Actaully it was the high capacity snowball magazine, with a detachable pistol grip not suitable for sporting purposes.
Seniors Michael Sepulveda and Daniel Zavala, the snowball co-conspirators, made a pre-dawn run to the San Bernardino Mountains to fill their pickup trucks with snow and bring it to school for what they hoped would turn into an annual "bring Big Bear to Riverside" ritual.
They were suspended after a school parking lot snowball fight before the start of classes Thursday.
Principal Mike Neece said one of his most important responsibilities is maintaining a safe, orderly learning environment.
"Anything that disturbs that or disrupts that is inappropriate on a school campus," Neece said. "Anything that could cause injury, or could cause a student to get upset and instigate a fight, or damage students' personal property is just inappropriate behavior."
Zavala and Sepulveda were stunned.
"The school overdid it. In the handbook it does not say, 'Do not bring snow to school,'" Zavala said Thursday afternoon.
"It's snow," Sepulveda said.
Savala's mother Martha Valdez called the boys' actions "harmless" but said she supported the decision by school officials.
"They're still there to mandate the rules, and they have to draw the line somewhere."
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Information from: The Press-Enterprise,
Did they plan a snowball overthrow or just a single attack? 
