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For Penal Code section 626.9, a school zone includes an area in or on the grounds of a public or private school providing kindergarten through grade 12 instruction and the area within 1,000 feet of those grounds. [1] The section separately addresses firearm possession, exceptions, knowledge and university or college property. [1] Its geographic definition does not itself answer whether a particular person or circumstance falls within an exception; those conditions appear in other subdivisions of the section. [1]
- 1. Penal Code §626.9retrieved 2026-10-04
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This entry is one of 153 defined terms in the CalGunHub glossary of California and federal firearm-law vocabulary. The 11 core terms are short plain-English definitions; the extended terms are cited research drafts, labelled as drafts, with their statutory sources listed under each entry. Every definition here is informational only and is not legal advice.
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