While the legislation's purpose is to level the playing field among residents of different states, public opinion generally rests on the side of fewer firearms in schools.
When the Pew Research Center conducted a wide-ranging survey of Americans’ attitudes towards guns in 2018, it found that 55 percent opposed expanding concealed carry to more places and 57 percent opposed allowing teachers or school officials to carry.Congressman Kevin Hern has introduced legislation that would make it easier for gun owners to carry weapons in school zones.
Hern, a Republican from Oklahoma, is seeking to expand those same protections to residents of states that have adopted what are known as Constitutional Carry provisions. These laws allow for gun owners to carry concealed weapons without first applying for a permit. When state law authorizes permitless carry, the federal law requiring a permit in order to carry within school zones cannot be satisfied.
Nevertheless, the proposed measure's deference to state law could allow for some narrow expansions of school-carry based on more permissive exceptions to prohibition at the state level, where federal law carves out just a few, narrow exceptions.
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