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« Hillary finally mentions guns | Main | Another "wrong house" raid »

High school team withdrawn from rifle competition

Posted by David Hardy · 12 April 2008 09:34 AM

Because it conflicts with school policy on guns.

"Like districts across the nation, Wake County bans deadly weapons from campuses and prohibits students from carrying them on school trips. But the decision to bar the East Wake team from the tournament extends that prohibition to students participating in an off-campus event sponsored by a state agency and supervised by adults certified in firearms safety.

That call pits school policy against state law that allows firearms education at schools. The decision also runs counter to the efforts of wildlife agencies, hunting organizations and gun groups to recruit youths to replenish the dwindling number of hunters. It also underscores the tension between the fear of school massacres and the traditions of rural Wake, where hunting is still common."

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Letalis Maximus, Esq. | April 12, 2008 10:28 AM | Reply

Lawsuit time. As we recently learned from California, state law trumps local law and policy.

Ken | April 12, 2008 12:46 PM | Reply

"At least one gun-control advocate agrees with the decision.

'The school and school board should have that right,' said Roxane Kolar, executive director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence. 'You have to assume a school knows what's best for their school.'"

Should I assume that Ms. Kolar would feel the same way if the school had decided to allow participation in the competition, or perhaps to expand the program? ;-)

Flighterdoc, MD | April 12, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply

Same thing happened to an olympic-level trap shooter in Arizona a year or so back. She was 'caught' with a few shotgun shells in her car, parked in the school lot, and suspended. Not sure how that turned out.

Psychotically afraid individuals should not be in positions of authority in schools.

Pierre | April 12, 2008 3:43 PM | Reply

This is so ridiculous. Apparently guns=bad now its "post-columbine" (whatever the fuck that means)

When i was in middle school we could bring our rifles to school for gun-deer opener, and all the hunters got a half-day.

This was in wisconsin in the early 90's. Not that long ago.

W. W Woodward | April 12, 2008 6:33 PM | Reply

"The school and school board should have that right," said Roxane Kolar, executive director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence. "You have to assume a school knows what's best for their school."

One wonders how many of East Wake's students and former students are living with pain associated with playing high school football as compared with those injured in shooting sports.

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