USA – -(Ammoland.com)-Joshua Bruner, a 15-year-old high school student from Ringoes, New Jersey, made headlines in June when his school, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, refused to accept a photo he submitted of himself for a photography class assignment, wherein students were instructed to provide self-portraits that represent their personality.
In Josh’s now famous photo, the young man is standing proudly awash in sunlight and looking into the distance atop an all-terrain vehicle, holding his Remington 12-gauge shotgun in one hand and the American flag in the other – an encapsulation of Americana.
A Life Member of the NRA, competitive shooter on two state teams and a U.S. Sea Cadet, he thought the photo was the perfect representation of his interests and ideals, and eagerly submitted the project.
Administrators at the school refused to accept the photo, citing the depiction of the shotgun violated the school’s firearms policy and initially refusing to grade the assignment. After relenting and offering a so-called compromise, the school agreed to grade the assignment, but still prohibited Josh from uploading the photo to school servers, claiming the patriotic photo “can be taken out of context.”
According to Josh, the only thing the picture depicts is an unwaveringly proud American, dedicated to one day serving his country, continuing family traditions, and exercising his Constitutional rights.
Josh, I spend four years in the Sea Cadet in Perth Amboy NI, Did Boot camp at 15, Two week cruise aboard a DD at 16.
Now I am retired from Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club and living in South Dakota.
Hope the best for you.
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New Jersey
Puts the FU in Fun.
I am from NJ but will never set a toe back there.
Living free in South Dakota for 20 years.
Josh is going to be a survivor when it’s all said and done ! let the rest of the school sheep go to their slaughter.
oh ! wait they can use the phone that’s stuck to their face to call MOMMY, but she can’t answer, first to fall !
liberal sheep
Given that it’s New Jersey, I wonder what the bureaucrats found more objectionable – the shotgun, or the American flag?
It was wrong for the school not to accept the assignment; but actually, the school has a point for not publishing the picture on the school server. Until I read the article, the first impression (but wrong impression) I got was that here is a 15-year old “Red Neck.” …. but, instead, we have another example of the unintended consequences of liberal and left wing ideas and actions. The picture, for millions to see, is all over the Internet.
More like an encapsulation of an insufferable little schmuck. What next, the high school football team submitting pictures of themselves raping undergrads?
In Josh’s now famous photo ? Really ? I just heard about the young man 3 minutes ago and had never seen this famous photo before now.
Head West young man , America starts just across the river. I have ZERO respect for new jerzy laws !
New Jersey is a state that will run it’s own trucks on LEADED gas , while handing out tickets for ” Emissions Tampering ” to everyone else. Gun Laws are no different.