I take my daughter to school every morning. According to both state and federal law the school property and (I believe) another 200 yards is considered a "gun-free zone".
Technically speaking, even with a CCW permit, I am not allowed to have a firearm either on my person or in the car. If caught with one, it's a class four felony (or something like that).
So if I want to stay legal, I have one of two options that I see ...
Technically speaking, even with a CCW permit, I am not allowed to have a firearm either on my person or in the car. If caught with one, it's a class four felony (or something like that).
So if I want to stay legal, I have one of two options that I see ...
- Leave the gun in the car and park 200 yards away and walk the little munchkin to the school the rest of the way. That's not a problem on warm sunny days but when it raining or snowing and the temps are belowing freezing, I don't want my little one getting soaked and frozen.
- Leave the gun at home and then drive all the way back wasting time, money and gas during a time when everybody calls us to conserve gas & energy.