A student at a high school in Anaheim Hills said
administrators ordered her to change out of a T-shirt that promoted the
National Rifle Association.
Sophomore Haley Bullwinkle said when she wore her NRA shirt
to Canyon High School last month, she landed in the principal’s office for
violating the school’s dress code that forbids offensive, violent or divisive
clothing.“They were treating me like I was a criminal,” she said. “I was not allowed to wear that at school because it promoted gun violence.”
The shirt, which was a gift from Bullwinkle’s father when he became a card-carrying member of the NRA, features a buck, an American flag and a hunter’s silhouette. It also has the words “National Rifle Association of America: Protecting America’s Traditions Since 1871” written in the center.
Bullwinkle’s father said he emailed the school’s principal
to find out why his daughter had to change her shirt.
Principal Kimberly Fricker responded in an email, which
said, in part, “The shirt had a gun on it, which is not allowed by school
police. It’s protocol to have students change when they’re in violation of the
dress code.”Link
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