- Following the ruling in United States vs. Lopez, Congress re-enacted the Gun-Free
School Zones Act in 1996, correcting the statutes defects as it violated the Commerce
Clause. The original Gun-Free School Zones Act contained the same prohibitions as the
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1996 revision, except the newer version added language to apply the law to any firearm
that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce.