Is the School Safety Act unconstitutional when it is a federal crime for a person to possess a gun in a school zone?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sage, 92 F.3d 101 (2nd Cir. 1996):
Sage argues that the decision in United States v. Lopez, --- U.S. ----, 115 S.Ct. 1624, 131 L.Ed.2d 626 (1995), requires this court to strike down the Act. We reject the argument. That case concerned legislation making it a federal crime for a person to possess a gun in a place the person knows or reasonably believes to be a school zone.
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