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| 'Young Marine' Faces Expulsion For Replica Rifles |
| 2009-02-11 |
| DENVER -- For Marie Morrow, the equipment left in the back seat of her car was for an upcoming competition. She said she never expected it would lead to her being suspended from school -- or possibly expelled. She left three drill team "practice" rifles in plain view of passing students last week. Morrow, who says she has a 3.5 grade point average, is a member of the Douglas County Young Marines. She said she spins the practice rifles for the organization's drill team. The mock rifles are made of wood, with duct tape, to resemble a real rifle. Amole explained the school district's policy mirrors state and federal laws about weapons in schools, and calls for "mandatory expulsion" when possessing a dangerous weapon in any school building. A student conduct handbook states a dangerous weapon includes "a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or a firearm facsimile that could reasonably be mistaken for an actual firearm." Amole said an expulsion hearing will be held within 10 days of a student suspension. An expulsion officer will make a recommendation to the superintendent, who will rule on the length of expulsion. Morrow said she her expulsion hearing is Feb. 20. "I'm just hoping I can go back to school and graduate with my class and take my AP tests and all that," she said. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #9 "possessing a dangerous weapon " ANd that, dear readers, is the basis for a lawsuit to smash the hoplophobic assholes into legal dust. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-02-11 21:51 |
| #8 Well, I don't know how much of this actually relates to her status in the Young Marines. While I am sure it didn't help (crazy people who like the military and all that), we had the same issue at my old high school school once with a white-taped wooden rifle that belonged to a flag girl in the marching band. |
| Posted by: sjb 2009-02-11 21:36 |
| #7 HMMMMMMM, lessirree, "3.5 GPA + "Young Marines" Drill Team + Planning to Graduate" etc . > CLEARLY SHE's A THREAT TO THE NATION = AMERIKA, THE USSA = USRoA!? D *** NG IT, CLEARLY SHE DESERVES TO GET DEATH ROW IFF SHE PLANS TO ATTEND COLLEGE, OR FIND A GOOD JOB, OR BOTH! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-02-11 19:01 |
| #6 So in other words the School board and the expulsion officer are staying that they are so stupid they can't tell the difference between a real rifle and a mock one made of wood and Duct Tape. Why I see guns held together with Duct Tape all the time on gunbroker.com. Don't you? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-02-11 14:33 |
| #5 She will be harshly punished for her "offence". The only thing that can save her is if gun rights folks in Colorado came to her aid and demonstrated at the school. Wont happen. Sigh. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-02-11 13:38 |
| #4 I, for one, welcome Zero-Tolerance policies. I can get rid of my thinkin' and common-sense brain parts; I'm with the 67.84% of the electorate seems to agree that "Zero-Tolerance" is the way to go! /sarc off |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-02-11 12:57 |
| #3 If they showed any tolerance, it wouldn't be a zero-tolerance policy, would it? |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-02-11 12:46 |
| #2 If only it were simple stupidity. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-11 12:38 |
| #1 PC stupidity at government schools run amok. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-02-11 12:27 |