W.Va. Teen Arrested After 'Almost Inciting Riot' Wearing NRA Shirt to School

[canonian]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/west-virgi...a-shirt-school/story?id=19017896#.UXaxtJNwp8E

I'm in Maryland, but posted here for obvious reasons. The teacher should be arrested not the student. I hope he gets help.

 

[DCutdSE]

The student's 1A rights should be protected. What if the shirt said "Protect Your Right" and then had an image of a [insert politically sensitive symbol of your choice]?

 

[Right2Carry]

Bad teachers are everywhere...

 

[Glock_Fireman]

I hope the teacher loses his job or in some way gets sued civilly.

 

[Mooseman]

Crazy.

 

[Haides]

The whole world's gone crazy. I read it here, and this one has a nice recap of a lot of the ridiculous things going on in schools lately. For example:

in rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was suspended for making a “terroristic threat” after she told another girl that she planned to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun that bombards targets with soapy bubbles.

http://news.yahoo.com/eighth-grader-arrested-over-nra-shirt-returns-school-130218866.html

 

[brewergeek]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/west-virgi...a-shirt-school/story?id=19017896#.UXaxtJNwp8E

I'm in Maryland, but posted here for obvious reasons. The teacher should be arrested not the student. I hope he gets help.

Here in Maryland we have the ACLU defending a student's right not to stand during the pledge of allegiance. I'm not holding out hope that the ACLU would do the same for this kid.

 

[stu929]

People have lost their damn mind!

And while I agree with the kid I think it was foolish to go back to school with the same shirt. I would have at least picked our a different NRA shirt

 

[MDMOUNTAINEER]

I just spoke with his grandmother. Jared went back to school today. There is still some legal wrangling to come, anyone interested in making a donation post up and I'll get you the information.

 

[Haides]

I wish I knew what I know now when I was in public school. I would've been wearing NRA shirts and shirts with guns on them everyday...

 

[DCutdSE]

Still not as disgusting as the teacher who asked a student to remove his USMC shirt because it had M16s on it.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/2...-changed-after-son-asked-to-remove-marines-t/

 

[trickg]

If he was my kid I'd be damned proud of him.

White said that when police told the teen they were going to arrest him, he stuck his hands out and said, "Fine."

LOVE it!

The student's 1A rights should be protected. What if the shirt said "Protect Your Right" and then had an image of a [insert politically sensitive symbol of your choice]?

If he had something like "Gay Power" or rainbows, or some other pro-gay thing on it, he'd probably have been commended by the school staff for being so open minded, and yet as I see it, it's really no different.

My question now would be whether or not he was violating school policy. AA County schools have some pretty insane rules about "appropriate" clothing. As an example, my daughter got caught in the crosshairs for wearing a pair of flannel plaid pajama pants to school in middle school. Mind you, functionally they were really no different than sweat pants (which are allowed) AND they were sold BY THE SCHOOL as part of a fundraiser and therefore had the school logo on it.

I told the assistant principal (not in these exact words, mind you) that the policy was stupid, and he was equally as stupid for enforcing what was essentially a technicality.

 

[DCutdSE]

All this does is make the argument for school uniforms.

 

[DC-W]

Change.org sent me the link to a petition for him:
https://www.change.org/petitions/te...campaign=22953&alert_id=IlAbsRRzKP_CxNMHwOCLP

 

[Traveler]

All this does is make the argument for school uniforms.

Sure, because free speech is only for liberals.

 

[bjmsam]

I love it!

West Virginia teen returns to school with NRA shirt, classmates’ support

A West Virginia teen who was arrested and suspended for wearing a National Rifle Association T-shirt to school returned to class Monday wearing the same shirt that got him into trouble.

Jared Marcum, 14, was joined by about 100 other students across Logan County who wore shirts with a similar gun rights theme in a show of support for free speech.

Totalitarians hate the 2nd Amendment, and they also don't care much for the 1st Amendment.

In their view, a well-planned and properly-administered society has no need for either.

Let's just say these folks tend not to be history buffs...

 

[Biggfoot44]

And I DID wear my NRA shirt to JrHS , and I wasn't the only one.

 

[dist1646]

Here in Maryland we have the ACLU defending a student's right not to stand during the pledge of allegiance. I'm not holding out hope that the ACLU would do the same for this kid.

If that were my kid, he wouldn't be able to sit down either!

 

[bilbravo]

People have lost their damn mind!

And while I agree with the kid I think it was foolish to go back to school with the same shirt. I would have at least picked our a different NRA shirt

Yeah, I think you need some common sense here. Is it a perfectly acceptable shirt? Yes. In school? Probably not. 15 years ago when I was graduating this still would have probably gotten some concern and he would have been asked to turn it outside.

Now... should he have been arrested and all the rest? No. Send the kid home and figure out how to handle it when everyone has calmed down. This is out of control.

 

[dswanmd]

Yeah, I think you need some common sense here. Is it a perfectly acceptable shirt? Yes. In school? Probably not. 15 years ago when I was graduating this still would have probably gotten some concern and he would have been asked to turn it outside.

Now... should he have been arrested and all the rest? No. Send the kid home and figure out how to handle it when everyone has calmed down. This is out of control.

Who are you to determine what someone else wears? Kind of a "your rights end where mine begin" situation if you ask me.. Not sure if sarcasm..