Posted on 03/13/2003 9:30:48 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A district justice today dismissed a misdemeanor gun possession charge against a Shaler Area High School teacher who took a gun to school.
Justice Robert P. Dzvonick said that what Anthony Sarkis did was "stupid," but he did not believe Sarkis knew the handgun was in a backpack left in a teachers' work area at the school Feb. 24. Sarkis has maintained that he put the gun in the bag for target shooting, forgot it was there, and covered it with books before taking it to school.
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Based on a presumption of liberty, in the state of Missouri, such a law would be unconstitutional.
Missouri Bill of Rights
Article I, Section 23
"That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons."
The only qualifier is you have to "bear" your arm in the open.
Bill of Rights and Constitutions enumerating rights primary and sole jurisdiction is on "public property."
Schools that are funded by tax money are inherently then considered "public property."
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