Teen Arrested For Wearing NRA T-Shirt

[Allanea]

So you're saying shooting paper targets is violent? Seriously?

[Salandriagado]

Sigh. Basic terminology 101: "Classroom" meaning "wherever the teachers/students are".

incorrect. A classroom is very different from 'wherever teachers and students are"

Not in context. If they're on a school trip, the teachers have precisely the same authority there as they do in a classroom (possibly plus a few extra bits and pieces to deal with safety and the likes). The same goes for pretty much anywhere else where they are the only adults around and are responsible for the safety of the children.

A brief glance at the article leads me to believe that this young man was arrested for being disruptive in school after being asked to remove his t-shirt, not for wearing an NRA t-shirt. Sorry, whining about Constitutional rights denied.

He was arrested! He wasn't given a detention or suspended by the school, he was charged with a crime!

No he wasn't.

[Personal Freedom]

Look guys, its not the shirt that matters. The gun of the shirt made it seem violent. He should have done as she said, then talk to the principal about it.

[Thoricia]

Look guys, its not the shirt that matters. The gun of the shirt made it seem violent. He should have done as she said, then talk to the principal about it.

A picture of a gun does not make something violent.

[Chernoslavia]

Please list them for me.

I'm sure you'll be able to perform mental gymnastics to get around the fact that shooting literally anything is violent by its very nature.

I'm not going to bother with it anymore, so feel free to prove the point. Literally nothing we say will ever convince them that there may be another side of this worthy of discussion.

Probably because every arguement your side makes against gun ownership is based on:

1. Constantly referring to specific types of firearms using non-existing categories, like referring to semi-automatic sporting rifles as "assault weapons".

2. Stereo-typing gun owners in general as tin foil hat wearing red necks.

3. Lie about a gunshow loophole.

4. Calling certain types of ammunition "cop killer bullets".

5. Making arbitrary statements like "nobody needs an ar-15" or "you don't need a 30 round clip"
( 10 rounds in Bloomberg's case). Well, then in that case lets ban exotic sports cars since nobody needs to travel over 180 mph.

6. Bringing the "then it should also be legal to own nukes" arguement and expect to win.

7. Ignoring the fact that gun sales skyrocketing sends a clear message that the majority doesn't want anymore "feel-good, do-nothing" gun laws.

8. Think that banning cosmetic features somehow will completely change how deadly the firearm is.

9. Ignoring the fact that getting fully automatic weapons have been tightly regulated since 1934.

Just some thoughts.

[Ifreann]

So you're saying shooting paper targets is violent? Seriously?

Do the paper targets not take damage from the impact of bullets(assuming one can hit them)?

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I'm not going to bother with it anymore, so feel free to prove the point. Literally nothing we say will ever convince them that there may be another side of this worthy of discussion.

Probably because every arguement your side makes against gun ownership...

Sorry, you must be lost. This thread isn't about gun ownership in any way, shape, or form.

[Grand Britannia]

So you're saying shooting paper targets is violent? Seriously?

I should stop throwing paper planes at people.

[Liden]

This is a clear violation of rights established in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and no matter how much this school disagrees with the shirt, they have no right to arrest someone for expressing their political views.

[Ifreann]

This is a clear violation of rights established in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and no matter how much this school disagrees with the shirt, they have no right to arrest someone for expressing their political views.

Shame no one was arrested for their political views, though, because now your outrage just makes you look silly.

[Neo Art]

This is a clear violation of rights established in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and no matter how much this school disagrees with the shirt, they have no right to arrest someone for expressing their political views.

Shame no one was arrested for their political views, though, because now your outrage just makes you look silly.

It's almost like the last 40 fucking pages never happened, isn't it?

[Liden]

This is a clear violation of rights established in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and no matter how much this school disagrees with the shirt, they have no right to arrest someone for expressing their political views.

Shame no one was arrested for their political views, though, because now your outrage just makes you look silly.

So, stating facts that are contrary to your positions is outrage? I am not outraged for the simple fact that there is no grounds to arrest this kid and he will be released soon, if he hasn't already.

[Uelvan]

I remember my school days, they used to make people remove or turn inside out clothing if they didn't like it, it was a fairly arbitrary dress code too, but they never once arrested anyone. If a kid refused to comply, they'd just let him go about his day, and give that brat his choice of detention of saturday school. This is way overstepping boundaries.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I remember my school days, they used to make people remove or turn inside out clothing if they didn't like it, it was a fairly arbitrary dress code too, but they never once arrested anyone. If a kid refused to comply, they'd just let him go about his day, and give that brat his choice of detention of saturday school. This is way overstepping boundaries.

I almost want to find a edgy t-shirt to find what happens now.

[Ifreann]

Shame no one was arrested for their political views, though, because now your outrage just makes you look silly.

It's almost like the last 40 fucking pages never happened, isn't it?

Pages one doesn't read and pages that never happened have about the same impact on one's position, I've found.

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Shame no one was arrested for their political views, though, because now your outrage just makes you look silly.

So, stating facts that are contrary to your positions is outrage?

Quibble over what to call it, persisting in this vein of posting without even the vaguest familiarity with the story or thread is not making you look good.

I am not outraged for the simple fact that there is no grounds to arrest this kid and he will be released soon, if he hasn't already.

See, things like this make you look really silly. It says in the article in the OP that the kid was released 30 minutes after being arrested. You obviously didn't read it. You obviously didn't read the thread. Yet here you are, posting about clear violations of First Amendment rights.

[Neo Art]

I remember my school days, they used to make people remove or turn inside out clothing if they didn't like it, it was a fairly arbitrary dress code too, but they never once arrested anyone. If a kid refused to comply, they'd just let him go about his day, and give that brat his choice of detention of saturday school. This is way overstepping boundaries.

I almost want to find a edgy t-shirt to find what happens now.

I....don't. But then again, I'm not a child, and have long since past the point in my life where being "edgy" in highschool was a thing.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I almost want to find a edgy t-shirt to find what happens now.

I....don't. But then again, I'm not a child, and have long since past the point in my life where being "edgy" in highschool was a thing.

I don't really want to be edgy, I just want to see peoples reactions to it. I like testing people.

[Uelvan]

I....don't. But then again, I'm not a child, and have long since past the point in my life where being "edgy" in highschool was a thing.

I don't really want to be edgy, I just want to see peoples reactions to it. I like testing people.

Isn't that the same thing as being edgy though?

[Liden]

I don't really want to be edgy, I just want to see peoples reactions to it. I like testing people.

Isn't that the same thing as being edgy though?

There isn't much distinction, no.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I don't really want to be edgy, I just want to see peoples reactions to it. I like testing people.

Isn't that the same thing as being edgy though?

I'm doing it to measure and understand modern cultural values in my community. It's purely scientific.

[Ifreann]

Isn't that the same thing as being edgy though?

I'm doing it to measure and understand modern cultural values in my community. It's purely scientific.

Science weeps.

[Farnhamia]

I'm doing it to measure and understand modern cultural values in my community. It's purely scientific.

Science weeps.

Sounds like sociology. That's not really science, so it's okay.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I'm doing it to measure and understand modern cultural values in my community. It's purely scientific.

Science weeps.

I'm getting some negative conations from that.

[Farnhamia]

Science weeps.

I'm getting some negative conations from that.

-2 for spelling.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I'm getting some negative conations from that.

-2 for spelling.

I spelled it wrong and that was the spelling suggestion.

[Farnhamia]

-2 for spelling.

I spelled it wrong and that was the spelling suggestion.

-1 for taking the suggestion. Say the word you meant out loud and you'll hear how it should be spelled. In fact, never mind. *summons Guards* Take him away.