That Shotgun was my best friend.

he just wanted it in his picture because hunting and whatnot is his hobby.
it's different from "ok ima bring a gun to school".
it's different from "ok ima kill everone"
i think that if he's in his hunting gear, it's clear that he's not some stupid people-murdering weirdo, and he's just showing that he really is into his hobby.
 
erm it is NOT different from Ima bring a gun to school. Now the others are right. And there are other ways to show you hunt without guns.
 
freako104 said:
I dont see why he should bring the gun to school
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Umm....I must have missed the bringing the gun to school thing. According to the article, he had the picture taken but the school won't reprint it alongside his classmates in the yearbook.
School officials said the photo lacks context in the yearbook’s seniors section. They offered to publish it in a separate "community sports" section, but Douglass refused.
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Wasn't a similar issue raised awhile back with a photograph of a JROTC-like person atop a cannon being denied?
 
CONCORD, N.H. — Where other students might pose for their senior yearbook photo with tennis rackets or favorite cars, Blake Douglass (search) wants to be seen with his shotgu
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Eric: was your senior picture taken on campus? Most people, myself included, have their senior pictures taken elsewhere and bring them to school to submit to the yearbook staff. That would mean no gun would be brought to school.
 
Bring it up as a student and faculty vote. Majority rules. It's their shcool and they all should decide what is represented in their yearbook. Not some random Administrator that thinks it's un-appropriate. The courts is the last place this BS belongs.
 
An avid hunter and trap and skeet shooter, Douglass said he decided long ago on his senior photo — an outdoor shot in a sportsman’s pose, wearing a shooting vest and holding his broke-open shotgun over his shoulder.
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Had he been an avid rap artist he could have certainly brought his Glock :shrug:
 
Inkara1 said:
Eric: was your senior picture taken on campus? Most people, myself included, have their senior pictures taken elsewhere and bring them to school to submit to the yearbook staff. That would mean no gun would be brought to school.
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Mine were taken inside the school.
 
The way I read it, the weapon was not brought to the school. Had he insisted on that, I would support the ban.

If the photo was taken off-campus, I think he has that right. Particularly since the article stated that others had used as props such things as nooses and liquor bottles.

Conversely, I do see the quandry of "If we allow this, next year what will it be?" Should a student be allowed to be photographed with drug paraphernalia? A blow-up sex doll? Whips-n-chains? How about blatant pornography? There is a certain amount of editorial control that should be maintained. I'm just not sure if this incident should fall under that control or not.
 
The 17-year-old senior filed a federal lawsuit to force Londonderry High School (search) to allow the photo and give up the policy school officials used to reject it.

"What they’re doing is basically discriminating based on content or message," said Penny Dean (search), Douglass’ lawyer and a specialist in gun cases. "You can’t do that. You might want to but you can’t — and especially you can’t with a broad policy like this."

"We want the picture in the yearbook," said Dean said after filing the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court.
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:shrug:
markjs said:
Bring it up as a student and faculty vote. Majority rules. It's their shcool and they all should decide what is represented in their yearbook. Not some random Administrator that thinks it's un-appropriate. The courts is the last place this BS belongs.
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Doesnt work that way in public schools. There is no freedom of speech or majority wins.
 
chcr said:
umm...
Psst... http://www.otcentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16805
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Stupid....

But I do see it from both sides here....

On his side yes it is just his hobby, all he shoots are clay pigeons, and all he wants is a photo reprinting.

Then again the school has to think about what thats going to say in the future. While he may not be bringing the gun to school, it may encourage people with 'social problems' to take up the 'if he can do it why can't I?' mentality thats brought all this up in the first place.

There may be things you want but you can't always have 'em....

I'm with the school, they have to think of the future safety of others, this isnt just a here and now issue.
 
it may encourage people with 'social problems' to take up the 'if he can do it why can't I?' mentality thats brought all this up in the first place.
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Good. Let's start here. Let's start today. Let's simply inform those incapable or justly ineligible that "NO, it's not fair and who told you life was fair in the first place".
 
Gonz said:
Good. Let's start here. Let's start today. Let's simply inform those incapable or justly ineligible that "NO, it's not fair and who told you life was fair in the first place".
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Fine with me, where do I sign?
 
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