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Posted on 05/31/2022 2:16:54 AM PDT by Morgana
An 18-year-old in Florida has been arrested and charged with a felony after he posted a photo of a rifle, handgun and tactical vest online and captioned the image: 'Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school'.
Corey Anderson, from Lutz, 15 miles north of Tampa, was arrested on Sunday after police were tipped off about the post.
The weapons were later discovered to be airsoft guns.
Anderson could face 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of making a threat of a mass shooting.
'This type of threat is unacceptable. This man intentionally instilled fear into our community as a sick joke, but be warned, this is no laughing matter,' said Sheriff Chad Chronister.
'We will do everything within our power to apprehend, and pursue charges on those who make school-based threats.
'Protecting students is our greatest priority. We take school threats very seriously, if you see something suspicious, please contact us immediately.'
It was unclear on Monday whether Anderson was still being held.
His arrest came the day after a 10-year-old boy in Florida was detained on the same charges, after allegedly threatening a mass shooting at his elementary school.
Daniel Issac Marquez was charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting after sending a text about Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral.
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Play stupid games...
Duma$$ 18yo Florida student graduates to ‘Florida Man’ status.
The result of Biden’s Gun-Free School Zones.
ABOUT DAMN TIME!!
This is how you stop this crap.
Hey Siri. Directions to closest prison.
I totally agree with coppers responding to such BS by grabbing the little punk and making it clear to his parents that such crappola is their responsibility to control. Taking him behind the shed ...... is OK, too.
What I have a problem with is the possibility of an ambitious DA turning an idiot stunt into a photo-op: “Lookie, we are hard on crime”. Claiming you can charge him with threatening a shooting when there is no ammo, no real gun, nothing to indicate he is more than a braindead idiot? This is dangerously close to limiting (stupid) free speech.
How about the TWOT brandishing a real gun and swearing that he is gonna go to UK and kill some Russians? Are you going to pursue international terrorist charges?
Free speech includes saying stupid and threatening stuff. Even offensive. Retain some perspective, law enforcers.
Mandatory 30 day detention for any threat to schools. Zero tolerance and all that. Publish the kids face and name.
The students are getting older and older. Voting and still in the first grade. That is what the leaders of America will look like down the road in a few years. Full of medical marijuana, meth, bath salts, along with kibbles and bits.
Where was he a student?
Should never be allowed near a gun again, dumbass.
“Free speech” means Congress can’t pass a law preventing you from saying it.
Free speech doesn’t mean you don’t have to face lifelong and severe consequences for saying something stupid, even once.
There’s no law against using the ‘N-word’ but do it in a lot of fields or industries and you are never working again; too bad, so sad.
People say lots of stupid things on FR also. Not saying this guy shouldn’t get looked at and see how viable his threat is, but arrested?
Some stupid things should come with severe penalties. I put this as far worse than ‘shouting fire in a crowded theater’ and beyond a mere threat to a politician or celebrity. This someone is welcome to disagree, but I want this knucklhead on the other side of the world from me and no where near a school, a gun, a child, or a car, on a plane or anywhere other than staring out the wall of a cell. Since that won’t happen I’ll just hope someone gives him a ‘tune up’.
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