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11 year old was in Zoom learning class. Somone took a screenshot of his broadcast because they saw BB gun in the background. The principal was informed and the police were called. They came to search the house.

In all fairness, it looked like a rather small armory on the wall. On the other hand, the school tried to say that "bringing a gun to a virtual class" was the same thing as bringing a gun to class.

Oh, well, we used to bring rifles and shotguns to school in our pickup trucks, and would go hunting when school let out. Of course, we never had a problem, and if we had one it would have been dealt with pretty quickly. I guess times have changed.

(06-12-2020 06:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  In all fairness, it looked like a rather small armory on the wall. On the other hand, the school tried to say that "bringing a gun to a virtual class" was the same thing as bringing a gun to class.

Oh, well, we used to bring rifles and shotguns to school in our pickup trucks, and would go hunting when school let out. Of course, we never had a problem, and if we had one it would have been dealt with pretty quickly. I guess times have changed.

2nd Amendment....? She was in her own home.

Quote:Courtney says she understands the safety concerns, but no one called her first before involving police.

What safety concerns? That they have weapons in their home? Or were they afraid the kid would shoot his virtual classmates?

BTW, that's called a video game.



And given all the flack about Elmer Fudd carrying a shotgun, I expect all violent content video games to be taken off the market -- or at least remove their violence.

Wait a sec, and that goes for hollywood, too. No more violent TV shows or movies.

At Virtual School...aka a personal residence.

Quote:“So, what are the parameters? Where are the lines drawn? If my son is sitting at the kitchen island next to a butcher block, does that constitute a weapon? It's not allowed at school, right? So, would my home then be searched because he's sitting next to a butcher block,” Courtney said. “I feel like parents need to be made aware of what the implications are, what the expectations are.”

Right?

Any teachers involved need to lose their jobs.

If they are too stupid or too gung-ho to be triggered to understand the distinctions between a public school building and a family’s kitchen table, they are too broken to work with kids.

(06-12-2020 06:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  In all fairness, it looked like a rather small armory on the wall. On the other hand, the school tried to say that "bringing a gun to a virtual class" was the same thing as bringing a gun to class.

Oh, well, we used to bring rifles and shotguns to school in our pickup trucks, and would go hunting when school let out. Of course, we never had a problem, and if we had one it would have been dealt with pretty quickly. I guess times have changed.

It was no secret that there was a small armory in the pickup trucks on the back row of my high school's parking lot, and this was in the 90's.

This, in the home, is beyond stupid. I hope the teacher gets fired.

(06-15-2020 11:06 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 06:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  In all fairness, it looked like a rather small armory on the wall. On the other hand, the school tried to say that "bringing a gun to a virtual class" was the same thing as bringing a gun to class.

Oh, well, we used to bring rifles and shotguns to school in our pickup trucks, and would go hunting when school let out. Of course, we never had a problem, and if we had one it would have been dealt with pretty quickly. I guess times have changed.

It was no secret that there was a small armory in the pickup trucks on the back row of my high school's parking lot, and this was in the 90's.

This, in the home, is beyond stupid. I hope the teacher gets fired.

Yep...this is a stupid thing all-around. Teacher is an idiot for taking it personally, student's shouldn't take a wall decoration as a threat, and maybe the student/student's parent shouldn't broadcast the 1 out of 4 walls in the room with guns hanging on it. Hell, I work at the University of Toledo, when I'm teaching classes digitally right now, I don't broadcast the bookshelf with my old football helmet from Cincinnati or my Michigan flags from my PhD time because it just isn't worth it to have the potential negative (albeit stupid) blowback to deal with.

A teacher taking a screenshot of the inside of a student’s home is so inexplicably abusive...they should be happy the kid is on the zoom call. About 80% of kids vanish and never participate since it’s voluntary.