TRUMP: Get Rid Of The Unconstitutional Gun Free School Zone Act

By Brandon Curtis

By Dean Weingarten via The Truth About Guns

One of the promises made by Donald Trump during the campaign was to remove gun-free school zones. The federal Gun Free School Zone Act has been an abominable infringement on the Second Amendment with no justification as anything other than an infringement on the right of Americans to bear arms. It does not improve safety. It does not protect “sensitive places.” It serves no legitimate purpose.

It has already been struck down once by the Supreme Court. And President-elect trump has vowed to repeal it.

The Gun Free School Zone Act creates an illusory area where most people are forbidden from bearing arms. The zone extends within 1,000 feet from the property line of any school. It’s unmarked and mostly unenforced.

It was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1995 in the famous U.S. v Lopez decision, where the Court concluded that there was no interstate commerce involved in a person bearing a firearm within a thousand feet of a school. That was the correct decision.

President Clinton, however, immediately pushed through a replacement bill, the Gun Free School …Read the Rest

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