VA woman arrested for "loaded gun" threat at school board meeting.

TLK Valentine · Jan 22, 2022

'I will bring every single gun loaded,' parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meeting

A Virginia woman was arrested Friday after she appeared to threaten school board officials while they met to vote on whether to lift a mask requirement.

The woman, Amelia King, 42, was accused of making an oral threat on school property after she was cut off during a public comment section of the Page County public school board meeting Thursday, the Luray Police Department said in a statement.

“Alright. No mask mandates,” King told board members after her three minute comment period ended. “My children will not come to school on Monday with a mask on. That’s not happening and I will bring every single gun loaded and ready.”

Unlike most "I didn't actually mean it" defenses, I'm inclined to give this woman the benefit of the doubt -- nevertheless, even figuratively, there's a darn good reason you don't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater, and you do not make gun threats in a school...

Thoughts?

gaara4158 · Jan 22, 2022

There’s definitely a clash between the state’s obligation to protect students under its custody, and the unhinged fantasy shared by libertarian-types of righteously mowing down agents of an authoritarian state with the arsenal of weapons they’ve meticulously collected over their lifetime. The right call was made here, I think, even if the threat was probably not literal. We can’t let people say that and get away with it.

TLK Valentine · Jan 22, 2022

gaara4158 said:
There’s definitely a clash between the state’s obligation to protect students under its custody, and the unhinged fantasy shared by libertarian-types of righteously mowing down agents of an authoritarian state with the arsenal of weapons they’ve meticulously collected over their lifetime. The right call was made here, I think, even if the threat was probably not literal. We can’t let people say that and get away with it.

That said, I'm sure the charges will either be dropped, or she'll just end up paying a fine. Lesson learned... We hope.

Ophiolite · Jan 22, 2022

Shooting ones mouth off rarely leads to shooting ones guns off, but if the former can be curtailed, the latter is likely to be reduced.

iluvatar5150 · Jan 22, 2022

TLK Valentine said:
'I will bring every single gun loaded,' parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meeting

Unlike most "I didn't actually mean it" defenses, I'm inclined to give this woman the benefit of the doubt -- nevertheless, even figuratively, there's a darn good reason you don't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater, and you do not make gun threats in a school...

Thoughts?

Just more tin pot big government deep state types harassing an innocent parent who dared voice her opinion to the school board.

cow451 · Jan 22, 2022

TLK Valentine said:
'I will bring every single gun loaded,' parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meeting

Unlike most "I didn't actually mean it" defenses, I'm inclined to give this woman the benefit of the doubt -- nevertheless, even figuratively, there's a darn good reason you don't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater, and you do not make gun threats in a school...

Thoughts?

Some people that cannot regulate their emotions say and do things to get in trouble. The Bible says that words have power.

cow451 · Jan 22, 2022

iluvatar5150 said:
Just more tin pot big government deep state types harassing an innocent parent who dared voice her opinion to the school board.

A threat is not an opinion. Make a note of that.

RDKirk · Jan 22, 2022

Ophiolite said:
Shooting ones mouth off rarely leads to shooting ones guns off,

Said by someone in the UK.

Being in Dallas, I would not say that. Any argument might lead to a fist fight, and any fist fight might lead to a gun fight. When someone in the US says in anger, they're going to bring a gun, it's risky to presume that's a figurative statement.

trunks2k · Jan 22, 2022

cow451 said:
A threat is not an opinion. Make a note of that.

I think his tongue is planted so far in his cheek, you can't see it.

Goonie · Jan 22, 2022

TLK Valentine said:
'I will bring every single gun loaded,' parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meeting

Unlike most "I didn't actually mean it" defenses, I'm inclined to give this woman the benefit of the doubt -- nevertheless, even figuratively, there's a darn good reason you don't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater, and you do not make gun threats in a school...

Thoughts?

It is very close to a specific threat. "That’s not happening and I will bring every single gun loaded and ready.”. Absolutely grounds for arrest and investigation.

cow451 · Jan 22, 2022

trunks2k said:
I think his tongue is planted so far in his cheek, you can't see it.

Bite your tongue!

Ophiolite · Jan 22, 2022

RDKirk said:
Said by someone in the UK.

Being in Dallas, I would not say that. Any argument might lead to a fist fight, and any fist fight might lead to a gun fight. When someone in the US says in anger, they're going to bring a gun, it's risky to presume that's a figurative statement.

Said by someone who lived in Dallas for close to three years, and for two or three decades visited Texas three or four times a year. And yet I would still say that.
Basic safety concepts are applicable here: near misses are more common than minor incidents, which outnumber lost time injuries, which exceed serious injuries, with fatalities at the top. Most raised voices don't lead to shooting.
And my point is, in line with basic safety concepts, reduce the number of shouting incidents and you reduce the number of shootings.

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