False Reporting Of School Shootings Newest School Fad

By Tom Knighton

The media has been going on about school shootings since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It seems to be one of its favorite topics these days.

With that in mind, it’s no surprise that high school kids are focused on it. It’s been sufficient to send many into the streets–and even the grocery stores–to protest. As annoying as that’s been, it hasn’t been potentially dangerous for the most part.

However, it seems high school kids in an Orlando-area county are doing something very different.

The 14-year-old boy is one of more than 30 Volusia County students who have been charged with felonies related to false reports of school violence since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The Deltona student sent a message to a friend that said, “Schoil (sic) shooting much scared plz (sic) pray,” according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. He told a school resource deputy he did it as a prank, and he didn’t want to dispel the rumor for several hours because he wanted others to think the supposed shooting was happening in real time.

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Source:: Bearing Arms