The Skyview High School Rifle Incident: Rules run amok.

With the advance permission of the school’s principal, a Skyview High School student brought a disabled Winchester rifle to school for a history class… which caused the anti-gun nuts to lose their collective minds.

By “disabled,” I mean absolutely incapable of firing bullets. Did I mention this weapon, famed for helping to “Win The West,” was disabled and the student in question had the advance permission of his school principal?



“Some” parents, apparently bereft of common sense and/or a life, seem unable to handle the concept of a rifle at school for ANY reason, even when EVERY policy concerning bringing a rifle to school was followed to the letter. Did I mention the rifle was disabled?

Skyview students not riled by rifle

Thursday, February 17, 2005
By AMY McFALL PRINCE, Columbian staff writer

Dinner table and classroom conversation of Skyview High School students, parents and teachers over the past week has surrounded a principal's decision to allow a gun into a classroom.

Despite state laws and school district policies against students bringing weapons to school, many were not troubled when a Skyview student brought a Winchester rifle to school on Feb. 1. The student was giving a presentation on the rifle's inventor for a history class and thought it would make a good visual aid. The student received permission from Principal Ed Little to bring the gun as long as its firing pin was removed, making it inoperable. Little carried the gun to the class and held it while the student made his presentation.