School student suspended for NRA pro-2nd Amendment T-shirt

Grand Island High School was completely justified.It should be noted that I am actually a gun-rights advocate. I don't think any more restrictions should be made on firearms. However, I think education is the most important thing in America, and our schools are constantly harassed and criticized, although they are severely under funded.BackgroundThe student was wearing a Smith & Wesson (which is a gun manufacturer) shirt to his high school. Administrators asked him to remove the shirt. He complied. Underneath, however, was this NRA shirt: As you can see, there are two rifles on the back logo. When administrators asked him to either change the shirt or turn it inside out. When he refused to comply this time, he was given a one day in-school suspension.School RulesIn the Grand Island Central School District Code of Conduct Policy and Grand Island High School Student-Parent Handbook, the following are recognized.Students can be subject to discipline for improper dress and insubordination.Improper Dress: "Any clothing that is unsafe, in poor taste, distracting, or disruptive to the educational process or not in keeping with academic expectations... shirts with drug, alcohol or violence related sayings."Insubordination: "Failure to comply with the reasonable requests of an administrator, a teacher or a staff member."It is also mentioned that, "Students who violate the student dress code shall be required to modify their appearance by covering or removing the offending item and, if necessary or practical, replacing it with an acceptable item. Any student who refuses to do so shall be subject to discipline, up to and including in-school suspension for the day."My PointGuns are inherently violent. They are created for the purpose of inflicting damage upon something. A shirt with two guns on it, therefore, contains a violent object. There was no reason for the student to wear either shirt to school, especially since he had been told on other occasions beforehand to change.This is not a matter of freedom of expression. Students cannot where whatever they choose to school; that is why there is a dress code. Drug-related shirts are expressive, but still not permitted. Schools are meant to educate, and they can do this best by creating and enforcing a safe and moderated environment.By not complying to the request, the student was also being insubordinate. The request was completely reasonable (it didn't ask him to do anything irrational, harmful, or out of the ordinary).The school did not act outside of protocol, either. Everything they did was correct procedure according to their code and handbook.In my opinion (although this does not pertain to the debate), the student showed a lack of discipline by continuously wearing an inappropriate shirt, which is commonly reprimanded by the conservative crowd. I'm surprised that they defended this student and not the school for enforcing its policies.Rights of StudentsEven if you argue that the student's rights were infringed upon, I can counter by saying that the rights are not universal. Children cannot purchase guns. Schools can search lockers without a warrant. I can argue that the rights are not extended to children as they are to adults, but only partially apply. Or, I can argue that since it is the school's property, under the supervision of the administrators, that free expression is not protected. It was decided by the Supreme Court that expression wasn't Constitutionally protected on private property in the case Hudgens vs. National Labor Relations Board.Sourceshttp://www.k12.ginet.org... http://www.k12.ginet.org... http://www.foxnews.com... http://www.washingtonpost.com... http://www.freedomforum.org...