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sbl_admin 08-23-2007 07:06 AM

Drawing Of A Gun Will Get You Suspended In Arizona
 
Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.

Isaac-Saxxon 08-23-2007 07:12 AM

Over reaction is what being PC is all about :nono:

LateNight 08-23-2007 08:06 AM

oh for crying out loud.. what little kid who's ever watched t.v. never got around to drawing a picture of gun, and other such stuff. :rolleyes:

AnimeSpirit 08-23-2007 09:58 AM

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Chandler district spokesman Terry Locke said the crude sketch was "absolutely considered a threat," and that threatening words or pictures are punishable.
This is total B.S. from a complete and total moron at the school.

To me, it looks like the kid has merely seen the Sylvester Stallone movie, Judge Dredd. It's a very cool and very funny movie. The drawing looks a lot like the LawGiver2 guns they use in the movie. They are very awesome, but very fictional, weapons.

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When I was a kid, I drew movie scenes all the time in school. I drew fighter jet combat scenes from Iron Eagle on the backs of my worksheets, but I never stole an F-16 and went shooting. Those school officials need to get their facts straight!

rhertz 08-23-2007 10:25 AM

Imagine that the boy's father was serving in Iraq with a firearm. If the boy brought a picture or drawing of his Dad to school, would he be suspended?

Isaac-Saxxon 08-23-2007 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by rhertz (Post 20091)
Imagine that the boy's father was serving in Iraq with a firearm. If the boy brought a picture or drawing of his Dad to school, would he be suspended?

Heck yea ! A gun is a gun just ask Al Gore :eek:

rhertz 08-23-2007 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Isaac-Saxxon (Post 20093)
Heck yea ! A gun is a gun just ask Al Gore :eek:

Well if true, then that's just sick. We tax ourselves to fund a military to defend our freedom. We train the best soldiers in the world and send them to do their job. Then we tax ourselves for a socialistic school system to educate the public. If the school suspended a student for a picture of Dad with a gun defending our country, the school should be brought up on charges of treason IMHO.

Oh and BTW, doesn't our constitution guarantee the right to bear arms? I would think that would include pictures of arms.... It's sad to see our rights slip away one by one, and it is hard to imagine the world we might live in 50 years from now. Will it be legal to hunt or fish? Or even shoot skeet? Will my offspring be able to have a martini with dinner? Or smoke a cigar afterwards if they choose? Will McDonalds be allowed to sell Hot Coffee or fatty foods? As the old saying goes, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. That should be the government motto as it grows bigger and bigger.

howela 08-23-2007 05:25 PM

Paper Pistol
 
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He can't hurt anyone with this paper gun....he's drawn a paper trigger lock on it!
Molon Labe. Come and get my paper gun!

Al Swearengen 08-23-2007 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rhertz (Post 20096)
Well if true, then that's just sick. We tax ourselves to fund a military to defend our freedom. We train the best soldiers in the world and send them to do their job. Then we tax ourselves for a socialistic school system to educate the public. If the school suspended a student for a picture of Dad with a gun defending our country, the school should be brought up on charges of treason IMHO.

Oh and BTW, doesn't our constitution guarantee the right to bear arms? I would think that would include pictures of arms.... It's sad to see our rights slip away one by one, and it is hard to imagine the world we might live in 50 years from now. Will it be legal to hunt or fish? Or even shoot skeet? Will my offspring be able to have a martini with dinner? Or smoke a cigar afterwards if they choose? Will McDonalds be allowed to sell Hot Coffee or fatty foods? As the old saying goes, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. That should be the government motto as it grows bigger and bigger.


Its becoming the new America from the movie "Escape From LA". No booze, no drugs, no guns (includin childish drawins of guns) no cussin, no red meat, no smokin, no sex outside of marriage, and on and on, etc etc

Pocahontas 08-23-2007 10:12 PM

This poor kid! What's going to happen next? What if they draw my favorite weapon a :arrow:? Will this result in suspension? How will they draw the line on what is considered inappropriate?:confused:

Texasbelle 08-24-2007 07:28 AM

They actually had a lawyer on FoxNews this morning arguing that if they had taken this kind of stand with the boys at Columbine that tragedy might have been prevented. I don't recall that those two boys were out drawing pictures of guns. They had actual guns.

LateNight 08-24-2007 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Texasbelle (Post 20146)
They actually had a lawyer on FoxNews this morning arguing that if they had taken this kind of stand with the boys at Columbine that tragedy might have been prevented. I don't recall that those two boys were out drawing pictures of guns. They had actual guns.

That's aboslutely insane thinking there.. I guarandamnteeya that there was probably some "REAL SIGNS" those kids at columbine were about to go postal.. I highly doubt they were crude drawings like this though..

The whole worlds gone mad.

TGIF EVERYONE!!

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GuardChief 08-24-2007 08:51 AM

Lets just clear up this "Columbine" business right here and now. Those two disturbed murderous malcontents were nothing more than long-term targets of ridicule, harassment and abuse. As a result, those two ostracized rejects snapped. I wont attempt to offer suggestions on eliminating the cruelty, hard-heartedness and lovelessness thats so apparent in the world...not too sure thats possible. But when it does happen, when they do snap, there is only one thing that can be done about it, and that is for everyone in the vicinity to be well armed. Though this is regretably only a "reactive" solution to the problem, it nevertheless is the best solution. In this case, teachers should be carrying concealed weapons permits, as an adjunct to the SRO's. Hell, we trust them with our kid's brains, right? So doesnt it make sense that we trust them for their physical protection...we sure are quick to sue when they get hurt.

And this is highschool here, where I dont advocate extending that level of responsibility to students that young and often irrational. But like on a college campus? Absolutely, they should have the right to be armed too! This will effectively lessen the loss of life should one or more dangerous a**holes with deathwishes decide to go "postal". I promise you that.

Isaac-Saxxon 08-24-2007 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GuardChief (Post 20157)
Lets just clear up this "Columbine" business right here and now. Those two disturbed murderous malcontents were nothing more than long-term targets of ridicule, harassment and abuse. As a result, those two ostracized rejects snapped. I wont attempt to offer suggestions on eliminating the cruelty, hard-heartedness and lovelessness thats so apparent in the world...not too sure thats possible. But when it does happen, when they do snap, there is only one thing that can be done about it, and that is for everyone in the vicinity to be well armed. Though this is regretably only a "reactive" solution to the problem, it nevertheless is the best solution. In this case, teachers should be carrying concealed weapons permits, as an adjunct to the SRO's. Hell, we trust them with our kid's brains, right? So doesnt it make sense that we trust them for their physical protection...we sure are quick to sue when they get hurt.

And this is highschool here, where I dont advocate extending that level of responsibility to students that young and often irrational. But like on a college campus? Absolutely, they should have the right to be armed too! This will effectively lessen the loss of life should one or more dangerous a**holes with deathwishes decide to go "postal". I promise you that.

Welcome GuardChief great post !!

AnimeSpirit 08-24-2007 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by GuardChief (Post 20157)
Lets just clear up this "Columbine" business right here and now. Those two disturbed murderous malcontents were nothing more than long-term targets of ridicule, harassment and abuse. As a result, those two ostracized rejects snapped. I wont attempt to offer suggestions on eliminating the cruelty, hard-heartedness and lovelessness thats so apparent in the world...not too sure thats possible. But when it does happen, when they do snap, there is only one thing that can be done about it, and that is for everyone in the vicinity to be well armed. Though this is regretably only a "reactive" solution to the problem, it nevertheless is the best solution. In this case, teachers should be carrying concealed weapons permits, as an adjunct to the SRO's. Hell, we trust them with our kid's brains, right? So doesnt it make sense that we trust them for their physical protection...we sure are quick to sue when they get hurt.

And this is highschool here, where I dont advocate extending that level of responsibility to students that young and often irrational. But like on a college campus? Absolutely, they should have the right to be armed too! This will effectively lessen the loss of life should one or more dangerous a**holes with deathwishes decide to go "postal". I promise you that.

I was subject of heavy ridicule in school too. My mother once mentioned having to worry about "quiet kids" like me who get picked on by the rest of the students as they are the most likely to snap. Teachers and faculty typically do NOTHING to stop it until the ridiculed kid tries to fight back. Then both parties get in trouble. I experienced this B.S. myself in school.

Fortunately, I never snapped. By high school, I was getting into shape for the military and learned to throw punches back when I received one, detention or not. I received them a lot less during my later school years.


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