Wrong in your assessment that we can carry on school grounds! It actually takes away from having your personal protection firearm loaded while on the school grounds.
This does however put wording in place for supporting schools to have armed teachers, staff or citizens that is apart of their security program, which the RCW already provides with out all the added wording.
It eliminates the exception for those with a CPL to drop off and pick up students and places more restrictions at the schools and events.
Grey Letter is bieng deleted from RCW
Bold for emphasis
RCW 9.41.280 and 2009 c 453 s 1 are each amended to read
11 as follows:
12 (1) It is unlawful for a person to carry onto, or to possess on,
13 public or private elementary or secondary school premises, school-
14 provided transportation, or areas of facilities while being used
15 exclusively by public or private schools:
16 (a) Any firearm;
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:
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1 (a) Any student or employee of a private military academy when on
2 the property of the academy;
3 (b) Any person engaged in military, law enforcement, or school
4 district security activities, or any person in possession of a firearm
5 pursuant to a contract entered into between the school and the person
6 or the person's employer.
(c) Any person ((who is involved in a convention, showing,
13 demonstration, lecture, or firearms safety course authorized by school
14 authorities in which the firearms of collectors or instructors are
15 handled or displayed)) using a firearm in accordance with a program
16 approved by the school;
(f) Any person in possession of a firearm that is unloaded while
24 traversing school premises for the purpose of gaining access to public
25 or private lands open to hunting, if entry on school premises is
26 authorized by school authorities;
(g) Any nonstudent at least eighteen years of age legally in
28 possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon that is secured within an
29 attended vehicle or concealed from view within a locked unattended
30 vehicle while conducting legitimate business at the school((;
31 (g))), or any ((nonstudent at least eighteen years of age)) person
32 who is in lawful possession of an unloaded firearm, secured in a
33 vehicle while conducting legitimate business at the school; or
34 (h) Any law enforcement officer of the federal, state, or local
35 government agency.