Lacey Township NJ – -(Ammoland.com)- Two students at Lacey Township High-school, NJ were suspended for posting a picture of themselves shooting guns at a private gun range with the caption “fun day at the range“. The school’s zero tolerance policy says that students cannot be in possession of weapons at any time, whether on or off campus.
Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs today demanded in a lawyer letter that the Lacey Township School District immediately rescind disciplinary actions taken against several students for posting social media photos of themselves near firearms at a target range.
The student handbook in that district provides that students are subject to suspension if they are “reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose WHETHER ON OR OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS during the academic year.”
Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs attorney Dan Schmutter penned the lawyer letter, which also demands that the school district rescind its unconstitutional policy, clear the records of the students disciplined, and apologize to the students and their families.
ANJRPC Demand Letter to Lacey NJ Schools Regarding Suspension Of Students with Range Photos.
“Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs is prepared to sue if the school district refuses to do the right thing,” said ANJRPC Executive Director Scott Bach. “Schools do not have the authority to chill the First or Second Amendment rights of their students off of school grounds, and this blatant infringement of constitutional rights will not be tolerated.”
The Lacey Township School District did not reply to our request for comments.
From Josh (above) “The family is probably rich and their shooting buddies are friends with a member that’s a lawyer and they half assed something together with dubious legal reasoning of poorly worded handbook to try to get the kid off the hook for whatever he really did wrong.” Note: The school district’s board came up with the policy and printed it in the handbook. The parents didn’t come up with the policy. Forget about what the pupil did or didn’t do over the weekend at the gun range. A cease and desist letter should have been sent when the… Read more »
I remember Forked River and Lacey Township before all that New York Liberal Money spoiled it. The 60’s were great!
The law they specify off campus is not allowed for off campus school activities. “During the Academic Year” in context is obviously just a poor wording of off campus school activities. I wasn’t 100% sure but the fact that they reference the law directly makes me nearly positive. ftp://www.njleg.state.nj.us/20062007/S0500/246_I1.PDF “Zero Tolerance for Guns Act,” P.L.1995, c.127 (C.18A:37-7 et seq.), and the disposition, if known, of these pupils by any law enforcement or prosecuting agency. Under this law a pupil “who is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for possession of a firearm or a crime while armed with a firearm or found… Read more »
I hope the parents sue the schools for everything they have.NJ is one of the top communist states.There is a difference between someone having a good day at the gun range and some kids posting other threatening stuff in which the LE needs to investigate.The school has no legal ground for kids off school property,unless school sanction activity.These school needs to be taught a huge lesson
So this little Hitler type school system is backing their truck up. Good deal except that the ones in charge need to be handed their walking papers without a letter of recognition so some other system doesn’t fall into the trap. They forgot who pays their wages and who their boss is.
https://nj1015.com/nj-school-changes-gun-rule-after-nra-groups-lawsuit-threat/
I went to the school’s website and pulled their handbook. I can find nothing in the handbook that matches what is posted here. The pages numbers do not add up and neither do the wording. Do we know that this isnt a bad game of “telephone” where someone is starting a rumor to see how far it will go? Because I can find nothing credible to back up this story at all. I noticed that the “cease and desist” letter has been removed as well, Maybe people jumped to conclusions?
Wait until the school district bans church attendance;attendance at 2A rallies,support for Trump,etc.THIS POLICY IS QUASI-SLAVERY.
Our forefathers were a lot smarter than we . They knew that households with weapons made unlikely that an enemy would be successful in any attempt at occupation or that a corrupt govt. could go unchecked. There are countries in Europe who were occupied by the Germans during WW2 who made laws that every house have a gun, they Vowed never to be occupied again. Ironically they have the lowest crime rates anywhere. The administration needs to be held accountable instead of admitting that a mistake was made,the’re back tracking and trying to cover it up , and twisting their… Read more »
I am now in my 60s & living in Lacey Township. When I was growing up, my father was in law enforcement in another part of Ocean County; for just about my entire life. Among my earliest memories are handling his service revolver…I would always ask to “see your gun”, and he never refused me. Around 7 years old I began going to the range with him. It wasn’t long before I began shooting myself…with his tutelage (Dad was the department Firearms Instructor, as well as a self-taught gunsmith), I became an expert marksman! I even fired along side Dad… Read more »