“A student who took part in a Civil War re-enactment was arrested and could get expelled after a replica musket was found in his car at school.” Joshua Phelps, 17, attends Pine Bush High School about 70 miles north of New York City. “Crawford town police confiscated the musket, handcuffed Phelps and charged him with misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon, punishable by up to a year in jail.” (“Civil War musket has teen in jam with the law”, AP/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Oct. 14)(more on zero tolerance).
Annals of zero tolerance: Civil War replica musket
“A student who took part in a Civil War re-enactment was arrested and could get expelled after a replica musket was found in his car at school.” Joshua Phelps, 17, attends Pine Bush High School about 70 miles north of New York City. “Crawford town police confiscated the musket, handcuffed Phelps and charged him with […]
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