State law, school policy clash over guns (N.C.)

[Hazcat]

ZEBULON - For Robert Lumley, the decision to bar his East Wake High School club marksmanship team from a statewide shooting tournament was as arresting as a shotgun blast.
Less than a day before the March 15 district round of the decades-old N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission competition, one of East Wake's principals, with the support of the area superintendent who oversees that school, stopped the team from participating.

The reason: Ammo and students don't mix, the school officials said.

Like districts across the nation, Wake County bans deadly weapons from campuses and prohibits students from carrying them on school trips. But the decision to bar the East Wake team from the tournament extends that prohibition to students participating in an off-campus event sponsored by a state agency and supervised by adults certified in firearms safety.

That call pits school policy against state law that allows firearms education at schools. The decision also runs counter to the efforts of wildlife agencies, hunting organizations and gun groups to recruit youths to replenish the dwindling number of hunters. It also underscores the tension between the fear of school massacres and the traditions of rural Wake, where hunting is still common.

MUCH MORE at link http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/wake/story/1030367.html

[twyacht]

As a North Carolina resident, I apologize for the a*****e,  er, I mean school official.

[HAWKFISH]

Yeah, as a North Carolina resident, I must say that some of the school administators and elected officials of this state are total idiots. It seems all to often for them to pick the worst way of doing things and then in turn do them, while making no logical sense. 

[Hazcat]

Don't apologize guys.  GO GET HIM!!  Letters, emails, NRA etc.

[DDMac]

The attack (in defense of that young citizen's 2A Right) has begun. GRNC.org notified. Awaiting instructions.
Mac.

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[Hazcat]

I emailed a letter to Superintendent Danny Barnes from this page (at the very top).

http://www.wcpss.net/superintendent/area-superintendents/index.html#eastern

[gunman1911]

I emailed a letter to Superintendent Danny Barnes from this page (at the very top).

http://www.wcpss.net/superintendent/area-superintendents/index.html#eastern

Thanks for the link now lets flood thier emails!

[Hazcat]

Thanks for the link now lets flood thier emails!

That's the idea!

[tombogan03884]

I emailed a letter to Superintendent Danny Barnes from this page (at the very top).

http://www.wcpss.net/superintendent/area-superintendents/index.html#eastern

Just sent a slap o gram

[Roy Hill]

Email congratulating them on getting their school national attention on the Neal Boortz show sent.