Middle school assignment asked students to write letters to Congress supporting stricter gun laws

By Teri Webster

A middle school teacher in Hampton, Georgia, came under fire for a classroom assignment that required students to write letters to pressure Congress for stricter gun laws.

What happened?

The premise of the assignment was that stricter laws could prevent another mass killing at a school, according to reports.

“For this assignment, you are writing a letter to the lawmakers of the United States,” the assignment stated. The purpose of this letter is to pressure lawmakers to have stricter gun laws in the United States.”

The law enforcement group Blue Lives Matter obtained a copy of the assignment from a police officer whose son is in the class.

“I asked him what he had for homework that night, and he said he had to write a paper on gun control,” William Lee told Blue Lives Matter. “I looked at it, and I told my son, ‘No, you’re not doing that assignment.’ Then I emailed his teacher the next day and told him that my son would not be writing that.”

The teacher agreed to exempt the student from the assignment with no penalties for not completing the work.

How did the district respond?

A district spokesman told Fox News the assignment is …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze