Gun Free School Zone map for CA

[7x57]

Hmm, it doesn't show St. Elizabeth's Catholic school in Altadena, just about at Woodbury and Lake. I imagine that school qualifies as possessing the magic zone, it's something like K-8.

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[grywlfbg]

I always knew SF was diseased by leftism. This picture proves it.

Where "leftism" is described as "people who go to school"? What a terrible disease.

[aemergin]

Hi, this is my first post here but thought I could share some data for the map (great idea btw!) ..

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/si/ds/pubschls.asp

There you can download the full database of all California schools - type, address, even has latitude and longitude if it helps. Also, those files are maintained and updated daily (supposedly) so if you could find a way to map it as your data for your google map .. it would be some extra code but worth it in the end.

Aemergin / Erik

[DDT]

Hi, this is my first post here but thought I could share some data for the map (great idea btw!) ..

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/si/ds/pubschls.asp

There you can download the full database of all California schools - type, address, even has latitude and longitude if it helps. Also, those files are maintained and updated daily (supposedly) so if you could find a way to map it as your data for your google map .. it would be some extra code but worth it in the end.

Aemergin / Erik

EXCELLENT first post!

[yellowfin]

Where "leftism" is described as "people who go to school"? What a terrible disease.

from what I've come to understand lately of schools, the two seem to go hand in hand around here. Other than that, I was implying that the map looks like it is covered by a pox. Considering that the pox indicates legal gun free zones, it is indeed a societal disease.

[DDT]

Where "leftism" is described as "people who go to school"? What a terrible disease.

I totally missed the point too.

[grammaton76]

Remember to pad ALL of those circles by a generous amount - if the circle is centered on the school and the school grounds are 1000 feet across, it does NOT mean that you may safely open carry on the sidewalk past the gates of the school unmolested. For safety's sake, it's a 1000' radius extending uniformly around the property line.

(Grabs popcorn to wait for the "crap, now you're creating a way that we should have 'reasonably known' we were violating a school zone!")

[7x57]

It just occurred to me that homeschoolers have to declare themselves to be private schools. Do they then magically create a 1000' gun-free zone around their houses? Words fail to express how much that would suck.

OTOH IIRC you can have a gun on school grounds with the principal's written permission. Perhaps I should start the "Davey Crockett school of larnin' and marksmanship". As principal and beloved leader, I declare that no one is allowed on campus without a firearm.

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[grammaton76]

Given that home schoolers aren't funded, I think they don't get counted. And there's no way to have "reasonably known".

Further complications arise from the concept of a home schooler's field trip - could that become a temporary roving school zone? Particularly if the family lives in an RV...?

[7x57]

Given that home schoolers aren't funded, I think they don't get counted. And there's no way to have "reasonably known".

Of course they could not have reasonably known, but it probably would cost $THOUSAND to make the state admit that. It's a harassment tool.

Further complications arise from the concept of a home schooler's field trip - could that become a temporary roving school zone? Particularly if the family lives in an RV...?

Good God, the antis could set up roving squads to blanket an area with roving zones anytime they get win of an OC event.

Well, that's if they could bring themselves not to use gubmint funded education, anyway.

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[Cypren]

Good God, the antis could set up roving squads to blanket an area with roving zones anytime they get win of an OC event.

Well, that's if they could bring themselves not to use gubmint funded education, anyway.

No, no, you need to think of this like a proper card-carrying member of the far left. What's the only thing they hate more than gun owners? HOMESCHOOLERS! Those vile brats aren't being properly indoctrinated to worship the State and its bureaucrats, and they're costing teachers' unions and administrators their fair share of the government piggy bank!

How can we fix this problem? Easy!

Tell the homeschool kids there's an Airsoft match going on at location X where there's an open carry meetup going, and anyone with a gun is a fair game!

...yeah, I have a twisted mind.

[nick]

I think it's still useful. It gives you a general idea where all of the schools are. Unfortunately, it also gives a madman the location of all of the free fire zones that are available in an area. And that's really what our childrens and grandchildren's schools are.

The madmen are the ones who passed this law.

[anony mouse]

Can he migrate this map over to Google Earth and share the map, that way you don't lose any of the features of google maps. For example, I noticed immediately on his site, I lost all capabilities of using my scroll wheel to zoom.

that should be enabled now, and the circle size is back to 1000 feet (although they are only octogons now to reduce the load of the app).

[aemergin]

Did that database of schools do you any good? Will we see that incorporated in the future?

Aemergin / Erik

[anony mouse]

I saw a "Safe School Zone Bus Stop" sign the other day.

The city bus stop is outside of the 1000 ft. perimeter. I wonder how far around the bus stop the "school zone" applies. Might have to swing back by there some day and get a better look at the sign.

Its a "safe school zone" not a "gun free school zone" the statute does not recognize these, although state law is free to make the entire state a zone of some type :/