tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938074.post5007306722535319868..comments2024-03-23T17:01:56.780-04:00Comments on Blog O'Stuff: PA School Massacre Plot ... Or Not?Dave Markowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00543441083086479631noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938074.post-57833947613921177272007-10-19T14:17:00.000-04:002007-10-19T14:17:00.000-04:00For whatever it's worth, I'm a prosecutor (not in ...For whatever it's worth, I'm a prosecutor (not in Pennsylvania). Every couple of weeks I get a telephone call from a police officer who has been called to a school because some student has said something like "I have a gun and I'm gong to shoot this place up."<BR/><BR/>To or in the hearing of teachers.<BR/><BR/>(It's not a crime, under our state law, unless done via telephone or in writing.)<BR/><BR/>I tell the officers it's not a crime, the teachers don't believe it, and the school has to deal with it.<BR/><BR/>A day will come, I hope in some other county, when the child will do it.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, the non cynical explanation makes sense.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938074.post-60664577868085276742007-10-14T15:26:00.000-04:002007-10-14T15:26:00.000-04:00"Knifonged." Kewl play on words.Sounds like a Knif..."Knifonged." Kewl play on words.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a Knifonging to me. There are a lot of these. They should go the wy of the dodo.<BR/><BR/>The people need to get upset about this kind of nonsense, and DAs should be going to jail for it.<BR/><BR/>The charge? Denial of rights under color of law, 18 USC 242. But who will prosecute?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938074.post-32329043484974957842007-10-12T14:26:00.000-04:002007-10-12T14:26:00.000-04:00Dave:Does PA law permit a minor to possess a rifle...Dave:<BR/><BR/>Does PA law permit a minor to possess a rifle with parental consent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938074.post-78645766570174396952007-10-12T13:35:00.000-04:002007-10-12T13:35:00.000-04:00If it's all to be believed, then you can understan...If it's all to be believed, then you can understand the crack down on the parent. But as the sprog hasn't been locked up, DA stated that not a threat.... sounds as you say like they needed someone to blame.<BR/><BR/>I guess the non-cynical explantion of the none-charged sprog, charged parent is that as you sumise someone overheard the sprog, raised the alarm, the fuzz roll in, they do their detecting and find that while the sprog wasn't upto much, the parent was... and police being police they can't turn a blind eye, so just run through the motions of processing her for what she's done wrong.<BR/><BR/>I'd be very surprised if some sort of publicity wasn't involved however. But then cynical I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com