Florida High School Student Suspended for Disarming Gunman

The New American ^ | Mar. 4, 2013 | Alex Newman

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A Florida teenager was suspended from his high school last week along with two others after forcibly disarming a fellow student who allegedly pointed a loaded gun and threatened to shoot another pupil on a school bus, according to news reports. One of the suspended students, who has not been publicly identified due to safety concerns, said he had “no doubt” that the gunman he helped disarm was planning to kill the intended target.

The event, which occurred in Fort Meyers, has already triggered nationwide and even international press coverage. It has also sparked debate about statutes purporting to create so-called “gun-free zones” at schools, which critics say make schools into a “magnet” for mass shooters. There are currently two bills in Congress to repeal the controversial 1990 “Gun Free School Zones Act.”

The 15-year-old suspected gunman in the Florida case, apparently a football player, was reportedly arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Office following the threat and subsequent scuffle, authorities confirmed. At this point, he has been charged with possession of a firearm on school property and assault with a deadly weapon “without intent to kill,” according to a police report about the incident cited in local media reports. The investigation, however, is still underway.

"I think he was really going to shoot him right then and there. Not taking no pity ... he was going to shoot him point blank,” one suspended student, 16, told Fox4 in Fort Meyers about the incident, adding that he was confused about why he was being punished for disarming a potential murderer. "It's dumb.... How [are] they going to suspend me for doing the right thing?”

[Brownie63]

The entire student body should boycott classes for 3 days in protest.

[MrB]

I’m withholding judgement on this - it might be a good idea for the kid not to be around the gunman’s homies for a few days.

[Steely Tom]

OJ was a multi-millionare sports icon and movie star with world-wide name recognition and a beautiful - but murdered - wife.

I’m guessing you don’t have a practical answer in this case.

[V_TWIN]

Actually I’m surprised lawyers aren’t lining up to represent this kid.

[massgopguy]

They were suspended because “they were involved in a incident with a weapon”. So I guess if they get robbed they get suspended too.

[V_TWIN]

I am reffering to the student who took the gun away from the other kid needs a lawyer, you understand that right?

[Cyber Liberty]

That is my assumption. I learned from a young age you are likely to get punished for a crime if you are the victim of it.

[LibWhacker]

Sure, I understand perfectly. He disarmed the gunman. He took the gun away from the gunman and, therefore, was in possession, however briefly, of a gun on school property. That's against the rules. So he must be punished and suspended. Surely, you must understand that, says the liberal to the perplexed citizen.

WTF!?!?!?!?!!!

Democrap stupidity must be eradicated for all eternity. And that leads to some logic of our own, which I will not go into here.

[Gilbo_3]

thats what i was thinking...kinda like that Brit awhile back that found a .22 cal round in the street, turned it into the authorities, and was charged with possession...