Yet Another Reason To Home School

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I won’t shut up as long as bullshit like this continues to happen.  If I ever have kids, I’m going to raise them in some speck of a dot on a map in the middle of rural Nevada, Arizona, or Montana and I will home school them.  It would just be asking for trouble if I didn’t.

Here’s couple of excerpts from the Chico Enterprise Record which brought this subject up again:

Student expelled for having unloaded shotguns in truck

By RYAN OLSON – Staff Writer
Posted: 11/20/2009 12:09:32 AM PST

WILLOWS – The Willows Unified School District board of trustees has expelled a 16-year-old for having unloaded shotguns in his pickup parked just off the Willows High School campus.

The board voted 4-0 Thursday to expel junior Gary Tudesko after the weapons were discovered via scent-sniffing dogs on Oct. 26. Board Vice President Alex Parisio abstained from the discussion and vote because he is related to Tudesko’s family.

Expulsion hearings are normally held in closed sessions, but affected students and their parents can request a public hearing.

Susan Parisio defended her son during the 105-minute public hearing at Willows Civic Center. She acknowledged that Tudesko was lazy for not storing the shotguns at home after a morning of bird hunting, but she questioned the district’s ability to enforce its policies off Willows High School property.

“My son was not even parked on school property,” Parisio said.

Willows High Principal Mort Geivett and other district officials did not appear to dispute that the parking space was off school property, but they cited several justifications. One of them was the legal doctrine of in loco parentis — where school officials may act in place of a parent for school functions

Geivett said the Education Code requires the school pursue expulsion, when a student is in possession of a firearm, knife or explosive without written permission from the school. He said he was concerned for the safety of students and staff.

“Gary should’ve known better than to come to campus with guns in his truck,” Geivett said.

In addition, one of the shotguns in Tudesko’s pickup belonged to a friend who rode to school with Tudesko. Parisio asked why the school didn’t punish this student as well.

“Selective enforcement in of itself is wrong,” Parisio said.

Before the end of the session, Tudesko spoke briefly. He apologized for his actions and said he wanted to be on time for school. Tudesko said he believed it was all right to park on a public street with the unloaded weapons.

So let’s review.  This 16 year old kid and his friend are legally allowed to own these shotguns, to possess them, to transport them, and to use them for bird hunting.  They parked off the school grounds so as not to violate the school rules.  But the school decided that they’re able to expand the grounds of the school as far as they like as long as it fits their purpose.  They also don’t really care much if they don’t go after both of the kids.

If you ask me, this is an unconstitutional violation of the kids’ Second and Fourth Amendment Rights under color of law as they were not on school property.  But I won’t count on the ACLU (American Clueless Liberals Union) to do anything about that.  Remember, they don’t consider the Second Amendment to be part of our Civil Rights.

Now, if these were my kids (and they wouldn’t be because I’d home school them in the middle of nowhere), I’d be going a couple of different routes.  First would be a call to the lawyer(s), the NRA, and the GOA.  I can think of other things I’d do that wouldn’t harm any person or property but I won’t post them as I don’t want to give anyone the idea that I might consider anything that might be illegal or that I might encourage or incite anyone to do such a thing, either.

Hat tip to Ride Fast