Student Facing Expulsion For Bringing Replica Rifles To School

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For Marie Morrow, the equipment left in the back seat of her car was for an upcoming competition. She said she never expected it would lead to her being suspended from school -- or possibly expelled.

“I take responsibility, it was my mistake,” Morrow told 7NEWS about the three drill team "practice" rifles left in plain view of passing students last week.

Morrow, who says she has a 3.5 grade point average, is a member of the Douglas County Young Marines. She said she spins the practice rifles for the organization’s drill team.

should have kept em in the trunk, dummy.

That's completely retarded. That poor girl.

I hope they vote to expel her for 1 second.

Amole explained the school district’s policy mirrors state and federal laws about weapons in schools, and calls for "mandatory expulsion" when possessing a dangerous weapon in any school building.

A student conduct handbook states a dangerous weapon includes "a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or a firearm facsimile that could reasonably be mistaken for an actual firearm."

"You have to remember these laws were implemented in the years after Columbine," Amole said, and added the school was left with no choice.

"We follow the state law," Amole said.

i hate this argument more than almost anything else in the world. i don't care what your fucking job is or what the stated rules are, you are still a human being and you are still capable of making choices, rendering decisions. the school district has decided that this incident falls under those guidelines, and has decided to pursue the matter. these are choices. they are not things that just magically happened because the rules happen to be written in a particular way -- they are the result of individual human beings choosing to go one way rather than the other. the "young marine" is not at fault here, but nor is the "school district". certain individuals working for the school district are at fault. they fail, and should be expelled.