No Guns Allowed

No.

Correct viw by msolga.


From fox's quote:

But why? What is wrong with the shotgun when it is legal and important to the boy?

I'm not going going to comment further. Been down that road here before.

I agree with msolga's response here again. [Wondering silently, if they teach shotgun at US high schools, so that it becomes so important for a high school yearbook.]

Competition shooting is indeed a popular sport in the United States and it has nothing to do with killing anything. This kid competes and is apparently pretty good. If others can be shown in settings representative of their interests or accomplishments, I have no problem with this lad being able to do the same. I just personally think this is taking political correctness too far unless they do not allow any props of any kind in the Senior yearbook photos.

LOL, you and Bi Bear sharing the same bed...

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=951179#951179

Well BPB and I share a common love for music.

touche fox

Guns and schools don't mix.

I can see that the admins. of the school didn't want to promote the concept of students with guns, even if it is legal.

You may not remember it, Fox, but kids see kids doing stuff, think it's cool, and then go do it themselves. Impressionability. The school doesn't want any allegations that they are allowing guns to be presented in a positive fashion, as they don't want to hear about it later when some student gets shot and says 'well, Billy had a shotgun, I thought I could too!'

I know it's overly P.C.. But it's more of a CYA issue than anything.

Cycloptichorn

Then kids shouldn't be photographed with horses or tractors or bowling balls or crossbows or a cocker spaniel that you also aren't allowed to bring to school? These kids are so dumb they automatically think something shown in a photograph is license to bring it to school?

How about a role model of this kid using a weapon for a non-violent and non-deadly sport? That wouldn't be a good thing.

I appreciate your reasoning Cyclop, but I think there is a broader picture.

As I said, it's a CYA thing more than anything else.

And if I remember my yearbook correctly, we weren't allowed to pose with anything - just a picture of the student was it.

Hell, we couldn't even wear hats in the picture, let alone sling a shotgun over the shoulder...

Cycloptichorn

So, would it be o.k. for me to take my high school picture with a burning U.S. flag in my hand?

Great question! I want to hold up a big swastika.

J/K

Cycloptichorn

PC is way out of hand.

Iwas a memeber of The Gun Club in our High School and we competed against other schools without incident.

Never ONCE has a gun escaped my locked cabinet and killed anyone.

And never once has a burning American flag killed anyone, as far as I know...

I used to have a nice video of an Afghanistani guy holding a burning American flag, which enveloped him and killed him.

Tragic, yet funny. I am morally bankrupt

Cycloptichorn

O.K., then, I take back my last statement.

How about a high school picture with a cigarette in my mouth and a couple of hookers standing next to me?