Yes, thank you for explaining that to Freepers that do not understand the difference. 
Posted on 09/22/2014 1:56:59 PM PDT by KeyLargo
Education School tells Missouri boy his 9/11 souvenir violates school weapons policy
A souvenir shell casing handed out by veterans at a 9/11 ceremony landed a seven-year-old Missouri boy in hot water when he took the keepsake to school.
Sherry Falke said her son, Zane, forgot he had the souvenir in his pocket when he showed up for class on Tuesday, Fox4KC.com reported. The boy was given the souvenir at a Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Carrollton, Mo.
"He felt it in his pocket, and he took it out and was showing some of his friends at school," Falke told the station.
"The principal proceeded to reprimand him as though he were bringing live ammunition to school," she said. "I understand that's in the policy, in the handbook, that they can’t bring guns to school. I fully support that, but it's an empty blank casing."
Falke said her son's teacher seized the shell casing and took him to the principal’s office. She claims they Zane he could be suspended from school for 10 days, but instead gave him a silent lunch where he sat by himself and missed two recesses.
Flog a teacher a day,
to keep ‘silly’ away.
“Off with his head!” (Oh, I meant the teacher!)
Then maybe the "school" ought to educate themselves...instead of going into some knee jerk convulsions.
If they did, then maybe they wouldn't have wet themselves over a blank that was already "fired".
And it's not "potentially dangerous"...unless it were to be thrown at someone...like the principal for being such a panty waisted idiot.
One other thing, my "kid" has plenty of expended cartridges from the many types of firearms he's shot for the first time. Shotgun, rifle, pistol, even a hat shot with a black powder rifle.
Oh, welcome to FR...
Yes, thank you for explaining that to Freepers that do not understand the difference.
My son was reprimanded in elementary school for bringing casings from my father in law’s burial. He didn’t attend, think he was like 10 or so, but he brought a couple casings to school. The principal called mom and gave him a stern warning — same bs.
This was our 10 years ago. I want my country back.
I believe it is common at a military funeral, and the spent casings are meant to signify that the deceased was buried with military honors...almost as ‘proof’...as if the casing were actually one of the rounds that went through a rifle that day. But since we use blanks stateside, we had to sneak in substitutes.
Bringing an American flag to school these days practically constitutes an act of terrorism! OTOH, a Mexican flag would be perfectly OK! /extreme sarcasm off
" Zane forgot he left the shell casing in his pocket, a souvenir he received at the 9/11 ceremony from the VFW in Carrollton, given to him and his Cub Scout group." 
Had someone stuck a new primer in their you would have a point. As this was a souvenire spent caseing I can't imagine that was the case. Without a primer what potential danger do you see?
I believe it is common at a military funeral, and the spent casings are meant to signify that the deceased was buried with military honors...almost as ‘proof’...as if the casing were actually one of the rounds that went through a rifle that day. But since we use blanks stateside, we had to sneak in substitutes.
No we did not tell the widow or parent. This was peacetime, and I was stationed at Fort Riley. So, if anyone on active duty in the military who was originally from Kansas died...or any retiree/combat veteran in Kansas died, we would be assigned to the funeral. We would travel to some remote corner of Kansas, set up at the cemetery and rehearse a few times, and wait for the funeral procession to arrive. It would arrive, we would very formally do the pall bearer routine, flag folding, bugle call (I’m sad to say with a guy faking it while a hidden tape player played), and presentation of the flag - with a memorized script recited to the wife/parent. Then when the clergy finished the burial ceremony, we would get in formation and walk away to our van.
Very little contact/conversation with the family. Just in and out. I could tell that some of the locals were often confused as to where in the heck uniformed soldiers came from. It was an additional duty to us....almost a sh@t detail. Soldiers really don’t have to wear the dress uniform that often, so being on funeral detail meant you had to press and shine a lot of stuff. But I could tell the families really appreciated it. It was always WWII veterans, and many of the families had long forgotten ever seeing their loved one in uniform - so it was special to them to have us there.
“I’m sorry, did you mistake this forum for the Pantywaisted Gun-Haters Forum? “
No, I mistook it for a forum where I didn’t have to agree with the status quo and could exercise my 1st Amendment rights.
My mistake.
PS — I own three guns and my grandfather was a veteran of both World Wars, sharpshooter in the first one, taught me to handle guns.
And since everybody seems so interested, I wear flameproof size XL Jockey twist proof y-fronts.
“Had someone stuck a new primer in their you would have a point. As this was a souvenire spent caseing I can’t imagine that was the case. Without a primer what potential danger do you see?”
Put yourself in the school’s place: they probably weren’t gun experts and had know way of knowing that, or any of the other detailed information provided here. They only saw a seven year old with ammunition of unknown pedigree or origin (as stated in one image).
In an age of school violence and parental stupidity, they did the right thing by enforcing their own written policy.
It IS an empty brass tube! Why does it matter how it was emptied? You surely don’t believe the BS that you spewed here?
You are arguing that the lowest level of knowledge and intelligence should set the rules of conduct for us all. Very Progressive!
Are you kidding? They are obsolete now, since we have those fancy pull-rings on all of the cans now LOL. (Klemper’s mouth is agape, as he watches his fancy pull-ring fail and snap off of his can of Spam)
Honestly, I remember having teachers who had large casings made into memorabilia, displayed on their desks. They used to be a fairly common chotski. Lots of kids had them on a necklace chain too....complete with a bullet.
I understand the world has changed though.
A co-worker used to have a few chotski casings in his cube, along with a live .45-70 round. I told him that HR would freak out on him one day, and he should remove it. Eventually he took my advice (right after Sandy Hook when people were going bonkers).
So I can see how, in our current world, the casing could cause a minor panic. But even though I have grown to expect that as a predictable response, I don’t agree that it is a correct response. It is just part of a growing wave of fanatical anti-gun hysteria, and I would caution against buying into it. If you take a step back, it really is just a hunk of metal. Unless the kid whips a reloading kit out of his pocket, he’s not going to do much with the casing, other than show it to the other kids.
All the teacher saw was a 7 yr old with a bullet. That teacher probably wasn’t a firearms expert, and certainly didn’t know the origin, status, or provenance of the “empty brass tube”.
But they were responsible for enforcing a school policy meant to protect the safety and well-being of the other students.
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