Okay, suspending the student for backsassing the teacher over a t-shirt is one thing. I may not like it, but I can see why. But sending the kid to jail for wearing a shirt with a rifle on it? What? Does he have some sort of magic that will make the rifle magically appear in his hands? If not, rethink the decision, because sending someone to jail over a t-shirt makes about as much sense as paying $50 for one.
It seems he was arrested for the "dispute" with the teacher, not for wearing the shirt.
Also: anyone else find it funny how the kid insists that his Second Amendment rights are being taken away? Because, apparently, the right to bear arms includes the right to bear their likeness in clothing.
This so hard. First of all, I think school dress codes should be respected. If you can't have enough foresight to choose what you want to wear to school, than tough shit. Secondly, I love how this is supposedly dress code run amok when that's not even what the kid was arrested for.
The day before, a dispute between Jared and a Logan Middle School teacher resulted in Jared being arrested and charged with obstruction and disturbing the education process, WOWK reported.
Something tells me that his kid wore this shirt just to cause trouble. When told to take it off, I wouldn't be surprised if he caused a huge commotion, given that excerpt from the article.
I don't blame the school at all. I may not know the whole story, but I wouldn't put it past both the kid and his father to be one of those "self-righteous conservative" types that think they can just do whatever and cry bloody murder if anybody tells them no.
Also, notice how the source is the "Christian Science Monitor." Their headline already paints a picture, but I'm sure they're far from a "neutral" source.
