This picture got a boy in trouble:
Of course he loves revolvers, see Charles Gitnick? Normal boys aren’t afraid of weapons.
REDDING — Police have charged a 13-year-old boy with disorderly conduct after he allegedly posted a photo of two guns on Instagram Thursday and wrote, “I think I’m ready to go to school.”
Police said they are investigating a second incident in which another student posted a photo of a pistol on Instagram and wrote, “Colt Anaconda .357. Damn I love revolvers.”
Police said that in the first case, a student saw the 13-year-old’s post to Instagram and reported it to school officials.
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Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor and occurs when a person’s conduct causes “inconvenience, annoyance or alarm,” according to state law.
In the first incident, police said, the two weapons pictured on Instagram were pellet guns, which Redding police have seized. One of the guns had its plastic tip, which indicates it is a facsimile firearm, removed, police said.
In the second incident, the photo police say the student posted was taken from the Internet.
Source: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-redding-gun-arrests-1207-20131206,0,3208913.story
Even if the weapons were real, guess what? It’s Free Speech. If my daddy takes me boating and I take a picture of a boat and write “I love boating,” would that get me or my father in trouble? Then why guns?
Police released images of the Instagram posts to show how realistic the guns appeared, Fuchs said.
So what? There are all kinds of things that look realistic. Here’s an idea, cops, stop wasting time chasing imaginary threats.
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