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Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 explained (introduced by 'Shotgun' Joe Biden)
Everything Explained Today ^ | 10/27/90

Posted on 02/17/2018 1:37:49 PM PST by Libloather

The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) is an act of the U.S. Congress signed into law by President George H.W. Bush that prohibits any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone as defined by.

It was introduced in the U.S. Senate in October 1990 by Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; biden; bush; education; georgehwbush; gunfreeschoolzone; gunfreeschoolzones; guns; joebiden; nra; school; secondamendment; shotgun
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the original Act was an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional authority under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995). This was the first time in over half a century that the Supreme Court limited Congressional authority to legislate under the Commerce Clause.

How about that...

1 posted on 02/17/2018 1:37:50 PM PST by Libloather
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2 posted on 02/17/2018 1:47:56 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Libloather


3 posted on 02/17/2018 1:49:52 PM PST by conservative98
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Let’s see the stats on injuries due to gunfire on or near schools since and before this wonderful law.


4 posted on 02/17/2018 1:53:32 PM PST by Yaelle
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Who forced Bush to sign that dreck? It is a horrible, deadly piece of shit.


5 posted on 02/17/2018 2:47:39 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Libloather

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Gun-free zones are designated massacre zones.
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6 posted on 02/17/2018 2:51:53 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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GHWB would have signed anything that would empower tyranny.
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7 posted on 02/17/2018 2:53:24 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: conservative98

Who forced Bush to sign that dreck? It is a horrible, deadly piece of shit.


8 posted on 02/17/2018 2:55:41 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Libloather

The ‘Gun Free School Zones’ act introduced by Joe Biden was perhaps the biggest mistake that Congress ever made. The subliminal suggestion to take a gun to school and shoot it up just appealed to kooks. That one thing is responsible for these school shootings we have today, more than anything else. We should take down the Gun Free School Zone signs and start executing the goofballs shooting up schools within a year. We also should arm the teachers immediately. To not do the one thing that would prevent these shootings is stupid and liberal.


9 posted on 02/17/2018 3:02:56 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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10 posted on 02/17/2018 3:40:39 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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Teachers, for the most part, are snowflakes. You can’t “force” them to carry a gun, and you certainly can’t trust them to use it properly.

Teachers are the folks saying Columbus committed genocide. Actually, this may point to deeper societal problems that cause young men to be full of hatred and self-loathing.


11 posted on 02/17/2018 3:59:01 PM PST by Marchmain (What would Mary do?)
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To: editor-surveyor

Probably could also be called Gun Free-fire Zones.


12 posted on 02/17/2018 5:09:51 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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To: Libloather

https://townhall.com/columnists/lawrencemeyers/2018/02/15/president-trump-have-education-department-mandate-active-shooter-protocols-n2449726


13 posted on 02/17/2018 5:53:54 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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"It was introduced in the U.S. Senate in October 1990 by Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware."

Post-17th Amendment ratification Sen. Biden Jr. evidently did not understand that a previous generation of state sovereignty-respecting Supreme Court justices had clarified the following.

The states have never expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds the specific power to regulate INTRAstate commerce.

And what post-FDR era, institutionally indoctrinated Supreme Court justices seem to be ignoring since Wickard v. Filburn was wrongly decided in Congress's favor imo is this.

There was nothing stopping Sen. Biden, or any post-17th Amendment ratification member of Congress, from trying to rally both Houses of Congress to propose amendments for new federal powers to the Constitution to the states, as the Founding States had intended, for hopeful ratification.

Instead, not only did Biden wrongly introduce the bill without reasonable constitutional justification imo, but state sovereignty-ignoring Congress passed the bill.

That being said, will somebody please remind me why the states ratified the 17th Amendment?

The 17th Amendment has given us plenty of headaches and needs to be repealed.

The 16th Amendment can disappear too.

14 posted on 02/17/2018 6:25:16 PM PST by Amendment10
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Hilarious Song: Joe Biden-Fire Two Blasts!
15 posted on 02/17/2018 7:01:35 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette)
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To: Marchmain

The point is that the weirdos do not know who the snowflakes are and the prospect of walking into a school with a gun and meeting someone with a gun also is a deterrent.


16 posted on 02/18/2018 3:23:27 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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