since9
Campaign Veteran
I sent you a PM. About the GFSZ's, and that dang 1000 foot rule (which starts at the property boundary, not the building itself) I just want the peace of mind not having to worry about a school I don't know about as I go about on my daily business. I also feel that these GFSZ's overlap a lot of areas. I wonder if the permit allows OC within these boundaries? Of course not on the school property itself! But say I OC at a store 500' away from the school property?
Howdy Amigo!
I do it all the time! I just don't pay much attention to school zones anyhow. So far as I am concerned, if it ain't school property, it ain't none of their affair.
I wonder about jurisdiction to start with. The GFSZ law is a federal thing, and I am unclear and possibly unconvinced that a local LEO can really make a federal case out of it. I don't think many a local LEO would dare to go down that particular rabbit hole anyhow. I could be wrong, but like I said before, I've never paid it any mind.
I don't think they would either, but technical, it's a violation of federal law. More importantly (dispicably), the way that federal law reads, if you ever use discharge your firearm within a GFSZ, it matters not whether you were justified by state law. It's remains a felonious violation of the federal law and would constitute grounds for denial of firearms purchases, obtaining a CHP renewal, etc.
Personally, I feel it's a gross violation of federal powers, which is why I'm doing my level best to get the entire GFSZA repealed.
As for overlapping zones, Keens, I calculated the number of schools here in Colorado Springs the size of the city, and the average size of the school lots, and determined all GFSZ's together occupy approximately 11% of the land area of the city as a whole. Thus, if you OC everywhere you go, you'd be in a GFSZ about 10% of the time!
What I do to avoid trouble is check out Google Maps before I head out to a location with which I'm not familiar. I plan my parking location and walking routes so as to avoid all schools by 1,500' or more.
Using the same logic as the State of Colorado employs for preemption, it creates a patchwork of jurisdictions that one may violate with complete innocense, never knowing they're in violation.
Yep! That's why I'm trying to get that anathema of a law repealed!
I may be taking my chances, but so far as I am concerned, my rights as a citizen of Colorado ought to preempt local ordinances based on the language of preemption itself, and serve as reasoanble defense against violation of GFSZ.
As I said before, I don't particularly care.
So long as you're aware of the risks, the choice is yours.
Not I! I'm remaining squarely on the side of the law.
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