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This is how Congress weasle worded it's way around the USSC declaration that the 1990 GFSZ law was unconstitutional. This law was passed by Congress 1n 1996 as P.L.104-208.
[align=left]Bloomfield Press, Phoenix • 1-800-707-4020 • GUNLAWS.COM • 8/31/05[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]Gun Free School Zones Act—as reenacted[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]Originally enacted in 1990[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left](P.L. 101-647, Sec. 1702(b)(1))[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]Overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, April 26, 1995[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]Re: Federalism; Congress exceeded its authority under Commerce Clause.[/align]
[align=left](U.S. v. Lopez, 514 US 549)[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]Reenacted by Congress, Sep. 30, 1996[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left](P.L. 104-208)[/align]
[align=left]Deletions • A d ditions[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]18 USC § 922 Unlawful acts[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left](q)(1) The Congress finds and declares that—[/align]
[align=left](A) crime, particularly crime involving drugs and guns, is[/align]
[align=left]a pervasive, nationwide problem;[/align]
[align=left](B) crime at the local level is exacerbated by the[/align]
[align=left]interstate movement of drugs, guns, and criminal[/align]
[align=left]gangs;[/align]
[align=left](C) firearms and ammunition move easily in interstate[/align]
[align=left]commerce and have been found in increasing numbers[/align]
[align=left]in and around schools, as documented in numerous[/align]
[align=left]hearings in both the[/font][/font]Judiciary [/font][/font][/font]Committee [/font][/font]o n the[/align]
[align=left]Judiciary [/font][/font][/font]of the House of Representatives and[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]Judiciary t h e [/font][/font][/font]Committee [/font][/font]o n the Judiciary [/font][/font][/font]o f the[/align]
[align=left]Senate;[/align]
[align=left](D) in fact, even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its[/align]
[align=left]component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials[/align]
[align=left]from which they are made have considerably moved in[/align]
[align=left]interstate commerce;[/align]
[align=left](E) while criminals freely move from State to State,[/align]
[align=left]ordinary citizens and foreign visitors may fear to[/align]
[align=left]travel to or through certain parts of the country due to[/align]
[align=left]concern about violent crime and gun violence, and[/align]
[align=left]parents may decline to send their children to school[/align]
[align=left]for the same reason;[/align]
[align=left](F) the occurrence of violent crime in school zones has[/align]
[align=left]resulted in a decline in the quality of education in our[/align]
[align=left]country;[/align]
[align=left](G) this decline in the quality of education has an adverse[/align]
[align=left]impact on interstate commerce and the foreign[/align]
[align=left]commerce of the United States;[/align]
[align=left](H) States, localities, and school systems find it almost[/align]
[align=left]impossible to handle gun-related crime by [/font][/font]themselves;[/align]
[align=left]even t h emselves--eve n [/font][/font][/font]States, localities, and school[/align]
[align=left]systems that have made strong efforts to prevent,[/align]
[align=left]detect, and punish gun-related crime find their efforts[/align]
[align=left]unavailing due in part to the failure or inability of[/align]
[align=left]other States or localities to take strong measures; and[/align]
[align=left](I) [/font][/font]t h e [/font][/font][/font]C ongress has [/font][/font]t h e [/font][/font][/font]p ower, under the interstate[/align]
[align=left]commerce clause and other provisions of the[/align]
[align=left]Constitution, to enact measures to ensure the[/align]
[align=left]integrity and safety of the [/font][/font]Nation’s N a tion' s [/font][/font][/font]schools by[/align]
[align=left]enactment of this subsection.[/align]
[align=left](2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to[/align]
[align=left]possess a firearm [/font][/font]t h at has moved in or that otherwise[/align]
[align=left]affects interstate or foreign commerce [/font][/font][/font]at a place that[/align]
[align=left]the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to[/align]
[align=left]believe, is a school zone.[/align]
[align=left](B) Subparagraph (A) [/font][/font]shall d o es [/font][/font][/font]not apply to the[/align]
[align=left]possession of a firearm—[/align]
[align=left](i) on private property not part of school grounds;[/align]
[align=left](ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to[/align]
[align=left]do so by the State in which the school zone is located[/align]
[align=left]or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of[/align]
[align=left]the State or political subdivision requires that, before[/align]
[align=left]an individual obtain [/font][/font]s [/font][/font][/font]such a license, the law[/align]
[align=left]enforcement authorities of the State or political[/align]
[align=left]subdivision verify that the individual is qualified[/align]
[align=left]under law to receive the license;[/align]
[align=left](iii) [/font][/font]which t h a t [/font][/font][/font]is—[/align]
[align=left](I) not loaded; and[/align]
[align=left](II) in a locked container, or a locked firearms rack[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]which t h a t [/font][/font][/font]is on a motor vehicle;[/align]
[align=left](iv) by an individual for use in a program approved by a[/align]
[align=left]school in the school zone;[/align]
[align=left](v) by an individual in accordance with a contract entered[/align]
[align=left]into between a school in the school zone and the[/align]
[align=left]individual or an employer of the individual;[/align]
[align=left](vi) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her[/align]
[align=left]official capacity; or[/align]
[align=left](vii) that is unloaded and is possessed by an individual[/align]
[align=left]while traversing school premises for the purpose of[/align]
[align=left]gaining access to public or private lands open to[/align]
[align=left]hunting, if the entry on school premises is authorized[/align]
[align=left]by school authorities.[/align]
[align=left](3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall be[/align]
[align=left]unlawful for any person, knowingly or with reckless[/align]
[align=left]disregard for the safety of another, to discharge or[/align]
[align=left]attempt to discharge a firearm [/font][/font]t h at has moved in or[/align]
[align=left]that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce[/align][/font][/font][/font]
[align=left]at a place that the person knows is a school zone.[/align]
[align=left](B) Subparagraph (A) [/font][/font]shall d o es [/font][/font][/font]not apply to the discharge[/align]
[align=left]of a firearm—[/align]
[align=left](i) on private property not part of school grounds;[/align]
[align=left](ii) as part of a program approved by a school in the school[/align]
[align=left]zone, by an individual who is participating in the[/align]
[align=left]program;[/align]
[align=left](iii) by an individual in accordance with a contract[/align]
[align=left]entered into between a school in a school zone and the[/align]
[align=left]individual or an employer of the individual; or[/align]
[align=left](iv) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her[/align]
[align=left]official capacity.[/align]
[align=left](4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as[/align]
[align=left]preempting or preventing a State or local government[/align]
[align=left]from enacting a statute establishing [/font][/font]gun-free g un free[/align][/font][/font][/font]
[align=left]school zones as provided in this subsection.[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left]18 USC § 921 Definitions[/align][/font][/font]
[align=left](a) As used in this chapter—[/align]
[align=left](25) The term “[/font][/font]school zone[/font][/font]” means—[/align]
[align=left](A) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or[/align]
[align=left]private school; or[/align]
[align=left](B) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of[/align]
[align=left]a public, parochial or private school.[/align]
[align=left](26) The term “[/font][/font]school[/font][/font]” means a school which provides[/align]
[align=left]elementary or secondary education, as determined[/align]
under State law.
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