Opinion
Colorado – -(AmmoLand.com)- Last week, we publicized the story of a 16 year old Loveland High student who was banned from school after posting a video on Snapchat of him shooting with his mom. The school banned him even after police investigated the “threat report” and instantly cleared him. After the story broke, community members, and even elected officials contacted school admin and district board members to express their disapproval of this blatant violation of the student’s civil liberties, as well as the complete disregard for parental rights. And it undoubtedly had an effect.
The threat assessment hearing took place and the student has been cleared to return to class.
The school officials came prepared with a packet of his homework, and stated they believed him to be a good kid and never thought he was making threats against the school. They acknowledged that his classmates may now react differently to him (I mean, he’s practically been accused of being the next school shooter, right?) and offered to make sure no one gave him trouble.
The SRO who was present agreed that the Safe 2 Tell system is sometimes used inappropriately by students wishing to anonymously seek revenge on another student. School officials also cautioned Nate to not post these types of activities on social media. The mother quickly reminded them that this is his First Amendment they’re talking about, and although she gets their point, that is a dangerous slope they’re heading down.
On January 1, 2020 Colorado’s “Red Flag” Emergency Risk Protection Orders ERPO law will go into effect. I’ve long said ERPO’s will be Safe2Tell for adults, and students have dubbed Safe 2 Tell as “Safe 2 Swat”, referencing the act of “swatting“, a criminal harassment tactic of deceiving an emergency service into sending a police and emergency service response team to another person’s address. Had this same scenario taken place while the ERPO law is in effect, the mother likely would have lost her firearms.
We need to continue to rally together as a community and push back at every turn. If you or your child ends up in a situation like Nate’s, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us here at Rally for our Rights.
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Rally for our Rights is a non-partisan gun rights advocacy organization that was founded in early 2018. It has quickly become Colorado’s most active Second Amendment group with a focus on frontline activism and community outreach.
I trust the parents and child WILL BE SUEING the school board and anyone else who had anything to do with their mistreatment/harassment. I would rather not have to file suit BUT what the school did was blatant, biased, illegal and morally repressible. Enough is enough. Arm up, carry on.
More like caved in with no apology to avoid any lawsuits. You can not control what a student is active in when they leave the campus environment. He was supervised with a parent, nothing wrong here. Recall the 12yr old who was given his firs .22 rifle from his dad, kid had in in his arms with correct trigger discipline, CPS was called to the house with SEVEN DEPUTIES, CPS wanted to go inside, deputies wanted to make sure the guns were ‘registered’. Dad was called, on way home and call to his lawyer, Evan Napen, got a warrant, NO,… Read more »
My family has been in Colorado for abut 170 years. It was wild then but still beautiful and a nice place to live. The state started to go to hell when idiots arrived in the middle of the last century. They changed the state and tuned it into a Khalifornia in the 1960s. They had requested to host the Olympics and was selected. Then they insulted the IOC and cancelled on them at the last minute. They elected wimps instead of Americans and it went downhill at a rapid pace. A state that was proud of their heritage is now… Read more »
One size fits all measures like the Safe 2 Tell system are no replacement for responsible, concerned citizens being proactive.
Three hearty HUZZAHs for Mum. She not only had the heart to take her son shooting, but when the school admin nutjobs exacted “penance” from her and her son for their “crime”, she not only stood her ground but fired a strong warning shot across their bow… when they advised not to post such things on UNsocial media, she let them know in no uncertain terms they were trampling upon his FIRST ammendment protections right along with his Second Ammendment ones. I would have liked to have been there to capture the look of shock and disbelief on that rotten… Read more »
If you are stupid enough to “SWAT” someone for kicks or revenge, and someone gets killed, well that premeditated murder….Want to live with that, and in prison for life?