edgargarrett
08-17-2005, 01:31 PM
http://www.mcalesternews.com/articles/2005/08/17/news/local_news/news05.txt
Mr Barnes looks like an intelligent human being, so I guess he has to be treated like one! If it's not a gun, what violation did the students commit to be suspended??
:puke:
Three suspended at Hartshorne High following toy gun incident
By TREVOR DUNBAR, STAFF WRITER Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:56 AM CDT
Three Hartshorne high school students were suspended Aug. 11 for firing a gun on campus.
The gun was a toy, a plastic air gun that shot a rubber BB a few feet. It was shaped like a .45 caliber handgun.
"The gun wouldn't hurt you. You can shoot it right in the palm of your hand," Hartshorne Superintendent Jim Barnes said. "It was designed for indoor use and had an orange tip in it."
The incident happened two days before Hartshorne Public Schools opened for this year's session. Barnes said the students fired the air gun while at cheerleading practice. The rubber BB struck a car.
"It looked like a gun, so we treated it like a gun," Barnes said. "We want to make sure that none of our students have to suffer the threat of a gun."
The students were given a choice of three days suspension or five days in-school suspension.
Barnes said if the incident had been serious, the suspensions would be much longer.
"I'm sure they were just goofing off," Barnes said. "If it had been a real gun, they would've been suspended for the whole school year."
Barnes said the Hartshorne Police Department was notified .
"We just can't allow anything that might cause an incident," Barnes said.
"The police came up here to check it out and confiscated the plastic gun."
Barnes said his only real concern is the safety of the students in Hartshorne.
"We don't want guns up here, no plastic guns, no toy guns, no water guns or guns of any kind," Barnes said. "There is no place for a gun at Hartshorne High School."
Contact Trevor Dunbar at tdunbar@mcalesternews.com
Mr Barnes looks like an intelligent human being, so I guess he has to be treated like one! If it's not a gun, what violation did the students commit to be suspended??
:puke:
Three suspended at Hartshorne High following toy gun incident
By TREVOR DUNBAR, STAFF WRITER Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:56 AM CDT
Three Hartshorne high school students were suspended Aug. 11 for firing a gun on campus.
The gun was a toy, a plastic air gun that shot a rubber BB a few feet. It was shaped like a .45 caliber handgun.
"The gun wouldn't hurt you. You can shoot it right in the palm of your hand," Hartshorne Superintendent Jim Barnes said. "It was designed for indoor use and had an orange tip in it."
The incident happened two days before Hartshorne Public Schools opened for this year's session. Barnes said the students fired the air gun while at cheerleading practice. The rubber BB struck a car.
"It looked like a gun, so we treated it like a gun," Barnes said. "We want to make sure that none of our students have to suffer the threat of a gun."
The students were given a choice of three days suspension or five days in-school suspension.
Barnes said if the incident had been serious, the suspensions would be much longer.
"I'm sure they were just goofing off," Barnes said. "If it had been a real gun, they would've been suspended for the whole school year."
Barnes said the Hartshorne Police Department was notified .
"We just can't allow anything that might cause an incident," Barnes said.
"The police came up here to check it out and confiscated the plastic gun."
Barnes said his only real concern is the safety of the students in Hartshorne.
"We don't want guns up here, no plastic guns, no toy guns, no water guns or guns of any kind," Barnes said. "There is no place for a gun at Hartshorne High School."
Contact Trevor Dunbar at tdunbar@mcalesternews.com
