Posted on 01/11/2006 10:58:18 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
OVID NY Two teenagers were charged Tuesday after allegedly having a rifle in the parking lot of South Seneca Central Junior/Senior High School at 7263 Main St.
District Superintendent Janie Nusser said a student came on campus with a rifle in her car to give it to the rifles owner who was another student. She said they made the transfer in the school parking lot in violation of board policy and state law.
I think when students saw the rifle, they were concerned and reported it to adults and we immediately called law enforcement, Nusser said.
I think what heightened peoples concerns was the student that was the owner of the gun had been involved in an argument with another student just prior to the transfer. At this time in the investigation, we do not see a connection between the two incidents.
Nusser said the incident happened at the end of the school day and reports of a lockdown are untrue.
Its an ongoing investigation, so for me to give you much information would be premature, she said.
Nusser would not name the students, but Seneca County sheriffs deputies charged Jeffrey R. Warne, 17, of 7904 Route 89, Interlaken, and Jessica L. Prindle-Ike, 16, of 8494 Mill St., Lodi, with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Deputies said the .22-caliber rifle was not pointed at anyone during the incident.
The teens were ticketed and are to appear Jan. 30 in Ovid Town Court.
Keep in mind that these two kids were lawfully in possession of the rifle.
Zero Tolerance = Zero Thought Required
Ovid, NY population under 3,000. Out in the hinterland.
Yes.
A "law" which was struck down by SCOTUS, then reenacted with a minor change of text under the Klinton regime.
It's still BUNK, an insult to the second amendment.
If taken literally it would be illegal to have a gun in your HOME if you lived too near a school.
Interesting...
first of all, the kids HAD TO HAVE known the rules. rules may be stupid, but they should be followed by minors if possible.
Too many things have happened when one kind brings a gun to school and starts shooting. It might be paranoid, but it's justified. Do the transfer off of school grounds.
Secondly, I know the kids shouldn't have been arrested. Sure the rules be the rules, and they broke them, but it wasn't a hostile situation.
Common sense is COMPLETELY lacking by ALL sides on this case.....
There are still several small bore clubs located at H.S. around the country, including one in Carson City, NV.
A question for you to chew on.
Nearly every day we hear about another child being grabbed up for nefarious purposes.
So, at what age does a person (Child) obtain the right to defend themselves against older and stronger assailants?
Is the age different for boys and girls?
What are they to be allowed, cell phone, knife, Kirpan, knitting needle, base-ball bat, gun?
Molesters and bangers are nothing new.
But when I was in school in the 60's no one cared that I carried a pocket knife, and for a while I started my day with a squirrel hunt, just across the street from my school.
I do not believe that "Kids" have really changed that much, they are still Homo-Sapiens, but I do think we get back the lack of trust we now give them in spades!
Yes. Believe it or not, there was a time when Americans could walk on a plane with a rifle, no questions asked. Of course, we're "freer" now.
Seems prudent to restrict firearms in some places
So get 70% of the people to agree with you, and change the 2nd amendment to the Constitution. Until then, the "Right to keep and bear arms is still the law of the land".
place that serves liquor comes to my mind
So if I want to eat at a restaurant other McDonalds, I should leave my weapon at home and risk becoming a defenseless victim? Screw that.
I've got no problem with school grounds being one of the "off-limits" places
I do. Teachers don't surrender their constitutional Rights, nor their Right to self-defense simply because of their vocational choice.
If this girl had common sense she would have done the exchange at one of their homes, or some more appropriate place.
Her only mistake was believing the propaganda about this being a "free country".
Only in Amerika
I don't want women getting raped. So you should get a doctor to cut it off for you. (Of course, I'm kidding, but the logic is the same)
There was a time in this country when it wasn't uncommon to see a "kid with a rifle" walking down the street.
Which law is that one? One of thousands of federal laws? One of the thousands of federal regulations? State law? County ordinance? City ordinance?
How is it that any of these edicts can trump the Bill of Rights, and how is it than any man or woman can be expected to know ALL of the edicts, and why is this even considered a "free country" anymore?
The "nutcases" are the ones that believe "no gun zones" can trump the Bill of Rights, and that the lives of two kids should be destroyed for violating some assclown's edict.
Get out of the corrupted cesspools called "cities", and visit the countryside sometime.
Lots of kids (aged 13 and up) are mature enough to carry (and shoot) firearms, drive trucks, and even fly planes. Many of them have even fought in wars throughout the history of our nation.
I've been a high school teacher for 17 years and an NRA certified Instructor for more time than that. I spent the last nine years in the inner city. This action by the students was at the very least, felony stupid.
Look, the kids know the score. The police officer at my school was jumped yesterday and beaten senseless, probably by an MS13 gang member. Introducing a firearm into an open and unsecured enviroment like that parking lot is a guaranteed recipe for trouble from every direction. They could just as easily gone around the block and out of sight.
I think a large degree of the notoriety is due to the number of murders committed and attempted. I do believe that the open, acceptable, politically correct vilification of males in our schools is contributing to these kinds of events. I was on a local college campus just before Christmas and found this book White Privilege (among others like it) on the shelves of the bookstore. Here is another book that makes males the target of politically correct bias.Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study
Let's face it, the vast majority of school, college, and university campuses in America are sexist and hateful against males.
It was the murdering that was illegal - the rest was just window-dressing.
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