HB776 Relating to certain offenses and conduct subject to expulsion that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property.

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Expands the distance around schools where unlicensed carry of a firearm is prohibited from 300 feet to 1,000 feet, while adding a defense to prosecution for lawful possession on private residence property or in a vehicle in transit or stopped for legitimate purposes without entering school grounds.

with respect to a firearm, on or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a school, on or within 1,000 feet of any grounds or building owned by and under the control of a school and on which an activity sponsored by the school is being conducted, or in a passenger transportation vehicle of a school, whether the school is public or private, unless the person possesses or goes with the firearm pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the school;

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↓Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Amends school expulsion rules to allow expulsion for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet (instead of 300 feet) of school property and updates the related criminal offense for possession, exhibition, use or threat of a firearm to apply within 1,000 feet of school property instead of on schoolowned

while on or within 1,000 feet of school property, as measured from any point on the school's real property boundary line, possesses a firearm, as defined by 18 U.S.C. Section 921;

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