Can you say Stupid is as stupid does? I knew ya could! 😀
Here we go again. In yet another case of over reactive, one-size-fits-all, “zero-tolerance,” zero-common sense enforcement, Marie Morrow, an honors student and drill-team commander in the Young Marines, was recently expelled from school. Her crime? She left three rifle-shaped drill team props in the back of her car at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colo. Colorado law mandates expulsion for any student found with a “dangerous weapon” on school grounds, which includes “a firearm facsimile that could reasonably be mistaken for an actual firearm.”
The non-operative rifle props are used during drill routines, where the facsimiles are spun and tossed. The props are made of wood and plastic, are heavily duct-taped and, of course, cannot function and were never intended to. Morrow had brought them to school because she was preparing for a competition at the Air Force Academy in April and planned to attend a practice right after school.
update: I saw on the news that she has been allowed to return to school. Still, the expulsion, based upon total bullshit, could have an effect later in her life for security clearances.
Tags: Cherry Creek School District, Law, News, Politics of fear, security clearances, zero tolerance
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February 16, 2009 at 10:32
Gosh, and I thought they only did this kind of thing to butter knife wielding eight-year-olds. Glad they reversed themselves and I hope it was because of public outcry.
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February 16, 2009 at 15:54
I wonder what kind of ROTC troops they are turning out??
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February 16, 2009 at 18:13
Let this be a lesson to all people out there–never bring things to school that are obviously not dangerous but look dangerous to those who just get a quick glance of it.
(sarcasm)
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