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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:30 PM Original message |
High schooler arrested, booted from graduation because an Airsoft was in his car parked on campus |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. No that is the harm of stupidity. Airsoft are replicas close enough |
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daylan b (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Not exactly zero. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. If the kid has a car, then why didn't he leave the gun in his trunk. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. pretty much |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. It sounds like it was spotted when the friend was moving it from the |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. "...holding it when they drove into the lot." Hello, stupid! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. honestly, you'd think he would know better |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Being active in the Mormon church doubles the reason for knowing better |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. gungeon |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Replicas are a real problem. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. the "Gunn" High school? How ironic. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. While I disagree with zero tolerance policies, this obviously |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. 17 or 18 year olds, even smart ones, don't always have a lot of common sense |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. agreed. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Considering how little get tought in schools these days... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Like spelling... "taught"... sigh. self-face-palm. n/t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
45. So people should be punished for every rule, no matter how obnoxiously stupid? |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. If this had been about some over-the-counter drug he brought to school |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Very true. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Yep..completely agree with you. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. He's an adult and apparently pretty bright. He knows better than to bring a weapon to school. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's not a weapon, it's a replica. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It shoots projectiles and is capable of penetrating the skin or eye. It serves no other function. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Wow, really? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Every LARP I've ever heard of had strict rules regarding anything that resembled a weapon. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. So... you hate zero tolerance policies, |
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rotund1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Oh, you hate zero-tolerance except when they zero tolerate stuff you hate. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Not even a BB gun. It shoots plastic balls. (n/t) |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Nearly anything can be a weapon. I once saw an inmate stabbed |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Less of a weapon than a #2 pencil. |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Consequences like this maybe: |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Don't be a totalitarian... |
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rotund1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. What about an icepick? Most people have one but nobody buys big blocks of ice any more... |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Sitting on my coffee table: |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. No, it is not. |
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Travis Coates (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. DUers support zero tolerance idiocy. |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. I can't believe how many people are calling it a weapon. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. More zero tolerance bullshit. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Not really. |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Dumb-ass aplenty! |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. What part of "This is not a weapon"... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. How is the school supposed to enforce gun laws if this boy is given a free pass? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. It wasn't a real rifle. Airsofts guns are TOYS. N/T |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. For putting a toy that shoots plastic balls in the trunk of his car? |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Irrational fear is far more dangerous than an airsoft gun.... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. Apparently it didn't occur to anyone |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
41. My pranks in 1980 would have me jailed today. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
47. When I was in high school it was not uncommon to see REAL shotguns and rifles |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. Next step: surprise search of |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. This kid was stupid. Zero-tolerance more stupider... |
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