Thank goodness they have decided not to prosecute. After all we all know how many lives have been taken by 'military' assault shovels. /sarc
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Time call a spade a spade!
To: metmom
Thought you might be interested.
3 posted on
02/16/2013 9:55:13 AM PST by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
****After all we all know how many lives have been taken by ‘military’ assault shovels. /sarc ****
I was taught in survival school (USAF) that the small shovel was a better weapon for close encounters than an axe.
I’ve read that the shovel was also a better arm for use in trench warfare if the enemy gets in your trench.
If you watch the old ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT you will see them defend an invasion of the trench with shovels.
4 posted on
02/16/2013 9:56:59 AM PST by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
( Too old to cut the mustard any more.)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
"After all we all know how many lives have been taken by 'military' assault shovels. /sarc"
The military shovel (Entrenching Tool) makes an excellent weapon if you know how to use it.
The Russian Spetznaz use one that comes with sharpened edges and point for hacking and throwing.
5 posted on
02/16/2013 9:58:57 AM PST by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
The shovel was brought into the school from a car in the parking lot, by an eighth-grade student at the request of his teacher. Neither are being criminally charged...What the Hell is wrong with the principal, the PD, and the DA up there? Why aren't they being charged? It's a very serious allegation, carrying a "military-style" folding shovel. Who knows how this could have ended if they weren't caught. Book 'em, Danno!
To: Idaho_Cowboy
In there defense it probable was painted a camouflage green.
Camoflage makes anything look scary.
8 posted on
02/16/2013 10:20:50 AM PST by
ThomasThomas
(Normal isn't normal anymore.)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
This is beyond stupid. A folding shovel?!!
I’m grateful this didn’t happen in LA. Some students may have been shot.
To: Idaho_Cowboy
This is nothing to joke about.
It was a semi-automatic assault shovel with a folding stock, er, handle.
It could be easily reloaded simply by pushing it into the ground.
We need to pass a law making schools “Shovel-Free Zones”.
That’ll fix the problem.
14 posted on
02/16/2013 11:00:35 AM PST by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
” Neither are being criminally charged”
Kind of them for not ruining the lives of innocent people.
Overreacting is as stupid as underreacting.
The media loves to promote anxiety. They live for it.
To: Idaho_Cowboy; All
Why isn’t the press reporting if the kid took a drink of water while carrying the assault shovel? That should at least double his prison term.
To: Idaho_Cowboy
Since the same nitwit school administrators who cannot tell the difference between an entrenching tool and an assault rifle are also designing these "lock down" policies, it causes me to wonder about how effective these lock downs really are in protecting students. From what reports I have seen about the Sandy Hook school shootings the shooter may have shot his way through a locked glass door to gain entry to the school. If that were the case there should have been time to initiate an emergency lock down and call 911. The lock down at Sandy Hook obviously failed as the shooter was able to gain access to classrooms.
Perhaps it would be better if law enforcement and security professionals were designing the school security and lock down policies rather than school bureaucrats and that these policies be realistically tested.
To: Idaho_Cowboy
At least the kid had his homework assignment shovel ready.
19 posted on
02/16/2013 12:54:48 PM PST by
bgill
To: Idaho_Cowboy
The costs of this fiasco/snafu should be tabulated and presented to the genius that called in the hoax. Demand full repayment
21 posted on
02/16/2013 3:24:45 PM PST by
Bravo six
(Bravo six)
To: Idaho_Cowboy
By the time you load a building full of seemingly-mature chicks purporting to “teach” young skulls full of mush and put yet another chick in charge, crap is bound to happen
22 posted on
02/16/2013 4:38:02 PM PST by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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