Going to the Gun Range With Family Got These Students Suspended From School

Source: Townhall
Published: Mar 16, 2018
Author: Katie Pavlich
Post Date: 2018-03-18 11:09:46 by Deckard
Views: 1358

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Here's an outrageous story to end the week. 

A pair of students in New Jersey were reportedly suspended, one for an entire school week, after officials saw they went to the gun range with family and posted a photo of the outing on social media. From NJ.com: 

A New Jersey school district that allegedly suspended two high school students this week over a gun photo taken during a family visit to a private shooting range is facing community backlash and the threat of a lawsuit over district policies.

The photo of four rifles, ammunition clips and a gun duffel bag was shared by one of the students on the social media app Snapchat with the caption "fun day at the range," according to Lacey Township resident Amanda Buron, a family friend of one of the students.

A screen capture of the image made the rounds among other students and later brought to the attention of Lacey Township High School officials. Buron said the students received a five-day in-school suspension for violating the school's policy on weapons possession.

Not only do tyrannical, leftist school administrators believe constitutional rights end once students step onto campus, they apparently also believe they shouldn't be exercised freely outside of school jurisdiction. 

Meanwhile, while the majority of media focused on high school students who walked out of schools in favor of additional gun control measures this week, a number of students around the country refused to leave their classrooms and held pro-Second Amendment rallies. 

One student in Minnesota made a sign that read, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people, we all mourn together," and was was threatened with arrest by administrators. 

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#1: misterwhite    To: Deckard (#0)

The suspension was issued under a policy outlined in the district’s “Student/Parent Handbook”:

Possession​ ​of​ ​Weapons
In accordance with the Safe Schools Initiative, the Zero Tolerance For Guns Act, P.L. 1995 and its companion C.128 and the Lacey Township School Board’s Zero Tolerance Policy, any student who is reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose whether on or off school grounds during the academic year shall be disciplined as follows:

A. Long term suspension.
B. Evaluation by the high school Child Study Team.
C. Recommendation by the administration to the Board of Education for suspension for at least 1 year.

(underline mine)

This idiotic policy should have been challenged by the parents the moment it was written.

misterwhite posted on 2018-03-18 11:43:30   Reply   Private Reply


#2: misterwhite    To: Deckard (#0)

The photo of four rifles, ammunition clips and a gun duffel bag

"Magazine", not "ammunition clip".

misterwhite posted on 2018-03-18 11:54:45   Reply   Private Reply


#3: buckeroo    To: misterwhite (#1)

Good post.

The issue should have been presented in a federal court, however.

buckeroo posted on 2018-03-18 12:00:31   Reply   Private Reply