Student admits having bullets (Massachusetts anti-gun hysteria lesson)

Worcester (MA) Telegram and Gazette ^ | 11/23/06 | Fortier

[DJ Taylor]

As this is happening to an American boy in Massachusetts, somewhere in the Middle East there is a boy attending an Islamic Madrassa, and things are much different in his school. At least once a week, this Muslim boy is taken to his school’s rifle range, is taught how to load and fire his rifle. Target silhouettes of American soldiers are put up for this boy to fire at, and he is graded on his marksmanship.

In all likelihood, in years to come, these two boys will meet as grown men and soldiers on the battlefield. Which one of these to soldiers do you think will be the better prepared to survive this meeting?

[Inyo-Mono]

Geez, in the 80's when I was in school I took:

A De-milled .50 cal cartridge.

A Live 20mm cartridge.

A De-milled Handgranade.

And various small arms cartridges from time to time.

And in 1965 a friend of mine got an "A" for the muzzleloading black powder handgun he made in shop class.

[Parmy]

OH, My GOD!! The horror of it.

[Still Thinking]

Ms. Skrzyniarz, as if having a completely unpronounceable name were not bad enough, you are also a full-fledged barking moonbat numbskull. But, as a good liberal, you can always blame "the system" for that;)

Probably went to public school.

[ElkGroveDan]

The school lock-down was the icing on the cake. I wonder how many adults wet themselves during this reign of terror.

[Robwin]

"“Since he has no criminal record, I would not expect the court to be too heavy-handed,” Chief Sluckis said."

The People's Republic of Massachusetts, ever so merciful.

[o_zarkman44]

Almost the same hysterical uproar as the discovery of a 22 caliber bullet in the entry way of a store in the UK.

Who are in control of Mass. politics?

Democrats.

Is this their plan for the rest of America?

Absolutely yes!

[Felis_irritable]

Lexington and Concord were a looooong time ago...

[John Jorsett]

Note to terrorists: to paralyze the state of Massachusetts, scatter a few .22 caliber rounds in various locations like schools, hospitals, libraries, stadiums and government buildings. Wait for the furor to die down from one incident then repeat.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Ms. Skrzyniarz would have been horrified to have seen what we brought to school in the '50s and '60s.

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And she would have been safer on campus, as well....

[ga medic]

“If we didn’t take any action we would have been negligent,” Chief Sluckis said.

This statement is 100% true. Had someone been shot, after bullets were found, everyone would be screaming that the officials didn't search the school.

Given the school shootings lately, I would expect officials to search the school in this situation. I don't think this qualifies as hysteria. They put the school in lockdown, and searched it. To me it seems a reasonable approach.

[Chewie84]

Well, to the best of my knowledge, it's always been illegal to bring weapons to school, and if I remember my old high school Student Handbook, bullets were among the items specifically listed as weapons (Amazingly, firearms were listed pretty low on the list).

[happinesswithoutpeace]

See post 29.

[cripplecreek]

Well, to the best of my knowledge, it's always been illegal to bring weapons to school

Wehad a set of rules about how they must be carried if we brought guns to school and that was in the early 80s.

[cryptical]

In all likelihood, in years to come, these two boys will meet as grown men and soldiers on the battlefield. Which one of these to soldiers do you think will be the better prepared to survive this meeting?

The one that can call in an air strike :)

[Gideon Reader]

OK. I'll do it.
Skin-nears. That should do it.

[crazyhorse691]

So with such draconian anti gun measures in place Mass. must have no gun related crime at all(except by those hicks coming up from Dixie).

[Gritty]

in the 80's when I was in school I took:...

In the '50s we could bring hunting rifles to school during the deer season so we wouldn't have to go all the back way home to get them after school. Nobody batted an eye as they were kept safely in the coat closets at the back of the classrooms until after school, and the teachers knew they were there.

Of course, this was New York, not Massachusetts, so maybe things were different there? But, somehow, I doubt it.

It's been quite a down hill spiral in the Blue States, hasn't it? And it's not much better in the Red ones. This has gone from a free country to a totally paranoid one where kids have to wear bicycle helmets to ride tricycles and are raised scared to death of their own shadows.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

...to face two charges of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card.

WTF?!!

[kerryusama04]

Post 6 before the anal freeper comment. You guys are slipping.