MotherBear wrote:Moby wrote:In a letter obtained by WAVY.com, school principal Matthew Delaney found that the "children were firing pellet guns at each other, and at people near the bus stop." Delaney states in the letter that one child "was only 10 feet from the bus stop, and ran from the shots being fired, but was still hit."
Typical twisting of the truth. The boys were shooting at other kids waiting for the bus. Non participants to the fun and games.
A little different than innocent playing in their own yard. they were shooting "outside" of their yard at others not playing with them.
I'm not condoning the kids' behavior. Their parents need to deal with it appropriately. If the pellets were leaving their private property, then it could also be a police matter. But I have a problem with schools using their authority to punish actions that don't fall under their jurisdiction. Not school hours, not school property, not a school activity... not a school problem.
Does behavior "near" (10 feet away from) a bus stop make it a school issue? I could see an argument that shooting people AT the bus stop may fall under the school's authority to suspend. But to me, "near" the bus stop is no different than carrying concealed "near" a 30.06 or 51% location.