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Colorado School Suspends 17-Year-Old After She Posted a Non-Threatening Gun Photo...
Reason ^ | October 24, 2019 | Noah Shepardson

Posted on 10/24/2019 12:09:33 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Colorado School Suspends 17-Year-Old After She Posted a Non-Threatening Gun Photo With Her Older Brother

She didn't break the law or threaten anybody, but her school still panicked.

A tongue-in-cheek post from a Colorado teen about a trip to a shooting range got her suspended from high school.

On Oct. 11, Endeavor Academy, a public school in Centennial, Colo., suspended 17-year-old senior Alexandria Keyes for five days after she posted a picture of herself and her older brother on the social media app Snapchat. The two are shown holding guns and the photo is captioned, "Me and my legal guardian are going to the gun range to practice gun safety and responsible gun ownership while getting better so we can protect ourselves while also using the First Amendment to practice our Second Amendment."

The picture in question depicts Alexandria and her older brother, an Army veteran, wearing shemaghs (scarves popular in Middle Eastern cultures that are also used by some members of the military) posing in front of a Confederate flag and flipping off the camera while holding guns. In a statement to The Gun Writer, Kelley Moyer, Alexandria's mother, said that the shemagh her daughter wore was a gift from her brother.

Alexandria tells Reason that she never anticipated being suspended for taking the picture.

"Guns are huge in my family, they're normal to us," Alexandria said. It was a big surprise to her and her mother when police showed up at their house to investigate her as a potential threat.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: banglist; colorado; education; guncontrol; guns; hysteria
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To: bk1000

Are they going to respond to all the inner city Blacks throwing up signs?


41 posted on 10/24/2019 1:10:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: All

Context.

If you have a jihadi site up the FBI should investigate - but only to determine if criminal (not first amendment) acts are being planned. If you have no such background and you post a photo as a joke - or with no other context - then it merits NOTHING.

As far as the school is concerned - they have no business getting involved until AFTER a law enforcement investigation.

And yes I would ‘feel’ the same way regardless. My ‘feelings’ are trumped by the Bill of Rights.


42 posted on 10/24/2019 1:10:31 PM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (The Eloi unexpectedly protected the Morlocks from rogue Eloi as they themselves prepared to be eaten)
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To: Amendment10
...I’m glad that the school responded...

This, on a Conservative Forum. SMFH

43 posted on 10/24/2019 1:14:32 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: TheZMan

Sober up.


44 posted on 10/24/2019 1:16:18 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: EEGator
You should change your tampon. I think you have toxic shock.

+1

45 posted on 10/24/2019 1:17:58 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: yesthatjallen

My guess is that the confederate flag in the background of the first pic was upsetting to some leftist.


46 posted on 10/24/2019 1:20:54 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: yesthatjallen

Sue!!!!


47 posted on 10/24/2019 1:25:38 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: yesthatjallen

FTA:

“Over the phone, Smith noted that since multiple parents kept their children home after becoming aware of the post, Keyes’ photo could be viewed as an impediment to the school’s ability to educate, even if the district didn’t ultimately make its decision based on the chances that Keyes posed a physical threat. “

So, if I chose to keep my children home because there were Muslims there (and they scare my children), can I get the Muslims suspended?


48 posted on 10/24/2019 1:26:16 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: EEGator

“Are they going to respond to all the inner city Blacks throwing up signs?”

While armed and masked? That would be a good start. Personally I have no problem with poser photos. I do have a problem when after the fact these photos are brought to light and everyone is in an uproar because nobody “did anything”. Lots of dumb kids out there, so yeah, look in to it. Five day suspension is a bit harsh.


49 posted on 10/24/2019 1:30:36 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Jewbacca

They will lock your ass up first. muslims like Antifa and others are a protected species.


50 posted on 10/24/2019 1:31:20 PM PDT by sport
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To: TheZMan

Second picture, no ear protection.


51 posted on 10/24/2019 1:34:20 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: bk1000

“Five day suspension is a bit harsh.”

Any punishment by the school is BS.
Not school hours, not school property, not a school related website. No crime committed.

But, I can say I’m a girl and whip it out in the Girl’s bathroom.

It might be deliberate or not, but libs are really poking the bear.


52 posted on 10/24/2019 1:35:04 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Ed Condon

One wouldn’t see ear plugs at that angle.


53 posted on 10/24/2019 1:35:53 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: golux

Crimes of omission, as well as commission.


55 posted on 10/24/2019 1:49:41 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: TheZMan

FB leads me to believe that she's into anime, as well.

56 posted on 10/24/2019 1:55:22 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: dragnet2

i believe they are suspended...


57 posted on 10/24/2019 2:05:10 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: RandallFlagg

Why?


58 posted on 10/24/2019 2:10:43 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: teeman8r

Show me an article/report of someone being suspended for flashing a gang sign at a public school.


59 posted on 10/24/2019 2:12:44 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Don Corleone

Actually, Centennial is part of the Denver/Boulder metroplex. The denver area is Kali-Commie heavy. Outside of there...it’s a whole different world.


60 posted on 10/24/2019 2:27:28 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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