This school district lets seniors pose with guns

[Dan and Judy 614]

Sure, if a person so desired they could photograph themselves naked and hogtied with an apple in their mouth.

I'm just not convinced it would be the best choice for a school photo.

I could be wrong.

it would sell a lot of year books

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Sure, if a person so desired they could photograph themselves naked and hogtied with an apple in their mouth.

I'm just not convinced it would be the best choice for a school photo.

I could be wrong.

Well, it's not something I would do, to be sure. But to each his (her) own, eh?

Gotta vote more strongly against the apple pic over the gun pic, however.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I just think posing with a gun in a school photo is demented.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I would not say it is demented but it certainly is completely out of place. Guns should not be treated as fashion accessories. Guns should be treated as weapons - which is precisely what they are - and not flaunted in public as statement pieces no matter how inbred one's family tree is.

[Merle 458]

I would not say it is demented but it certainly is completely out of place. Guns should not be treated as fashion accessories. Guns should be treated as weapons - which is precisely what they are - and not flaunted in public as statement pieces no matter how inbred one's family tree is.

Do you realize hunting is a sport that is very popular in the United States as well as other countries including countires in Europe? They are holding hunting rifles and shotguns, not AR15 or AK47 rifles. I dont see any difference than a kid holding a football or a tennis racquet. If American culture offends you so much than why do you live here?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Do you realize hunting is a sport that is very popular in the United States as well as other countries including countires in Europe? They are holding hunting rifles and shotguns, not AR15 or AK47 rifles. I dont see any difference than a kid holding a football or a tennis racquet. If American culture offends you so much than why do you live here?

[Curmudgeon 227]

Do you realize hunting is a sport that is very popular in the United States as well as other countries including countires in Europe? They are holding hunting rifles and shotguns, not AR15 or AK47 rifles. I dont see any difference than a kid holding a football or a tennis racquet. If American culture offends you so much than why do you live here?

Personally, I don't care what props you choose to use in your portrait photo. However, I do think America should examine what messages are sent out the more you try to push away the reality of what a gun is and what it is primarily designed for. Guns are weapons that is what they are designed for and what they function as. If you happen to have won a deal of marksmanship contests for your school, I can see why you might want to bring that into the context of a school photo, but other than that, it makes you wonder what message the kid is trying to send out. I certainly would question the emotional maturity of someone that felt that having a gun in a photograph was a requirement even if you had no specific marksmanship skills to speak of.

I don't think it's a good idea to question a person's motives for living wherever they live if they are legally resident. It's basically none of your business, it's not like there is a requirement to own guns in the US, or approve of anything to do with guns or weapons so whatever a persons views on the issues are is irrelevant to their living arrangements.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Do you realize hunting is a sport that is very popular in the United States as well as other countries including countires in Europe? They are holding hunting rifles and shotguns, not AR15 or AK47 rifles. I dont see any difference than a kid holding a football or a tennis racquet. If American culture offends you so much than why do you live here?

Some people don't think being armed is a daily requirement to live. They're no less American than you are.

[Merle 458]

Some people don't think being armed is a daily requirement to live. They're no less American than you are.

I must have missed the banner behind the photos of the kids in the pictures saying they required arms to live. I didn't see any tubes or anything connected intravenously between the kids and the guns either.

[Merle 458]

I don't think it's a good idea to question a person's motives for living wherever they live if they are legally resident. It's basically none of your business, it's not like there is a requirement to own guns in the US, or approve of anything to do with guns or weapons so whatever a persons views on the issues are is irrelevant to their living arrangements.

And it's none of your business or anyone elses if a kid wants to be in a picture holding something that is used in their sport.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I must have missed the banner behind the photos of the kids in the pictures saying they required arms to live. I didn't see any tubes or anything connected intravenously between the kids and the guns either.

I'm talking about the folks here who need to have a gun to live. I don't have an issue with hunting pictures, but a gun is a weapon first and foremost. To say it's the same thing as a football or tennis racquet is a bit of a stretch.

[Operator 1,927]

I would not say it is demented but it certainly is completely out of place. Guns should not be treated as fashion accessories. Guns should be treated as weapons - which is precisely what they are - and not flaunted in public as statement pieces no matter how inbred one's family tree is.

Couldn't agree more, or, wait....

Guns and Booze, NICE!...and they aren't 'Murican? What?

Oh the British are such gun nutters.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/british-women-strike-naked-poses-calendar-honor-friend-article-1.1169084

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Some people don't think being armed is a daily requirement to live. They're no less American than you are.

agree 100%, the difference is I don't try to interfere with their right to not be armed

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

agree 100%, the difference is I don't try to interfere with their right to not be armed

Sorry, I think there are people who don't deserve the right to be armed. They lack the emotional maturity and the sound logic needed to operated firearms.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I feel deeply sorry for anyone who believes American culture can be reduced to guns alone, when our country has a wealth to offer in that realm. I feel deeply sorry if you believe criticism to my own country should indicate I should consider moving elsewhere.

Apparently one can take tovarich out of motherland but one can't take motherland out of tovaorich, yes?

Do you realize hunting is a sport that is very popular in the United States as well as other countries including countires in Europe? They are holding hunting rifles and shotguns, not AR15 or AK47 rifles. I dont see any difference than a kid holding a football or a tennis racquet. If American culture offends you so much than why do you live here?