Overreaction Once Again
- A 12-year-old Harvard boy was taken into custody Wednesday morning after he was identified as the student who left one spent shell casing on a school bus and two more on the floor in a boy's bathroom at Harvard Junior High School, according to Harvard police.
The incident in Harvard Community School District 50 in the far northwest agricultural community is not related to a shell casing found by custodians in the cafeteria Monday morning at Crosby Elementary School, school officials said.
"The youth reportedly brought three .30 cal. spent shell casings to school to show friends," according to a press release by the Harvard Police Department. "The youth subsequently realized the consequences of his actions after losing one on the school bus, so he discarded the other two shell casings at school."
Spent brass. Not a whit of explosives contained within. Not a gun in sight that would even have been used. Collected from an exhibition, maybe a firearms exhibition. And what do little boys take from such demonstrations? Souvenirs. Something to remember an event by.
And the words used by the media to describe this? Scare tactics in the extreme:
- Harvard Police responded to Crosby Elementary School, at 401 Herley Dr. and the Harvard Junior High School, 1301 N. Garfield Road, when they learned ammunition was found at the junior high school and on a bus located at Crosby.
School staff discovered the ammunition at about 8:30 a.m. in a boy's washroom at the junior high school and the ammunition on the bus was located by the driver around the same time, according to police. The bus had carried the boy to the junior high then parked at Crosby, officials explained.
During a thorough inspection, officials said, all district schools were on lock down.
Police, school staff and administration conducted an extensive search that included all lockers. School officials said all students were kept in their classrooms where they remained until the threat of any danger was dispelled.
Threat from what? No primer, no powder, no projectile. And describing the spent brass as "ammunition," not once or twice, but three times? The anti-gun crowd isn't going to waste a moment making this into a giant scare tactic. And the 12-year-old? Just a victim of the liberal propaganda machine run amok.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
31 Comments:
If libtards would only learn just the basics about firearms, they wouldn't sound as stupid as they do.
They were probably brass shell casings from an ASSAULT RIFLE!
Yikes, those things must all be turned in and outlawed!
Sad day for Rahm and Gary?
We've seen in the press today that the Police Chief of Philly has been invited to sit on Joe Biden's gun violence committee. He's on his way rushing to Washington right now.
No-one from the "World-Class" Sanctuary City homicide capital of the midwest Chicago attending?
They must feel like jilted wall flowers at the high school dance downtown at the tower of bullshit.
Maybe Rahm can get on the horn, throw a hissy fit, use a flurry of cuss words and do some dancing so Gary can get to go as an afterthought.
Don't forget to bring the Compstat charts and Pilgrim speaches.
I took the time to sit with my kids and explain what happens in CT and the reasons it probably happened. I was pretty pleased that they were aware that it is not the guns fault...it is the wackos that do the shootings for no reason. I'm sure a lot of conversations went the same way at homes everywhere.
The Madness has just begun
The kid knew better. After what just happend, his dad should remove a layer of skin from his behind.
But, that would be child abuse in todays society. So, he will be expelled, given a criminal history and put on prozac.
What have we become ?
Hey, don't go blaming bullshit bureaucrats and bullshit "journalism" on the "anti-gun crowd".
Empty brass will get you arrested in some states. Always thought this was stupid since it had no potential to harm anyone.
The kid knew better. After what just happend, his dad should remove a layer of skin from his behind.
But, that would be child abuse in todays society. So, he will be expelled, given a criminal history and put on prozac.
What have we become ?
12/20/2012 03:18:00 AM
1. what, exactly, did the kid '...know better.'?
2. why should, according to your wisdom, the dad '...remove a layer of skin from his behind.'?
3. why will the kid '...be expelled, given a criminal history and (be) put on prozac.'?
4. what have you become? (this is not a trick question.)
Guns don't kill people
Chuck Norris kills people
Forty + years ago I was in my high school archery club. Rode the CTA to and from school carrying my bow and one dozen arrows, stored them in my locker during school. Never had a problem either on the bus or at school. Can you imagine if a kid did that today?
Overreaction is an understaement.
Mary Mitchell wrote an article saying she's buying a gun. Article date, Tuesday, 18 Dec 2012. Will wonders never cease? Too bad a liberal has to get about 40 before they realize that a firearm can be used for protection.
From henceforth, the school will send someone to your home to inspect what you intend to bring for show and tell to insure that it will not pose a threat to life or limb, or state of mind.
It's time for the country to take a step back, it's written into the CONSTITUTION we have the right to defend ourselves. If they start messing with one amendment they won't stop there .This democrapic group of dimwits wants to throw out the entire CONSTITUTION claiming it's too old.They cannot be allowed to get away with changing anything,they have shown time and time again they are incapable of runnig this country.
Yeap, they pulled out there secret decoder ring and said "holy shit the sky is falling"
Never let a catastrophy go by without sneeking your personal bullshit in when nobody's looking.
oh but there WAS danger from the spent casings - he could have thrown them at someone and someone could have lost an eye!
No one stopped to ask: "If this brass is an indication of a loaded gun, why didn't we hear the shots?"
I am a working street cop with 20+ years on the job. Put me on Biden's task force. Having worked primarily in ghetto districts and citywide units I would like to tell him my opinion of his guns laws, nuts, concealed carry, etc.
"...describing the spent brass as "ammunition," not once or twice, but three times?"
Three thousand times.
Yesterday, WBBM Radio's senescent Sherman Kaplan used the term "automatic weapons" at least twice. The program was the Noon Business Hour, the subject was which firearms manufacturers might be good investments.
Did our "never let a crisis go to waste" Mayor, Rahm "It Will Come From The Other Side Of The Ledger" Emanuel, make a profitable personal move on the rising stars of Ruger, S&W, Remington, et al?
"If [anti-gunners} would only learn just the basics about firearms, they wouldn't sound as stupid as they do."
12/20/2012 12:39:00 AM
It's intentional.
Many years ago one of their number wrote along the lines of "We can continue to exploit the public's confusion between semi-automatic and automatic fireams."
"Hey, don't go blaming bullshit bureaucrats and bullshit "journalism" on the "anti-gun crowd"."
12/20/2012 03:51:00 AM
You mean there's a difference?
I'd never noticed.
The shelves in the gun section of the local sporting goods stores look like those pictures that you use to see of the grocery stores showing the shortages of food in Russia.
Long isles of shelves with one loaf of bread on them.
Man WTH?
Makes me think about Pilgrim McBanThoseGuns bragging about the last gun turn-in program where they collected 5,500 guns, a large number of them broken and rusted out.
Oh it was a big success eh?
Well Guess what?
Illinois, over the last five days has performed more than double the number of firearm background checks, over 12,500.
Kinda makes that turn in program number of 5,500 look pale by comparison don't it?
I was reading on some of the social media sites today about long lines of 50 people waiting for gun shops to open and people talking about how it looks like a black Friday sale going on inside them. I thought yeah, it's probably hype.
Although now the FBI background check numbers are rolling in for various states backing them up and I tend to believe it's all true.
Talk about the unintended consequences of your actions! Getting guns off the streets?
Ahhh no, people that once had no interest in guns are stocking up. AR-15's gone. Large magazines gone. .223 ammo gone along with many other common cal. ammo.
AR 15's selling with about a 50% premium in price too which I would imagine makes them as hot as an Apple Iphone on the black market.
Gun safety and training classes full and backed up for weeks.
With all the gun ban hype and mob hysteria they created congratulations to: McSpentShellStucktoMyShoes... and a huge shout out to Rahm, Gov Quinn, Anita, the Magigan's, and right up the chain to the prez for creating the best market for guns OF ALL TIMES. OF ALL TIMES!!
The AR-15, with large magazines are the hot seller across the country along with pallets of .223 ammo.
Mark my words. We'll be seeing assault weapons and the large magazines coming across the border with Mexico when the ban is put into place.
The drug cartels will have found themselves a new revenue stream to profit from. If you want it here it is come and get it.
From crack cocaine to heroin, to weed, to firearms.
Are we going to lock down the border? Nope! Doubt it. We won't even get another "...it would be silly to try and do anything about it now, the H1N1 Mexico flu virus is here and that would be like trying to lock the barn door after the horses got out" speech.
Violence committees?
Isn't it all just theater put on by the politicians that are in fear of losing their place on the social-economic pyramid? Busy work. Make it look like you're doing something when it's really nothing effective. I think so.
Don't forget to take your coat off and roll up those sleeves at the photo op's boys. It gives the impression that you are working really, really hard for your constituents
I realize kids love their souvenirs and thats great but the sad fact is that nowdays we live in a society where its just not gonna be acceptable to show and tell those things anymore.
Some goof could have been sending a symbolic message of some sort.
What happens after a weapon is fired, at least with a semi-auto?
That's right, a spent shell casing falls to the ground. In the end, it was much ado about nothing, but until they determined how that brass wound up there, they had to take it seriously.
At the same time, referring to the shell casing as ammunition was just plain stupid.
Early eighties I went to high school in southern Indiana. For a full week in agriculture class we had hunter safety training. I was 14 at the time. Conservation officer gave the class and he would bring a dozen or so rifles and shotguns to teach about various actions, safe handling, etc. Parking lot was full of pickup trucks, all had gun racks most with guns. They would be unlocked with the windows rolled down. Never any problems. Kids never played with guns. They were raised around firearms and taught right from wrong.
Mary Mitchell wrote an article saying she's buying a gun. Article date, Tuesday, 18 Dec 2012. Will wonders never cease? Too bad a liberal has to get about 40 before they realize that a firearm can be used for protection.
Is this the "same" Mary Mitchell who moved from Maywood? :)
Forty + years ago I was in my high school archery club. Rode the CTA to and from school carrying my bow and one dozen arrows, stored them in my locker during school. Never had a problem either on the bus or at school. Can you imagine if a kid did that today?
Curiously, do high school archery clubs exist today?
Yes, I can imagine the consequences if a kid did that today, with regards to schools' no tolerance policy.
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Anonymous said...
Guns don't kill people
Chuck Norris kills people
12/20/2012 06:06:00 AM
Didn't Chuck Norris star in the movie, "Code of Silence"?
Waaaaaahhhh, waaaahhhhhh, waaaahhhhh. Bwhahahahahahahah! You losin' suckah. And it's great to see how much it chafes yer chaps.
"The shelves in the gun section of the local sporting goods stores look like those pictures that you use to see of the grocery stores showing the shortages of food in Russia."
12/20/2012 03:00:00 PM
Oh, the "local stores" that you patronize and are familiar with?
"I was reading on some of the social media sites today about long lines of 50 people waiting for gun shops to open..."
Ah.
I realize kids love their souvenirs and thats great but the sad fact is that nowdays we live in a society where its just not gonna be acceptable to show and tell those things anymore.
12/20/2012 03:33:00 PM
not acceptable by whom?
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