bmeldrum
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Heard this story last night and it just had me thinking... there are a lot of uneducated people out there and there are a lot of anti gun individuals... the 2nd ammendment kept popping up in my mind...
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9550663
St. George parents concerned over football team photos
February 2nd, 2010 @ 10:03pm
ST. GEORGE -- Some parents don't like what they're seeing on a high school football team poster in St. George.
The photo, which was taken last August, features members of the Desert Hills High School team standing and sitting around military Humvees. Even with a brief glance, it's hard to miss the semiautomatic weapons held by the captains of the team.
Parent Carrie Leishman was shocked by the photos, in part, she says, because the teens aren't yet old enough to buy the guns.
15-year-old Tucker Thayer was killed in 2008 when he accidentally shot himself with a gun that was to be used as a prop in the school play
"Normally if those kids brought those to school, they'd be expelled from school. Yet their advisers, their football coaches, are telling them it's OK to hold the guns, to wave the guys, to have Rambo poses with the guns," she said
Leishman is also concerned because of 15-year-old Tucker Thaye, a student who went to the same school and died there in 2008. He was accidentally shot and killed by a gun being used as a prop during the school musical.
"We need to do everything we can do to avoid an accident in the future," Leishman said.
School Principal Ray Brooks said no harm was meant by the football team's photos, which were not taken on school grounds. He said the seniors just wanted to take a memorable picture -- one they've seen similar versions of in other schools.
"If there are some that have taken offense to that, we feel bad because that was certainly not the intent of the young men involved," Brooks said.
Meanwhile, the school district administrators say they're just learning of the posters and are now investigating.
"Sometimes these things are much to do about not much, and sometimes they have substantive issues to deal with it," said Washington County School District Superintendent Max Rose.
Leishman said she's not blaming the teens in the pictures, nor does she think they are bad kids. Instead, she said she takes issue with the message she feels is being conveyed with the pictures.
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Story compiled with contributions from Sarah Dallof and Marc Giauque.
Heard this story last night and it just had me thinking... there are a lot of uneducated people out there and there are a lot of anti gun individuals... the 2nd ammendment kept popping up in my mind...
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9550663
St. George parents concerned over football team photos
February 2nd, 2010 @ 10:03pm
ST. GEORGE -- Some parents don't like what they're seeing on a high school football team poster in St. George.
The photo, which was taken last August, features members of the Desert Hills High School team standing and sitting around military Humvees. Even with a brief glance, it's hard to miss the semiautomatic weapons held by the captains of the team.
Parent Carrie Leishman was shocked by the photos, in part, she says, because the teens aren't yet old enough to buy the guns.
15-year-old Tucker Thayer was killed in 2008 when he accidentally shot himself with a gun that was to be used as a prop in the school play
"Normally if those kids brought those to school, they'd be expelled from school. Yet their advisers, their football coaches, are telling them it's OK to hold the guns, to wave the guys, to have Rambo poses with the guns," she said
Leishman is also concerned because of 15-year-old Tucker Thaye, a student who went to the same school and died there in 2008. He was accidentally shot and killed by a gun being used as a prop during the school musical.
"We need to do everything we can do to avoid an accident in the future," Leishman said.
School Principal Ray Brooks said no harm was meant by the football team's photos, which were not taken on school grounds. He said the seniors just wanted to take a memorable picture -- one they've seen similar versions of in other schools.
"If there are some that have taken offense to that, we feel bad because that was certainly not the intent of the young men involved," Brooks said.
Meanwhile, the school district administrators say they're just learning of the posters and are now investigating.
"Sometimes these things are much to do about not much, and sometimes they have substantive issues to deal with it," said Washington County School District Superintendent Max Rose.
Leishman said she's not blaming the teens in the pictures, nor does she think they are bad kids. Instead, she said she takes issue with the message she feels is being conveyed with the pictures.
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Story compiled with contributions from Sarah Dallof and Marc Giauque.
