Student Expelled For Firearms Left in Truck Off School Campus

Will schools soon be expelling students for owning firearms? That’s a question we’d like to hear asked more and more. We bring up this because of a news story that ran in The Modesto Bee – and for the record we had no problem with the story’s writing or tone, just what it reported:

“Gary Tudesko, 16, was expelled from Willows High School in November after a dog detected the guns in his pickup truck on Oct. 26, according to a news release by the National Rifle Association. Tudesko told school officials he’d gone on an early morning duck-hunting trip before school that morning and believed the guns would not be a problem if he parked off campus.”

A hearing is scheduled for this week, and we hope that the school does the right thing. While school shootings aren’t something to be taken lightly, we feel that law-abiding citizens (even those in high school) shouldn’t be punished because of other’s actions.