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Posted: 4/13/2019 2:07:31 PM EDT
@softpoint I took this photo today. This is located on the door into Rupp Arena from the pedway from that connects from Victorian Square. How the hell is Lexington Center designated a School Zone? |
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Posted: 4/13/2019 2:09:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/13/2019 3:37:00 PM EDT
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Seems to me the Commonweath of Kentucky has authorized folks to open carry via the State Constitution and to concealed carry via the CCDW License. Soon everyone legally able to purchase a handgun will be authorized to carry it open or concealed.
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Posted: 4/13/2019 11:29:27 PM EDT
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https://i.ibb.co/ZBmB2RG/D2-C0-FBA1-0986-4-EF8-A75-D-71-DDDCB378-EB.jpg @softpoint I took this photo today. This is located on the door into Rupp Arena from the pedway from that connects from Victorian Square. How the hell is Lexington Center designated a School Zone? You need to try to keep up with things. This has been the law for over 24 years. The Federal Gun Free School Zone Act of 1994 prohibits the possession of a firearm within 1000' of school property. Just across W. Main St. from the Rupp Arena complex is Sts. Peter and Paul School (the building is actually on Short St. but the property goes all the way to W.Main). Take note that the 1000' radius is from the outside edge of the school PROPERTY, not the school building. The GFSZ has several exceptions. One of those exceptions is for people that hold a concealed carry license issued by the state where the school exists. The signs are meaningless. I have never seen any federal agents searching people for guns at Rupp Arena or around any other school. I don't think a city police officer can enforce a federal law. The GFSZ Act was first passed in 1990 but was declared to be unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court then a few words were changed and passed a second time in 1994. The courts have upheld this new version of the law. We can thank Joe Biden for this stupidity. This law was introduced by him when he was a Senator. |
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Posted: 4/16/2019 6:53:57 PM EDT
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What’s funny is they allow gun shows there.
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Posted: 4/16/2019 7:07:33 PM EDT
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What’s funny is they allow gun shows there. I suspect they're just using the sign to trick people who don't know the law into disarming. |
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Posted: 4/16/2019 8:52:45 PM EDT
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That's because they can't actually ban them. As the sign says those "authorized to carry" are exempt. I suspect they're just using the sign to trick people who don't know the law into disarming. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What’s funny is they allow gun shows there. I suspect they're just using the sign to trick people who don't know the law into disarming. If LCC could ban guns, they would, but they can't. The promoters of events at LCC properties can ban guns and LCC encourages them to do so. LCC promotes many events of their own. At those events guns are not banned. When UK plays basketball or any other activity at Rupp, the university bans guns. When High School basketball games are played there(or for any other school function), guns are banned by state law, KRS 527.070. Most people are not certain enough of the gun laws to ignore these signs. Ignorance is a very real threat to personal freedom. The same is true of signs on city and county buildings. Most of those are illegal, but almost nobody knows which are illegal and which are legit, so they just don't carry in any place with signs. The federal law is meaningless, there is nobody to enforce it. IF a person was to do something to attract the attention of law enforcement, like selling drugs, prostitution, fighting etc and was found to also be in possession of a gun within 1000' of school property a federal prosecutor MIGHT charge them under this law. A local prosecutor can't do it and its just too small a violation for a federal prosecutor to involve himself with unless there is some other reason. I know of several people that were prosecuted and convicted for violating this federal law all of them were originally arrested for something else and then found to be in possession of a gun. |
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Posted: 4/29/2019 1:52:43 PM EDT
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Most of those are illegal, but almost nobody knows which are illegal and which are legit, so they just don't carry in any place with signs. [/b] I agree that simply carrying a firearm is probably too much of nothing for a federal prosecutor to deal with, but I have seen, in other states, local prosecutors make hay out of simply carrying. I left that state a few years ago. And if one carries concealed, no one would know anyway (most likely that is). |
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