the trigger device.
(7) “Minor” means a person under 18 years of age.
(8) “Offense” has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.505.
(9) “Parole and probation officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181.610.
(10) “Peace officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.005.
(11) “Short-barreled rifle” means a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle if the weapon has an overall length of less than 26 inches.
(12) “Short-barreled shotgun” means a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun if the weapon has an overall length of less than 26 inches. [Amended by 1977 c.769 §1; 1979 c.779 §3; 1989 c.839 §1; 1993 c.735 §14; 1995 c.670 §3; 1999 c.1040 §2; 2001 c.666 §§32,44; 2003 c.614 §7; 2007 c.368 §1; 2009 c.610 §4]
http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/166.html
