The marijuana issue was an example of how one could get caught up in the 1000 foot zone without meaning to. For the personal use of marijuana, it would have been better to not take any criminal action while working a very strong multiple felony case. That was an example only of how one could get caught up in this 1000 rule.Keith B wrote:Well, their's no exemption for the drug free school zone. And besides being a federal law, it is also state law for the enhancement, so a person is charged at a state level and the enhancement is to the state charge. See http://www.tdcaa.com/node/2494" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;texanjoker wrote:I've seen school zones used for dope enforcement. On one caper I worked after the fact, the house was searched for nothing to do with dope, but some personal marijuana was found. The guy was charged with the school zone enhancement because his house was down the street from a school. (that was the least of his worries)
What would you be charged with and by who? Locals can't enforce the federal gun free school zone. And in Texas it is not illegal for you to have a firearm in your car in the school property. The only way this would be a problem is if a federal agency was pulled in to be involved, and they are not going to do that for a stolen handgun.texanjoker wrote:Here is another dilemma. You park your car within the 1000 foot zone or even at school picking up your kids and it is broken into and your weapon taken. You forget about the zone and call the PD to make a report and you potentially open up a can of worms.
In many areas they send out a BOL (be on the look out) about the stolen gun via email to all subscribed members of a network. Federal agencies, including ATF subscribe to those chains so they will see the alert, thus my reason for saying it can open up a can of worms because if they wanted to do something they would know about the potential violation, which can be avoid if one has a TX chl.