Gun Control & RKBA

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:28 PM Feb 2012

Student in Portage County arrested for holding assault rifle in Facebook profile picture

MANTUA, Ohio - A high school student in Portage County was arrested after deputies said he posted on Facebook a picture of himself holding an assault rifle.

The Portage County Sheriff’s Office arrested the 17-year-old Crestwood High School student Tuesday morning.

According to investigators, the school alerted authorities after becoming “aware and concerned” about Facebook postings by this student and that he had his profile picture set to an image of him holding an assault rifle.

The student is facing two counts of inducing panic, one count of aggravated menacing and one count of telecommunications harassment.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_portage/sheriff-student-in-portage-county-arrested-for-holding-assault-rifle-in-facebook-profile-picture

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Student in Portage County arrested for holding assault rifle in Facebook profile picture (Original Post) The Straight Story Feb 2012 OP

The headline just might be bullshit.... MADem Feb 2012 #1

What a terribly written article arcane1 Feb 2012 #2

Shit journalism Glassunion Feb 2012 #3

Doesn't that dear child realize guns kill people? ileus Feb 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Logical Feb 2012 #5

Get future gun abusers while they're young. Hoyt Mar 2012 #6

Oh please. AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #8

Now, is that a real assault rifle, or a Sears assault rifle? nt SteveW Mar 2012 #7

I dunno, did it come with a poncho? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #10

Why are you posting intentionally misleading articles? Taitertots Mar 2012 #9

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. The headline just might be bullshit....

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:34 PM

Feb 2012

If you read the comments below the article, it seems he was arrested for some of the comments he made on the Facebook page--the picture was secondary to all that...

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

2. What a terribly written article

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:34 PM

Feb 2012

that completely misses the story. He was arrested for posting things on Facebook about shooting up his school, not for holding a gun in a photo

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

3. Shit journalism

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:35 PM

Feb 2012

Completely lacking in detail.

If the kid made threats, then yes I am glad there was an intervention.

But the way this ass-hat of a journalist wrote the story you would think that the kid was arrested for the photo alone.

My 6 year old nephew could write a more thorough story than this shit.

ileus

(15,396 posts)

4. Doesn't that dear child realize guns kill people?

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 07:40 PM

Feb 2012

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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

6. Get future gun abusers while they're young.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 12:38 AM

Mar 2012

Kids need to understand guns are not cool to most mature people. Good job police, scare the gun loving stuff out of him before something bad happens. Now, if he'd get a decent education on life and society.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

8. Oh please.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 03:28 AM

Mar 2012

He committed an actual crime. 'scare him', what kind of bullshit police state are you advocating for, anyway?

He broke a law, he's going to pay for it. Done and done.