Absurd school rule

[HiFidelity]

A co-worker just informed me that his son was EXPELLED from school this morning for asking a school mate what kind of gun he hunts with. Expelled for three days that could of been 10 days. What in the hell is this world coming to? Brainwashing children that guns are inherently bad is the wrong thing to do. This just pisses me off way past the boiling point. I urged him to take this battle as high as he could. Mention of the word gun gets you expelled, mention of the word F**K and you stay in school. What gives?

 

[Oleg Volk]

And that in Georgia!? Atlanta, by chance?

 

[cordex]

Expelled for three days that could of been 10 days.

Pretty sure that is a suspension. "Expulsion" generally refers to a semester or more.

Regardless, have your buddy take a lot of deep breaths and then very, very calmly and politely meet with your school's administrators.

 

[spacemanspiff]

what gives? the education system is designed to do all the thinking for the child, and will punish the child for the parents attempts to encourage said child to think 'outside the box'.

 

[hillbilly]

Make a big stink. Get this story on every single news outlet possible. Start locally. Once it runs on local TV or local newspaper, then get those links and articles to national outlets.

Neal Boortz is a syndicated radio talk show host in Atlanta who loves to put these kinds of stupid over-reactions on his show.

Sunlight is always the best cure for cockroaches and other vermin.

hillbilly

 

[TallPine]

The inmates are running the asylum.

 

[Sunray]

You should be in there immediately demanding an explanation from the Principal about it. If he won't do anything, then go to the school board and yell at them.

 

[HiFidelity]

Oleg, it's listed in my profile under my name there. Expelled meaning suspended. I did submit this to Neal Boortz.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Overreaction by school. It's one thing to talk about killing people and veiled threats of violence. It's quite another to talk about killing critters for the table. I think the school principal doesn't know how to appy the principles of zero-tolerance.

 

[Kharn]

Did anyone tell Fox News?

Kharn

 

[TonyB]

e mail Bill Oreilly at fox news ,he loves stories like this..

 

[ceestand]

Have a discussion with the school administrators. Record it if that is legal in your state.

 

[RustyHammer]

.... now he has time to get his rifle sighted in before hunting season begins at least!

 

[Black Snowman]

I bet he wouldn't have been expelled for talking about Deer Hunter 3D, Quake 3 or the latest Medal of Honor expansion. There is nothing harmful or illegal about their activities so as I see it shouldn't this be unconstitutional under the 1st ammendment? Government suppression of free speech?

If they were threatening someone OK, but hunting rifle shop talk? The educated ignorant are at the top of my list of people I dislike.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Yeah, but we're not a police state.

 

[Bill Hook]

Yeah, but we're not a police state - yet.

 

[TallPine]

I think I saw the Wolf's eyes rolling when he said that ...

 

[another okie]

These reactions may be justified, but let's get a source a little closer than third hand to the event.

 

[LynnKCircle]

Guns In School

We've come a long way from the days when I took a semester of riflery in lieu of PE my Junior year of high school. We've come an even longer way from my 8th Grade social science teacher (WWII Vet) who said, "The Second Amendment is proof our government trusts its citizens. Any government which doesn't trust its own people doesn't deserve any trust from its people"

Last year my daughter needed to do a high school term paper on WWII, and chose as her topic, "Rifles of WWII." Her teacher would not permit her to photograph my WWII-style rifles (M39 Moisin Nagant, Enfield, M1-Garand, and Mauser), and use photos of their disassembly, loading, and firing She was permitted to use the Internet and books only. Of course, the notion of my accompanying her to school when she gave her oral presentation and actually SHOWING kids the rifles was totally out of the question.

Pity

 

[Bill Hook]

She was permitted to use the Internet and books only.

Get your own site set up at Yahoo, etc. to host the pics.

Always fun to get around bureaucratic stupidity.

 

[WAGCEVP]

The NEA is antigun folks and guess who runs the pubik edukashun sistum

 

[Orbital-Burn]

that skrewll needs to be burnt to the ground

 

[Chris Rhines]

Easy way to avoid this kind of thing is to pull your kids out of government school.

- Chris

 

[Black92LX]

wow that's ridiculous. here in ohio we still have schools that give 5 excused absences a year for "hunting days". yet we can't carry concealed to protect ourselves.

 

[luxone]

HiFidelity,
Have your friend contact the ACLU i'm sure they would be more than happy to help your pro-gun friend and his son out with this violation of their rights!

When they get done helping the pedophiles at NAMBLA that is!