Gun-Free School Zones Act Of 1990
The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA, codified at 18 U.S.C. ยง 922(q)) is a federal United States law that prohibits any individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone. Its formal title is the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and is sometimes referred to as the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1995, possibly in referrence to S. 890.
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