Teen who brought guns to school admits he lied, pleads guilty

[WorseBeforeBetter]

Princeton, N.C.

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In a case that garnered national media attention and sparked a social media campaign to #FreeCole, the teen first said he accidentally left the shotguns in his truck after a weekend of skeet shooting and did not mean to bring them to Princeton High School, where he was a senior. Withrow said he tried to get permission from administrators to take them home but instead was arrested and suspended.

But Principal Kirk Denning and sheriff's Deputy Adam Davis, who arrested Withrow, presented a different picture of what happened. In court, Doyle read statements from the men, who said the teen lied when he told staffers that he only realized the guns were in his truck after he went to the vehicle to retrieve a bookbag and a drink.

Doyle said security video from the school shows Withrow never went to his truck. He purchased a drink from a concession area and was talking to other students at the time he claimed to be in the parking lot.

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According to Davis, Withrow was texting and laughing as he taken to jail, saying "Ha, ha, my friends are going to start a petition about why I'm being charged with this."

http://www.wral.com/teen-who-brough-guns-to-school-admits-he-lied-pleads-guilty/12453823/?print_friendly

Wonder if Liberty University will rescind its scholarship to this little twit.

[MichiganVote]

1. Not funny.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. Nope.

I had a feeling something was *off* about this whole story, and wasn't too surprised when I logged into a local paper just now.

[CBGLuthier]

2. YARGO

Yet Another Responsible Gun Owner.

God save us all from the fucking YARGOs.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

4. And from the YARGOs threatening school officials.

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Johnston County Board of Education Chairman Larry Strickland said officials were deluged with negative emails.

"Messages were posted threatening school officials, messages were posted that were intimidating and slanderous, and messages were posted completely misstating and not knowing the facts of the case as people jumped to conclusions about the matter. The ...emails and calls received by the Board of Education were uncalled for and extremely hurtful." Strickland said in statement.

He praised board members and school staff for following policy, which prohibits the disclosure of information, even at risk to their own reputations.

"In the future, we would ask that the media and the public not jump to conclusions in student discipline and or criminal matters, especially when all the facts are not known to them."

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http://www.wral.com/teen-who-brough-guns-to-school-admits-he-lied-pleads-guilty/12453823/?print_friendly

Idiots. Idiots with guns.

[mwrguy]

5. Fry him

Make an example.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. #FryCole?

Yeah, that's a bit much.

[sigmasix]

6. dissonance disguises revisionist constitutionalism

The NRA and other gundamentalists have been trying to convince Americans that the 2nd amendment requires that dangerous, irresponsible people have the right to own guns. This lies is destroying American cohesion and being used by right wing extremists to foment treason.

The notion that America is just going to have to accept nuts with guns as a part of the need for 2nd amendment protections is a murderous lie. As long as pro-gun-nut organizations exist disguised as pro-gun education organizations our children, liberties and country is not safe. Why do irresponsible gun toting teabaggers think they know more about this school's security needs than the school administrators? Or is it more probable that irresponsible gun toting teabagger extremists dont care about the truth or the safety of the children in this school, but LOVE the guns in the kid's trunk. What the fuck is wrong with gundamentalist teabaggers? Why do they hate everyone and everything that is good for America and living things?