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Look in here, think about the total meanings of this new law, snuck in in
closing days of congress.  It will create a new class of Felons and treats 
un
owners as criminals basically by creating a law enforceable only by using
gestapo like tactics. remember that this law applies to UNLOADED firearms,
ALL of them, without exception, and ALL schools, without exception.
Note also that the prior law was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme
Court. Leaving politics out of it, does this law even meet common sense
requirements?
OR is it another step towards total gun ban or prohibition by increasing
diameter of ban every chance "they get?
Is your container gonna meet the standards or are you going to have to get a
concealed pistol license to take your .22 plinking in the country or at the
range?It's here folks, the time to stand up and demand accountability for
stupid feel good laws that are enforceable only by abridging our other
constitutionally guaranteed rights.Tis omnibus spending bill was a stealth 
un
ban. make no mistake.
Federal police will now be enforcing a stricter law than most states have.
rural Nebraska or any state you wish to place there is now being legislated
to solve Washington DC problems.  Those in the beltway think that DC IS the
country.  I don't know about you all but IF I wanted to live in DC I would
move there!
You can't move far enough or fast enough to get away from the federal
governments reach in states matters!  What about states NOT having ccw
permits?
 The Kohl "Road-block" Gun Ban: Establishing gun free zones 1/2 mile in
diameter
 Text of Conference Report on H.R. 3610 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3610
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 [CR page H-11743]
 Sec. 657. Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
 "(q)(1) The Congress finds and declares that--
 "(A) crime, particularly crime involving drugs and guns, is a
pervasive, nationwide problem; "(B) crime at the local level is
exacerbated by the interstate movement of drugs, guns, and criminal
gangs;
 "(C) firearms and ammunition move easily in interstate commerce and
have been found in increasing numbers in and around schools, as
documented in numerous hearings in both the Committee on the Judiciary
the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate;
 "(D) in fact, even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component
parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have
considerably moved in interstate commerce;
 "(E) while criminals freely move from State to State, ordinary citizens
and foreign visitors may fear to travel to or through certain parts of
the country due to concern about violent crime and gun violence, and
parents may decline to send their children to school for the same
reason;
 "(F) the occurrence of violent crime in school zones has resulted in a
decline in the quality of education in our country;
 "(G) this decline in the quality of education has an adverse impact on
interstate commerce and the foreign commerce of the United States;
 "(H) States, localities, and school systems find it almost impossible
to handle gun-related crime by themselves--even States, localities, and
school systems that have made strong efforts to prevent, detect, and
punish gun-related crime find their efforts unavailing due in part to
the failure or inability of other States or localities to take strong
measures; and
 "(I) the Congress has the power, under the interstate commerce clause
and other provisions of the Constitution, to enact measures to ensure
the integrity and safety of the Nation's schools by enactment of this
subsection.
 "(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a
firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or
foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable
cause to believe, is a school zone.
 "(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the possession of a firearm--
 "(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
 "(ii) if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by
the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision
of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires
that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement
authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the
individual is qualified under law to receive the license;
 "(iii) that is--
 "(I) not loaded; and
 "(II) in a locked container, or a locked firearms rack that is on a
motor vehicle;
 "(iv) by an individual for use in a program approved by a school in the
school zone;
 "(v) by an individual in accordance with a contract entered into
between a school in the school zone and the individual or an employer of
the individual;
 "(vi) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official
capacity; or
 "(vii) that is unloaded and is possessed by an individual while
traversing school premises for the purpose of gaining access to public
or private lands open to hunting, if the entry on school premises is
authorized by school authorities.
 "(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall be unlawful
for any person, knowingly or with reckless disregard for the safety of
another, to discharge or attempt to discharge a firearm that has moved
in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place
that the person knows is a school zone.
 "(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the discharge of a firearm--
 "(i) on private property not part of school grounds;
 "(ii) as part of a program approved by a school in the school zone, by
an individual who is participating in the program;
 "(iii) by an individual in accordance with a contract entered into
between a school in a school zone and the individual or an employer of
the individual; or
 "(iv) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official
capacity.
 "(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preempting or
preventing a State or local government from enacting a statute
establishing gun free school zones as provided in this subsection.".
 Lautenberg Domestic Gun Ban: Far-reaching gun ban puts federal
government in your living room 
 Text of Conference Report on H.R. 3610 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3610
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 [CR page H-11743]
 SEC. 658. GUN BAN FOR INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
 (a) Definition.--Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
 "(33)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term 'misdemeanor
crime of domestic violence' means an offense that--
 "(i) is a misdemeanor under Federal or State law; and
 "(ii) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force,
or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or
former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom
the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with
or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by
a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the
victim.
 "(B)(i) A person shall not be considered to have been convicted of such
an offense for purposes of this chapter, unless--
 "(I) the person was represented by counsel in the case, or knowingly
and intelligently waived the right to counsel in the case; and
 (II) in the case of a prosecution for an offense described in this
paragraph for which a person was entitled to a jury trial in the
jurisdiction in which the case was tried, either
 (aa) the case was tried by a jury, or
 (bb) the person knowingly and intelligently waived the right to have
the case tried by a jury, by guilty plea or otherwise,
 "(ii) A person shall not be considered to have been convicted of such
an offense for purposes of this chapter if the conviction has been
expunged or set aside, or is an offense for which the person has been
pardoned or has had civil rights restored (if the law of the applicable
jurisdiction provides for the loss of civil rights under such an
offense) unless the pardon, expungement, or restoration of civil rights
expressly provides that the person may not ship, transport, possess, or
receive firearms.".
 (b)Prohibitions.--
 (1) Section 922(d) of such title is amended--
 (A) by striking "or" at the end of paragraph (7);
 (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting ";
or"; and
 (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
 "(9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic
violence.".
 (2) Section 922(g) of such title is amended--
 (A) by striking "or" at the end of paragrph (7);
 (B) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting ";
or"; and
 (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
 "(9) who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of
domestic violence,".
 (3) Section 922(s)(3)(B)(i) of such title is amended by inserting ",
and has not been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of
domestic violence" before this semicolon.
 (c) Government Entities Not Excepted.--Section 925(a)(1) of such title
is amended by inserting "sections 922(d)(9) and 922(g)(9) and" after
"except for".
 Congressional Record dated Saturday, September 28, 1996 House Section
 
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