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Title: 17-Year-Old Says 'I Could Buy an AR-15,' Gets Arrested
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Reason
URL Source: https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/16/ ... gh-school-gun-ar-15-arrest-cop
Published: Feb 16, 2018
Author: Robby Soave
Post Date: 2018-02-17 20:23:47 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1665
Comments: 33
A high school in Ledyard, Connecticut, called the cops on a 17-year-old student who made a non-threatening comment about a gun in class. Police then arrested him, and he now faces charges of breaching the peace. According to Ledyard High School Principal Amanda Fagan, the student said "I could buy an AR-15" or something very similar. That's it. "In an abundance of caution, despite the fact that this student is a minor who cannot, in fact, legally purchase such a weapon, we made the decision to consult with the Ledyard Police, who made the decision to take the student into custody," Fagan said in a statement, according to FOX61. The student made the comment during his first-period class. The principal was quickly notified, and she made the decision to call the cops—even though it was clear to her that he was neither making a threat nor in possession of any actual guns. In a message to parents, Fagan stressed that the student presented absolutely no danger. "The student in question does not have access to firearms at home," she said. "There was never any threat to the safety of your children or the adults who teach and tend to them each day." It's not clear what the tone of the remark was—perhaps the young man was complaining that it's too easy to buy a gun. I called and emailed Fagan for additional clarification, but she did not immediately respond. The Associated Press reports that the student will be appear before a juvenile court to face charges of breaching the peace. "The offense is akin to joking about a bomb in the airport," Fagan said in her message. "One simply doesn't do it." And one shouldn't. But the question is whether someone should face life-altering consequences for doing it. There was no harm committed. There was no real danger. The authorities involved understood that there was no real danger. The kid is being punished anyway. In her statement, Fagan referred to the recent Parkland, Florida, school shooting: In the wake of any school violence, nerves are often frayed. Today is no exception. Many of us—parents, students, educators—faced today with feelings of sadness, anger, even fear as we began to process the news of the eighth fatal school shooting in America in seven weeks. This time, it was 17 high school students and staff members who lost their lives yesterday at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Like every school staff in America today, the staff of Ledyard High School had heightened senses all day, working to be sure our smiles were particularly welcoming, our ears were particularly open, our interactions particularly genuine. Incidents like this—the arrest of a teenager for daring to even mention a gun—are precisely why I've warned that putting more cops in schools and encouraging a see-something-say-something mentality are not reasonable responses to school shootings. These policies make us feel like we did something, but they wouldn't necessarily make school any safer. They're more likely to curtail teens' civil liberties and needlessly draw students into the criminal justice system. 
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#20. To: Deckard (#0)
Or something very similar: "I could buy an AR-15 and shoot up the school"
YES, do it! Best opus yet, much better than Vic's.
I missed Vic's departure speech. I suppose I'll check it out when I feel like it. Was it VxH or Pebbles that made him fly the coop?
It was probably 2Kon that was the last straw(man) with his "God's Penis" theory posts about the birth of Jesus.
I avoid the religious, theology stuff by choice. Pebbles wants to murder people, or let them die a horrible death, because they support a woman's right to choose aka abortion. No thanks, that's Taliban zealotry.
And you condone murdering the most innocent... those that have no choice or say, an unborn child... while you defend a female that's old enough to spawn, that can make choices. This is why the libtard left has pussified our populace into weak minded sheep... and one of their ways to do that is to REMOVE CONSEQUENCES FOR ANYONES ACTIONS. Like getting pregnant. Your pal, DickTard likes to do the same for criminal behavior
Hey, go ahead and ban abortion muscle head, if it makes you feel holier than thou. Then ban booze. Let's see what happens.
#31. To: Fred Mertz (#30)
(Edited)
That's your argument, if it make me feel holier than thou? Shut your shit smacker... libtard.
Just ban Fred.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latestthe student said "I could buy an AR-15", or something very similar.
"I could buy an AR-15 and kill people"
"I could buy an AR-15 and go out in a blaze of glory.
#22. To: misterwhite, Vicomte13 (#20)
"I could buy an AR-15 and go out in a blaze of glory.
#23. To: hondo68 (#22)
Best opus yet, much better than Vic's.
#24. To: Fred Mertz, TooConservative, Gods Penis Idolotry (#23)
(Edited)
Was it VxH or Pebbles that made him fly the coop?
#25. To: hondo68 (#24)
#29. To: Fred Mertz (#25)
(Edited)
Pebbles wants to murder people, or let them die a horrible death, because they support a woman's right to choose aka abortion. No thanks, that's Taliban zealotry.
#30. To: GrandIsland (#29)
Replies to Comment # 30.
#33. To: Fred Mertz (#30)
How? Through a local snake handler that claims to have the power of the Lord or by adhering to Tammy Faye that claims the same dialogue?
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