Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 also amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. [1] In 1994, Congress introduced the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994, which encouraged each state receiving federal funds for education to follow suit and introduce their own laws, now known as zero tolerance laws. [2] President Bill Clinton signed the ...
United States v. Alfonso D. Lopez, Jr., 514 U.S. 549 (1995), also known as US v.Lopez, was a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court that struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 (GFSZA) as it was outside of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce.
A second-grader in Baltimore, Maryland, was suspended in March 2013 for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a mountain, which school officials mistook for a gun. [20] This resulted in the proposal of the "Reasonable School Discipline Act of 2013" in Maryland (SB 1058) [21] and the "Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act" (HB 7029 and SB 1060) in Florida.
In addition to his constitutional claim, Metcalf cites a provision of the Gun-Free School Zones Act that allows people to possess firearms within a school zone if they are "licensed to do so by ...
The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was originally passed as section 1702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990. It added 18 U.S.C. § 922(q) ; 18 U.S.C. § 922 itself was added by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 .
Federal Firearms Act of 1938; Federal Firearms License; Firearm case law; Firearm Owners Protection Act; Gun Control Act of 1968; Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) Gun law in the U.S. Gun laws in the U.S. by state; Gun politics in the U.S. Gun show loophole; High-capacity magazine ban; History of concealed carry in the U.S. Homemade firearm
Firearms are displayed at a gun shop. Effective New Year's Day, a California law now bans people from carrying firearms in most public places, despite an ongoing court case contesting its validity.
The Guardian Plan is broader, authorizing school boards to allow any employee to be armed, under the authority of the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act and the Texas Penal Code. Those employees ...