Senator Whitmire has asked the Attorney General to clear up the confusion about open and concealed carry on the premises of Texas public schools.  It’s clear that people cannot possess a firearm within a school building unless they have the OK from the school to do so. But with regard to parking lots, grounds, sidewalks and all that open space, it’s not so clear.

Much of the ambiguity in our new laws focuses on the language in the law prohibiting weapons “on any grounds….on which an activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being conducted.”  Whitmire’s question points out that:

School classes, educational activities, band activities, etc., are all activities sponsored by the school district.  The “grounds” needed, or being used, to conduct the activities include the sidewalks, walkways, driveways and parking lots of the schools. These are all necessary grounds being used so that the activities sponsored by the school can be performed.

The ball is in Ken Paxton’s court. Stay tuned.

DAWG BONE: THE A.G. WILL OPINE ABOUT GUNS AND SCHOOLS.