Pro gun Parkland student Kyle Kashuv harassed by school security for tweet about a visit to a gun range.

Kyle Kashuv at a gun range. Fox News/Twitter. 

Kyle Kashuv, a pro-2nd amendment advocate and a Parkland shooting survivor was pulled out of class by school security and question about a visit to a gun range. Fox News. Two security officers took Kashuv out of class and according to Kashuv they questioned him intensely. 

Kashuv said “First, they began berating my tweet, although neither of them had read it; then they began aggressively asking questions about who I went to the range with, whose gun we used, about my father, etc. They were incredibly condescending and rude.”

Kashuv has drawn media attention as a counterpoint to other Parkland students who have come out in support of gun control. Kashuv has been very vocal in support of gun rights. 

It was great learning about our inalienable right of #2A and how to properly use a gun. This was my first time ever touching a gun and it made me appreciate the #Constitution even more. My instructor was very informative; I learnt a lot. #2A is important and we need 2 preserve 2A pic.twitter.com/4rcOZbpl88

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 21, 2018

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." pic.twitter.com/mfVRATZ4DT

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 21, 2018

My Comment:
Pretty disgusting if this story is true. There is nothing wrong with this young man visiting a gun range. And there is nothing wrong with posting about it on social media Especially since it's pretty obvious that he was being taught gun safety. Kushnuv seems to be following the four rules of gun safety and he is showing very obvious trigger discipline in the top picture. He was being very responsible with his gun use. Nobody should have a problem with what he posted.

There is a small chance that Kashuv is lying about his encounter but I doubt it. Kushnuv doesn't seem like that kind of person and given how high his connections go (he's seen visiting President Donald Trump on his twitter profile) I doubt he would risk everything by making something up. I think that this has less than a 1% chance of being false.

So why would the school security do this? There are a couple of possibilities. The first and most likely is that the security at the Parkland high school are just overreacting. They just got caught with their pants down after the mass shooting so they want to make sure that won't happen again. Because of that they are investigating everything, even things that are obviously not a threat. The hostility obviously isn't called for but in the end they are trying to chase every possible threat down.

That's the charitable interpretation. The uncharitable interpretation is that the liberal administration of the Parkland school district is punishing Kashuv for his political advocacy. He came out as a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment and a critic of not only his fellow activist students but the Democratic Party as well. Kashuv has also been very critical of the School Board and local cops so it's not like he has made friends with these people. They have the motive to try and get him to abandon political advocacy.

Thankfully it looks as though Kashuv isn't going to be in any real trouble because of this. Doing so would be a huge mistake by the Parkland community and a great example of suppressing free speech. Kashuv will likely continue to be an advocate for the 2nd amendment even if this kind of thing keeps happening to him.