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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/t_shirt_gunBoy punished for T-shirt with gun image
Mon Mar 10, 1:29 PM ET
LANCASTER, Pa. - The family of a middle school student who was given detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a gun has filed a federal freedom of speech lawsuit against the school district.
Donald Miller III, 14, went to Penn Manor High School in December wearing a T-shirt he said was intended to honor his uncle, a U.S. Army soldier fighting in Iraq.
The shirt bears the image of a military sidearm and on the front pocket says "Volunteer Homeland Security." On the back, over another image of the weapon, are the words "Special issue Resident Lifetime License United States Terrorist Hunting Permit Permit No. 91101 Gun Owner No Bag Limit."
Officials at the Millersville school told him to turn his shirt inside out. When Miller refused, he got two days of detention.
His parents, Donald and Tina Miller of Holtwood, have accused the Penn Manor School District in a lawsuit of violating their son's First Amendment rights with a "vague Orwellian policy" that stifles both patriotism and free speech.
But an attorney for the school district said school must create a safe environment for students in the post-Columbine era, and bringing even the image of a gun to school violates the district's policy.
Well.... so long as it's speech we like:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/t_shirt_gun
I would like someone to explain to me how a picture of a gun creates an unsafe environment.
That doesnt answer my question.Schools are allowed to restrict free speech. It's pretty much settled law.
"School must create a safe environment for students in the post-Columbine era, and bringing even the image of a gun to school violates the district's policy"
My junior year in HS, I did a ballistics project for the science fair.the year after I graduated High School a kid was expelled for having a shotgun in a gun rack in his truck in the school parking lot.
My junior year in HS, I did a ballistics project for the science fair.
I had an AR15 and a couple other rifles, as well as a pair of handguns, in the cafeteria, which was full of school-age kids.
Later, in college, I took my M1A to my History of the Vietnam War class, for a little show-and-tell with the ROTC guys.
Not a word was said by anyone.
Now, kids are getting suspended because of -pictures- of guns.
No wonder the Japs bombed us.
This is exactly why the liberals here take no issue with this -- they know that the fact this is happening means their anti-gun propaganda is working.The mere fact that there are people willing to support such a thing as banning certain t-shirts, and suspending kids for wearing them, should tell you a lot about how well the conditioning process has been going over the last 10-15 years.
No wonder the Japs bombed us.
Used to play cowboys and indians with cap guns that made a loud bang back in elementary school. How things have changed. Sure glad I'm not part of the govt funded controlled school systems anymore although I was a product of this now laughing stock way of teaching. Worst tax dollars that I'm forced to spend every year.
Starting mainly with Columbine, there's been a concerted effort to use public violence incidents against us as a population, to eventually lead to being able to take away gun rights.
I'm not saying there's been a conspiracy to create these incidents, but it's awfully funny how all the sudden there are so many in the last 10 years, and they are always beaten to death in the media for weeks, if not months, and sometimes longer.
The establishment wants our guns, and that's all there is to it. They'll get them eventually, too. It's the only protection we have anymore as free citizens. The only way you'll be able to resist is by shooting whoever comes to eventually take your guns from you. And then, of course, they always have bigger guns then you anyway, so they'll eventually get the guns from you, or you'll end up dead.
The mere fact that there are people willing to support such a thing as banning certain t-shirts, and suspending kids for wearing them, should tell you a lot about how well the conditioning process has been going over the last 10-15 years.
Like high gun crime rates in areas with few legal guns...Interesting how this was done in the name of safety, yet we have evidence that repression of taboo things lead to serious problems.
ie: Teen pregnancies in high abstinence taught areas.
Like high gun crime rates in areas with few legal guns...
You know, you want to see how wonderful our medical est. will be if we socialize it, take a good hard look at how wonderful our schools are doing.
They've been going downhill steadily since it became a requirement that all children attend.
