High Court To Weigh Law Outlawing Guns Near Schools

By Mark Walsh

Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to decide the constitutionality of a 1990 federal law that bans the possession of guns within 1,000 feet of a school.

The law, known as the Gun-Free School Zones Act, was struck down last fall by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which said that Congress exceeded its authority under the commerce clause of the Constitution when it made gun possession near public or private schools a federal offense. (See Education...