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A new Hampshire teen has sued his former high School Principal and other officials making allegations illegal His vehicle is searched based only on its location gun Owner.
Jack Harrington, 18, who graduated from Hillsborough-Deering High School in June, claims he was harassed and interrogated by school staff about two months ago. He then allegedly told a fellow student that he had reported the legally stored handgun in his glove box to police during an off-campus traffic stop.
trialThe superintendent, principal, vice principal and school resource officer are named in the petition filed in U.S. District Court by the Second Amendment Foundation. School officials later searched Harrington’s truck in the school car park but found nothing.
A few weeks later, on April 24, school officials asked him about that conversation, confirmed he had a gun and began harassing him about searching his truck. State law prohibits students from bringing firearms onto school property.
Although Harrington said he never brought a gun to school and had no intention of doing so, the school resource officer told him, “You can say whatever you want, we’ll search for it anyway,” the lawsuit claims.
Courts have found that school officials can conduct such searches if they have reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, but Harrington’s attorneys argue that knowledge of gun ownership alone falls far short of that standard.
Bill Sacks, director of legal operations for the Second Amendment Foundation, said, “Being public about the exercise of one’s personal rights cannot be grounds for harassment and searches on campus.” “The school district’s clear position here is ‘exercise one right, waive the other.’ That’s not how it works.”
Messages seeking comment were left Thursday for Superintendent Jennifer Crawford. Harington declined an interview request. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.