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Student questions legality of metal detectors at school
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| 9/20/06
| Puppage
Posted on 09/20/2006 5:14:15 AM PDT by Puppage
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To: gcruse
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posted on
09/20/2006 5:51:52 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: cryptical
So now we're ceding defense of the Bill of Rights to the left?
i hope not, Schools are not prisons with tiny little windows and lock downs...
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posted on
09/20/2006 5:51:54 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Puppage
Future Team Leader of the "You want fries with that?" career choice.
23
posted on
09/20/2006 5:52:32 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
What's that got to do with the applicability of the Constitution to minors?
24
posted on
09/20/2006 5:53:56 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: cryptical
The ends justify the means. don'tcha know...
25
posted on
09/20/2006 5:54:10 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
To: DustyMoment
26
posted on
09/20/2006 5:55:06 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: Puppage
We have a metal detector at the Courthouse where I live. There are 3 police officers who sit at this detecter and twiddle their thumbs the better part of the day.
Now lets say a person who wanted to commit an illegal act and shoot someone in the courthouse came in one day. he is carrying a pistol concealed in his pocket. He waits in the line at the detecter and when his turn comes up he pulls out this pistol and before any of these 3 can get out their weapons shoots all 3. It wouldnt be any trouble at all. There is no way they could respond fast enough to stop him. The person inside he was after would be warned of course and probably would get away, but the men at the detecter are merely cannon fodder.
Think of this as a school where an unarmed teacher is sitting at the unit. What has the detecter done but get this teacher shot? The detecter would barely slow down the killer.
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posted on
09/20/2006 5:56:08 AM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: gcruse
"What's that got to do with the applicability of the Constitution to minors?"
I don't understand your question. Are you saying that public schools are Constitution-free zones?
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posted on
09/20/2006 5:56:22 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: Puppage
But being forced to go to school is OK.
To: Puppage
At least he didn't manage to get a squirt gun into the school... He'd be in lockdown for the rest of his natural life.
Hey, is there something going on at the nations border?
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:02:51 AM PDT
by
faloi
To: sgtbono2002
"Now lets say a person who wanted to commit an illegal act and shoot someone in the courthouse came in one day..."
Why use a hypothetical? Lets change Courthouse to the American Capitol. And instead of a surprise attack, lets give the cops a heads up by having some guy crash into a security barrier before he proceeds to run through security with a pistol.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:04:41 AM PDT
by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Do tenth graders have the right to bear arms?
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:08:04 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: Puppage
He will lose. This has passed court muster as well as dog searches and piss tests. Whine on you little loser punk puke.
33
posted on
09/20/2006 6:11:13 AM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Generally speaking, the
Constitution applies equally to everyone, regardless of age, color, race, religion, or any other factor. However, minors are a special category of person, and in many cases, the rights of minors can be suppressed in ways that the rights of adults simply may not be.
US Constitution on line.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:12:36 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: Puppage
A student's refusal to walk through a safety detector earns him a trip home.
"Safety detector"?
Orwell would be proud.
35
posted on
09/20/2006 6:13:04 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: gcruse
Do tenth graders have the right to bear arms?
If they are "people."
36
posted on
09/20/2006 6:15:11 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Beelzebubba
Vernonia School v Acton (515 US 646 [1995]), when the court again used in loco parentis, a lowered expectation of privacy for athletes, and the need for deterrence of drug use, particularly among athletes, as justifications for forced testing. Said the Court: "Fourth Amendment rights, no less than First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, are different in public schools than elsewhere; the "reasonableness" inquiry cannot disregard the schools' custodial and tutelary responsibility for children."
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:15:44 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: Puppage
This is SOOOOOOoooooo old legally. It has already been decided as legal.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:16:35 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Puppage
It is not unreasonable to consider the safety of each person inside the school, especially when the school is liable.
Next issue.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:17:00 AM PDT
by
BaBaStooey
(I heart Emma Caulfield.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:18:30 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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