Iowa Supreme Court: Carrying a Firearm in the Parking Lot of an Athletic Complex Is the Same as a Classroom

In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Iowa has affirmed the ruling of a lower court, upholding the conviction of a man who possessed a firearm in the parking lot of an athletic complex, which while owned by the school district was not contiguous to an actual school.   In so ruling, the majority found that students participating in athletic activities are just as entitled to be free of gun violence as students sitting in a classroom. And that to rule otherwise would be “absurd.” &nbs