Say Anything Blog

Another story of idiocy in the wake of Columbine. Michael Moore went Bowling to make sure that kids like this end up with permanent spots on their record.  Welcome to the UK, Canada, or Mexico, at least if you are a high school student:

The father of an accomplished Willow Canyon High School skeet shooter has filed a formal complaint with the Dysart Unified School District regarding his daughter’s suspension for mistakenly leaving shotgun shells in her car…


Kim Peters, a competitive shooter who attended a Junior Olympic camp for her sport, was suspended for four days after a school security guard found two boxes of shotgun shells in the back seat of her vehicle. There was no gun.

Kim’s father, Tony Peters, said he proved that his daughter regularly uses the shells for sport and never intended to hurt anyone. He said that he does not want the school’s charge, possession of a “dangerous instrument,” to mar his daughter’s permanent record as she applies to colleges.

The elder Peters appealed the disciplinary action and asked that the charge be removed from his daughter’s permanent record.

As grounds for his argument, he cites a 2007 federal education statute that excludes shotguns and shotgun shells from being categorized as a “destructive device,” as they are primarily used for sport…

She said her 12-hours-a-week practice schedule got so hectic that she forgot to remove the ammunition from her vehicle, and she failed to notice it as she was running late for school Tuesday morning.

I think she is a gang banger.  We want this girl out of the school because she poses a risk to the other students.  I believe that is what zero tolerance was about.  Not about destroying the lives of honors students that simply choose to participate in a sport that involves guns.  Does Zero Tolerance really mean that there is zero difference between a gang banger bringing their “9” to school and a girl leaving a box of shells in her car after a competitive shooting event?