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I was going to reiterate what i said about the museum not being on the school campus but I just reread the law and caught something that made me pause.

The law says you cannot carry "on the premises of a school" and I have always taken this to mean the actual school buildings or the campus. There is also the section that says the grounds or building where an activity sponsored by a school is going on. I have always taken this to mean where the school has taken the kids to. As I was about to post, I realized that the museum is an activity sponsored by a school, even when there are no kids present. The activity does not have to be for the children or students and nowhere in the law does it say this (even though it is how I have always read this).

So, if the school is sponsoring a PTA meeting at a nearby restaurant for awards to the parents, that restaurant would now be a forbidden place. There might be no kids present, but it is still an activity sponsored by a school.

What do you think of this realization? Have any of you thought of it this way? Have I missed something where I have jumped too far?

It certainly clears up the museum, and could make the question about teaching hospitals moot, since the medical activity is sponsored by a school. Even a free dental clinic sponsored by the school now becomes forbidden without being posted 30.06.

This one is a very interesting question. Since the museum is not on the campus, but is inside Hemisfair park, I tend towards it being OK to carry there. But I can definitely see the argument the other way too.

I think this might fall into the teaching hospital area. It can be takn either way and only a court will decide it.