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<p>Part of me wants to call that wrong. But it is being told to shut up by the part that wants to LOL</p> -
<p>Sell guns to insanity men, charge kids with felonies for Halloween costumes.</p>
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<p></p><p></p><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">[b][url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/nyregion/connecticut-school-seeking-to-expel-2-students-over-columbine-costumes.html?_r=0]Connecticut School Seeks to Expel 2 Accused of Wearing Columbine Costumes[/url][/b]<br><br>
LITCHFIELD, Conn. — Questions about when a menacing costume verges on a criminal threat swirled around this rural town after two high school sophomores were arrested and accused this week of dressing as the Columbine killers for Halloween and threatening to hurt other students.<br><br>
The allegations, coming in an age of heightened awareness of mass shootings, landed with particular force in a town that, like many in western Connecticut, is still on edge three years after the massacre at the nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School.<br><br>
The students got word on Thursday that the Litchfield Public Schools would seek to expel them, one of the boys’ lawyers, David Moraghan, said.<br><br>
The students, whose names have not been released because they are juveniles, also [b]appeared in court on charges of inciting injury to persons or property, a felony, and breach of peace, a misdemeanor.[/b] They were released to their parents after the hearing on Thursday, a day after they were charged and sent to a juvenile detention center.<br><br>
The [b]State Police said the boys made “threats of bodily harm to other students,â€[/b] and the Litchfield Public Schools superintendent said [b]they went out for Halloween on Saturday night dressed in trench coats and sunglasses.[/b] But officials have declined to offer any additional details behind the charges, spawning rumors among parents and residents about what really happened on Saturday night.<br><br>
Mr. Moraghan offered the first detailed account on Thursday of how an ill-advised costume turned into criminal charges.<br><br>
He said that on[b] Saturday night, the boys went to a Halloween party on the town green that draws students from several schools who want to trick-or-treat and hang out with friends. He acknowledged they were dressed in distasteful costumes[/b] but said they did not have “any object that can be used or perceived as a weapon.â€<br><br>
A group walked up to them, according to Mr. Moraghan’s account, and after commenting that they looked like the Columbine High School killers, [b]someone added, “I bet you’re going to shoot up the school.â€[/b]<br><br>
Mr. Moraghan said, “[b]There was a sarcastic response to that, and that was basically the end of it.†[/b]He said one girl told her parents, who then called the police. Investigators, in turn, searched the students’ cellphones and their homes, he said.<br><br>
The State Police confirmed the home search, but declined to answer questions about what they found. Mr. Moraghan said, “Nothing was found in either boy’s home that could in any way give credence to what they claim the boys were going to do.â€<br><br>
Prosecutors declined to answer questions about the case because the defendants were juveniles.<br><br>
The [b]Litchfield Public Schools superintendent, Lynn K. McMullin, said in an email on Wednesday that “there was no credible threat and students were never in physical danger.â€[/b] She did not respond to a message left for her on Thursday.<br><br>
[b]The boys did not face any weapons charges.[/b]<br><br>
Some residents here said the costumes played on widespread fears in a town that is less than an hour from Newtown, where the elementary school massacre in 2012 took place, even if the costumes were only a hollow threat.<br><br>
“Any threat made in Connecticut is taken very seriously because of what happened here,†said James O’Shea, a longtime resident and co-owner of West Street Grill, which overlooks the town green. “You can’t joke about something so lethal. The loss of children and the devastation for the parents — it just destroys the community and whole state.â€<br><br>
Others said that if the boys did not intend to execute a threat of violence, there were better ways to handle the situation.<br><br>
“It’s a prank,†Joe Radano said. “They shouldn’t be charged with a felony. You’re going to ruin a kid’s life? Now everyone is going to look down on them. This is a small community.â€<br><br>
Opinions about the arrests were sometimes mixed within the same families.<br><br>
Jared Guilmart, a freshman at Litchfield High School, stopped at a Dunkin’ Donuts with his mother, Deb Guilmart, after school. “I think it was stupid,†Jared said, referring to the costumes, but he added that he thought the charges were justified.<br><br>
Ms. Guilmart was not so sure. “I don’t honestly know all the facts but I think it was overblown,†she said. “The school sent us a text and an email and I was like, ‘Holy cow.’ This is Litchfield.â€<br><br>
A lawyer for the second boy declined to comment on the case. One of the boys’ fathers, reached at the family’s home, said, “I’m sorry, I really have nothing to say.â€<br><br>
Mr. Moraghan said: “There was no risk of anyone being injured, assaulted or harmed. I think it was a very bad Halloween costume two kids thought of that they never thought of the consequences.â€<br><br>
He added that “both boys are so remorseful for their stupidity,†and said he worried the looming expulsion “is going to be really, really hard on both of them.â€</blockquote><br><br>
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<p>That is something utterly bizarre about America. They come down like a sledgehammer on minor things - felony charges for kids, teens at pools getting assaulted by police, police killing unarmed citizens not actually threatening anyone, 7yr old boys with ADHD in handcuffs...but won't touch the big stuff, the root cause of most of their problems, with a 500ft bargepole.</p>
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<a class="bbc_url" href="http://mobile.news.com.au/world/six-year-old-jeremy-mardis-shot-multiple-times-by-police-who-opened-fire-on-his-fathers-car/story-fndir2ev-1227598708224">http://mobile.news.com.au/world/six-year-old-jeremy-mardis-shot-multiple-times-by-police-who-opened-fire-on-his-fathers-car/story-fndir2ev-1227598708224</a><br><br>
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America - where a pro-lifer shoots up a family planning centre. Where they want to ban Syrian refugees but allow pretty much any psycho free access to guns.</p></blockquote>
Mokes, the funniest part about that was a senator from (I think) Texas saying words to the effect of "We can't settle them here, the access to guns is too easy!"<br><br>
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<p>The Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado the other day seems to have been carried out by a real whackjob.:</p>
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<p>There was a nutter like him down in Christchurch , he tried to tunnel into an abortion clinic and used to hang around outside to harass it's clients . <strong>When he went missing while he was swimming I don't think he was missed </strong>.</p>
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<p>another shooting in the US, in California, apparently 12 dead, 20 injured.</p>
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<p>Yeah I got a breaking news alert that a gunman is on the loose in the USA. But, I thought there were millions of gunmen on the loose every minute of every day over there? Everyone has a gun, so how do you define "gunman on the loose"? Should it not say "gunman that is also using his gun is on the loose"?</p>
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<p>No reports of IED here, but three white gunmen are heavily armed apparently. If they had ski masks on, and everyone was busy hiding, how do they know they're white?</p>
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<p>Interesting choice of target for a 3-man team to attack. What do they gain? Revenge? By killing disabled people and health care workers?</p>
Guns?.........or is that the least of the problems?