It makes me angry to admit this is the town I live in and worked in this high school for 2 years.
This is the southern part of New Jersey that is known for it's great hunting and fishing spots. Our town sits between the Barnegat Bay and a 1 million acre Pineland protected forest. It is a Republican dominated county. During opening day of deer season, you can see how many students are not in school and out hunting.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/l...allowed-return-class


LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Lacey Township School District's suspension of two high school students because they posted pictures of themselves online posing with guns at a private rifle range violates both the First and Second Amendments, says the attorney representing a New Jersey gun organization association.
Suspending the two boys because they posted the picture - which was taken off school grounds and unrelated to school activities on Snapchat - was a "very serious violation" of their rights, said attorney Daniel L. Schmutter.
And the organization - the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs - is prepared to sue the district if the suspensions are not rescinded and the district apologizes to the students and their families, he said in a recent letter to Superintendent Craig Wigley and Principal Gregory Brandis.
"We hope they will do the right thing," Schmutter said.
The boys have been in school this past week, but have not been allowed in class. They are both straight-A students who take some advanced placement courses, he said.

"These are top-quality kids," Schumuter said. "It's astonishing what they have done to these kids."
The Lacey school district follows the Safe Schools Initiative, the Zero Tolerance for Guns Act and the district's own zero-tolerance policy for any students who have weapons in their possession, on or off school grounds.
The possible penalties include long-term suspension, evaluation by the high school Child Study Team and possibly a recommendation to the Board of Education for an one-year suspension, the letter states.
When asked about recent reports on Facebook about the students' suspension, Superintendent Craig Wigley said social media reports were untrue and that he didn't comment on student matter

Facebook Snapchat is de debil.

That's quite infuriating. I hope those kids own those commies in court.

WTF. What right does a school have to dictate what you do off school property?

I hope they pay dearly. ASSWIPES!!!

Here in good old WNY (well better than the southern end) Our school still has a trap club

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/anjr...r_to_Lacey_Schoo.PDF

Very good. How did you find the letter? I was only able to find a source today of what I had heard about a week ago. Thanks for the information.

^^^^ Time to make these commies pay.

Please someone, do me a big favor and lock me and the super in a room for 5-10 minutes!

Please?

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Originally posted by wreckdiver:
WTF. What right does a school have to dictate what you do off school property?

I hope they pay dearly. ASSWIPES!!!

Here in good old WNY (well better than the southern end) Our school still has a trap club

Sportsmens Club on Killian Rd, Tonawanda?

NJ Gun Clubs Threaten Lawsuit Over Lacy Township Students’ Gun Range Photos

Ammoland Inc. Posted on March 15, 2018 by Ammoland
Right to keep and bear arms
Two students at Lacey Township High-school, NJ were suspended for posting a picture of themselves shooting guns at a private gun range with the caption “fun day at the range”.
Lacey Township NJ – -(Ammoland.com)- Two students at Lacey Township High-school, NJ were suspended for posting a picture of themselves shooting guns at a private gun range with the caption “fun day at the range“. The school's zero tolerance policy says that students cannot be in possession of weapons at any time, whether on or off campus.

Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs today demanded in a lawyer letter that the Lacey Township School District immediately rescind disciplinary actions taken against several students for posting social media photos of themselves near firearms at a target range.

Lacy NJ High School Students Suspended over Gun Range Photos
Lacy NJ High School Students Suspended over Gun Range Photos
Lacey Township School Student Handbook
Lacey Township School Student Handbook
The student handbook in that district provides that students are subject to suspension if they are “reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose WHETHER ON OR OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS during the academic year.”

Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs attorney Dan Schmutter penned the lawyer letter, which also demands that the school district rescind its unconstitutional policy, clear the records of the students disciplined, and apologize to the students and their families.

ANJRPC Demand Letter to Lacey NJ Schools Regarding Suspension Of Students with Range Photos.


“Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs is prepared to sue if the school district refuses to do the right thing,” said ANJRPC Executive Director Scott Bach. “Schools do not have the authority to chill the First or Second Amendment rights of their students off of school grounds, and this blatant infringement of constitutional rights will not be tolerated.”

The Lacey Township School District did not reply to our request for comments.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/...udents-range-photos/

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Originally posted by arfmel:
Facebook Snapchat is de debil.

No, they're not. And these kids posting their enjoyment of the shooting sports is a Good Thing.

You can ignore the current trends in social media if you like. Whine about them and denigrate them to your heart's content. That doesn't make them any the less omnipresent and influential.

Put another way: You can let them be dominated by the left's narrative, or you can use them to inform the world the left's narrative is not reality.

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... any student who is reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose whether on or off school grounds ....

So every kid who takes a cooking class should be suspended too!
NO KNIVES FOR YOU!

Some background. I know the name Lacey sounds a little funny, but here is where the name comes from.

The township was named for Revolutionary War brigadier general John Lacey, who developed Ferrago Forge in 1809.

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Originally posted by wreckdiver:
WTF. What right does a school have to dictate what you do off school property?

I hope they pay dearly. ASSWIPES!!!

Here in good old WNY (well better than the southern end) Our school still has a trap club

Maybe someone should also contact the ACLU? That could make for strange bedfellows..........

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Originally posted by wreckdiver:
WTF. What right does a school have to dictate what you do off school property?

I hope they pay dearly. ASSWIPES!!!

Here in good old WNY (well better than the southern end) Our school still has a trap club

When I was in high school, back in the early '50s, the school gave us a week off (with parental request) to go big game hunting! And it was not unusual to see long guns hung in the back window of pickup trucks, either!

Seriously, I too hope these kids end up with so much law suit money that they, or the next 5 generations of their kids never have to do a lick of work!

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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... any student who is reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose whether on or off school grounds ....

So every kid who takes a cooking class should be suspended too!
NO KNIVES FOR YOU!

I was Head Trustee at my church when we started a preschool. As I read federal and Florida laws, using knives anywhere on the property would be illegal unless specifically allowed by the school board. Stupid laws.

Their attorney is going to have some serious fun! How can a school system dictate it's students behavior off school property? Fucking Hilary "It takes a village" shit!

RMD

Would love to see Trump begin to get involved in crap like this. Send agents to the school and compel by force the reinstatement of the students.

Before I read the whole thing I was under the impression that they had skipped school to go to the range in which case I would have sided with the school. Nope... no such justification. These folks done stepped on their collective dicks.

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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... any student who is reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose whether on or off school grounds ....

So every kid who takes a cooking class should be suspended too!
NO KNIVES FOR YOU!

I was Head Trustee at my church when we started a preschool. As I read federal and Florida laws, using knives anywhere on the property would be illegal unless specifically allowed by the school board. Stupid laws.

What, no 'Home Ec' course (Home Economics) in FL schools? Of course, this class now titled using the more PC & less Sexist course description of FACS - 'Family And Consumer Science'.

Obviously not a Pre-School subject, but seriously...