Gov. Jerry Brown is facing a tight timeline to act on Senate Bill 707, which aims to ban permitted concealed carry holders from bringing firearms onto school campuses.
Current laws, stemming from the 1995 Gun-Free School Zone Act, disallow the presence of firearms within 1,000 feet of school campuses, unless there is written authorization from school officials, or the owner of the firearm is a retired police officer or is authorized with a concealed carry permit.
SB-707 includes measures to remove the authority of a concealed carry permit, overriding the Gun-Free School Zones Act. The new bill would also include a clause that would specify that firearms kept in a vehicle on school property would be subject to the same regulations as those held on-person, should the bill pass.
The California Legislation has passed the bill, and the governor has until Oct. 11 to formally act upon it. In the United States, eight states allow concealed carry firearms on campus, nineteen states explicitly forbid them and the remainder allows individual campuses to make the distinction.
