RufusAtticus

Misapplied statute? HAHA

If he brought a gun on school property then he violated the law because he neither was preforming law enforcement duities nor had permission of the school board to do so. Sorry, but the law doesn't make exception for cops on their breaks sneaking into schools to take pictures of class projects.

fatherphil

no, not really. funny cause at first read i thought you said closet instead of classroom. that might have been a problem.

rufus, you know the statute was not meant to address police officers. they pretty much go everywhere armed.

trunks2k

Wrong. the statute specifically says it doesn't apply to:

"(1) A law enforcement officer while engaged in law enforcement duties. " (emphasis added)

The police officer was not engaged in law enforcement duties (by his own admission, he was on break). Therefore the statute does apply to him. He is breaking the law by being in the school. It's really apparant and it's sad that you can't see that.

RufusAtticus

What trunks said.

Phil, there is a reason why that was bolded when I initially posted the statute: to point out that the law only makes exception for law enforcement officers when they are engauged in law enforcement duities. By his own admission this cop was on a break and not preforming any official duities. Sorry, but if he did wear his firearm into the school, he did break the law.

Calzaer

So you DON'T know why they lock the doors?

*pulls out another lawn sign and hammers it into the thread*
"DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS"

Loren Pechtel

If the court acted on common sense instead of the letter of the law I don't think they would do anything to him. After all, he could have carried it there legally earlier in the day and his carrying it then was merely incidental.

Techinically, though, I agree, he's guilty.

Loren Pechtel

* comes along, notes the sign that fell down because there wasn't enough dirt to hold it and bolts it to the wall*

fatherphil

i took the second question as rhetorical. apparently the locked door was not meant to keep the cop out cause the janitor let him in.

Calzaer

*puts one last Troll Chow pellet in the cage*
"Apparently the locked door was not meant to keep the raving lunatic/mad bomber/pedophile stalker/thief/axe murderer/Osama bin Laden out cause the janitor let him in" would make just as much sense as your statement.

brighid

Fatherphil,

Do you honestly believe that the janitor would have let this man in had he been out of uniform? (at 1:30 am and some strange man, unknown to him knocks on the door, asks to be let in so he can take some pictures)

Brighid