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Ledyard (CT) Student Arrested for Claiming They Could Buy Gun: Principal
NBCConnecticut.com ^ | 215/2018 | N/A

Posted on 02/16/2018 7:59:33 PM PST by raybbr

A Ledyard student was arrested after he allegedly said he could buy a semi-automatic weapon, the principal told parents on Thursday.

Ledyard High School Principal Amanda Fagan said the specific purpose to reach out to parents was "to counter some false information that was posted today on a community forum on Facebook. That social media post indicated that a student at the high school had been arrested today for posting on the internet that he was going to shoot up the high school. That information, as presented is false."

On Thursday, a 17-year-old student allegedly said "I could buy an AR-15" during the first period at the high school, according to Fagan.

"In an abundance of caution, despite the fact that this student is a minor who cannot, in fact, legally purchase such a weapon, we made the decision to consult with the Ledyard police," Fagan said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; lunatics
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To: raybbr
But they arrested him. The parents should she this woman into bankruptcy.

To me the principal is not at fault here.

The police on the other hand should know better.

They should have told the principal that they can not arrest the kid for making non-specific threats.

Then the police should have councilled the kid in a private room that making such statements will bring him undesirable attention.

Then his parents should have been notified of his stupid behavior.

I would think that the police are at fault here and not the principal. Although the principal did act stupidly.

21 posted on 02/17/2018 4:45:47 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Pontiac

No, all are at fault. The principal called the police. The cops come to these things dying to make an arrest to show how important they are. There is no reason for this other than the egos of all involved.


22 posted on 02/17/2018 4:58:26 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: raybbr

Maybe if he said, “Any number of us could have purchased that sort of weapon”, they would have acted against the whole student body......


23 posted on 02/17/2018 5:06:29 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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To: raybbr; Pontiac

“All” is correct. As with many things, this is a both/and situation, and not either/or.


24 posted on 02/17/2018 6:09:05 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: raybbr

Major lawsuit coming.

It is a well-established fact that he could have easily gone into New York City, or any local ghetto and purchased a gun.

He did not say he could legally purchase the gun, nor was his true statement for a reasonable person to be in fear of imminent harm.

Big bucks settlement.


25 posted on 02/17/2018 6:10:35 AM PST by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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To: pepsionice

Extend that to the 16yo that is given an AR for his birthday. His parents, being conscientious, teach him responsibility and he only touches it for hunting and range.
He tells his school friends he received an AR for his birthday within the hearing of a teacher.
BAM! Parents are arrested.


26 posted on 02/17/2018 6:44:57 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Celerity
...and democrat / socialist / communist / progressive / marxist / maoist / Leninist...

You forgot LIBERAL!

27 posted on 02/17/2018 7:56:59 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Pollster1
“We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.” - Comrade Barack Hussein Obama

Whaddaya mean, "we"?

28 posted on 02/17/2018 7:59:06 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

I assume the petty tyrant means his fellow communists, those who hate America and who sell weapons illegally.


29 posted on 02/17/2018 8:53:58 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Ezekiel

Ledyard (CT) Student Arrested for Claiming They Could Buy Gun: Principal

Noun-pronoun agreement. Didn’t that used to be taught in what, first grade?

Not now. Remember that you can’t use “gender” anymore. No he/she (maybe transgender?)so it’s safer to use they.


30 posted on 02/17/2018 8:58:07 AM PST by Paperpusher
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