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p> Why should the local school policy be of concern to you? If the student was attempting to get his picture in wearing, say, a butcher's outfit or S & M paraphernalia, would you mind if the school saw it fit to block a photo of such a get up? No, you'd be on your soapbox hounding the ACLU or someone else for defending some perverts right to run roughshod over sensible school policy. Venting about the anti-gun sentiments of the administrator is a straw man argument, he is vested with powers of judgment that he can use or disabuse as long as the board that hired him sees fit to continue the contract. The schools have the right to make policy that needn't pass some constitutional muster. Fight for gun rights in the right places: in the legislatures and courts, and leave the school districts the right to establish policy. After all, it is against the law to have a gun on school grounds in every state! So why get worked up over such an obscure non-issue like that? br> -- Jeremy Freedman /p> p> I understand the discrimination complaint. However, I am an ex-Marine, a current and avid hunter, and a father of 4 and a step father of 4 more. The picture shouldn't be the problem. If the photographer is of any quality, he will have props to get the hunter affect. I would think the issue should be that guns are not allowed in, near, or around any public place, like a school, unless you wear a badge. If these pictures are on school grounds or at a school gathering place, the right to bear arms is null and void. The only way anything like that could take place is with a disabled weapon and then there is still the risk of getting one slipped in that isn't. I see the level of teenage anxiety and the teen suicide rate. Columbine should have been enough to outlaw possession of all guns for all non-law enforcement people in all public areas. With all the video games training shooting and random senseless violent acts, these teens don't need any items to help them express any pent up social problems. There is nothing to stop another troubled person from bringing the live ammunition if they know this person is bringing the weapon. My children are a gift from God and I don't need one of them caught in the middle of a teenage hormonal psychotic episode that ends in a death because someone wants his dangerous weapon within public reach. br> -- D.J. Prengel /p>

Shawn Macomber replies: The pictures were taken by a professional, off-site.

p> AFTER THE CRACK-UP br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s The Liberal Crack-Up : /p>

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