Quoted: Child Access Prevention - CAP Are gun owners held accountable for leaving guns accessible to kids? Yes Juvenile Possession Are minors restricted from possessing guns? Partial School Zones Is it illegal for CCW permit holders to carry guns into schools? Yes
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Actually I think we have the ammo (pun intended) for an F. I think the three areas I hilighted are wrongly logged.
Child Access is a very weak law. Technically there is a law but it is almost meaningless. It only is a violation if the child has access to a loaded gun. You can toss a gun on a bed and leave a box of ammo next to it, just don't load it and there is no violation. If a child does get access to a loaded gun, the state has to prove that it was loaded before the child access. Then it will usually come down to a "he said-she said" argument, which usually isn't prosecuted. Brady missed on that one.
As far as Juvenile Possession, minors can only possess a handgun with a parent's consent. I think that most parents that consent to giving their kids guns, have taken the responsibilty to show them the rules. I doubt that many homicides or accidental shootings have happened by parents giving their kids guns. It happens when the parent has a gun in the house and does not train their kids in their handling. Brady missed again.
In the school zones, you can carry on the property but not actually in the building so "school zone" doesn't really matter, only the buildings matter. They are about half right on that one but as usual, they really missed the point.
Given all of these misguided grades from Brady, Texas surely rates an F. Maybe someone should call the Brady Campaign and straighten them out how screwed up our laws are so we can get the F we so deserve.