Report: Pro-2A student Kyle Kashuv grilled by authorities for legally visiting gun range with father

Joe NewbyApril 24, 2018

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On Monday, the Daily Wire reported that Kyle Kashuv, the Parkland shooting survivor who supports the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, was grilled by authorities after he legally visited a gun range with his father.

On Friday, Kashuv posted tweets and videos of the visit, noting that it was the first time he had ever handled a firearm.

“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,” he said.

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

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

Yes

Facts matter. I wish the facts of guns were more known. We need to educate the public and show them why they NEED the 2A. pic.twitter.com/HzjEx9LH2r

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 21, 2018

“My dad was there and I shot with an AR-15. After, I posted a few pictures and videos,” he said.

Apparently, that didn’t sit too well with a number of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Worse yet, the report said that Kashuv was informed by his principal that other students were upset by his tweets.

Kashuv said that later in the day, things took a turn for the worse. Here’s his account as posted by the Daily Wire:

Near the end of third period, my teacher got a call from the office saying I need to go down and see a Mr. Greenleaf. I didn’t know Mr. Greenleaf, but it turned out that he was an armed school resource officer. I went down and found him, and he escorted me to his office. Then a second security officer walked in and sat behind me. Both began questioning me intensely. 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.

Then a third officer from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office walked in, and began asking me the same questions again. At that point, I asked whether I could record the interview. They said no. I asked if I had done anything wrong. Again, they answered no. I asked why I was there. One said, “Don’t get snappy with me, do you not remember what happened here a few months ago?”

They continued to question me aggressively, though they could cite nothing I had done wrong. They kept calling me “the pro-Second Amendment kid.” I was shocked and honestly, scared. It definitely felt like they were attempting to intimidate me.

I was treated like a criminal for no reason other than having gone to the gun range and posted on social media about it.

Kashuv later tweeted:

I can now check off being wrongfully questioned by law enforcement off by bucket list.

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 23, 2018

Twitchy said that national security lawyer Bradley P. Moss responded harshly:

… No offense, Kyle, but you were just complaining the other day that law enforcement sits on its hands too much. https://t.co/gdtOgKoFLm

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 24, 2018

That prompted this response from Kashuv:

Yes, on actual threats to the community. https://t.co/pC5oz70evp

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 24, 2018

Moss hit back:

Sometimes they're going to do some due diligence work that might ruffle feathers, but nothing more. There are actual and serious deprivations of constitutional rights that occur. Finding the balance to protect us all and those rights at the same time isn't easy.

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 24, 2018

Others got involved:

No idea but this is my entire problem with the people who on the one hand don't want law enforcement to ever come near them and at the same time want law enforcement to have perfect anticipation of who will be a threat and be all up in THEIR business.

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 24, 2018

Twitchy wondered:

Did he just say, people who “don’t want law enforcement to ever come near them”?

Gee … is it possible that something that happened pretty recently that showed Kashuv and the country that certain law enforcement officers maybe were sitting on their hands when immediate action was demanded? Ring any bells?

Others weighed in:

https://twitter.com/Brad_Reloaded/status/988593555944955904

Are you really defending the questioning of this boy by the school resource officer AND another uniformed officer? And, do you fail to understand the inappropriate manner and nature of the questioning? Sad and amazing… it is clear to any rational observer he's being targeted… https://t.co/loFbBfdPsZ

— Par4 (@_par4) April 24, 2018

It sure looks that way from what we know so far.

It's called bullying – there was no "due diligence" – there was no threat or probable cause – this was a "serious deprivation"…but then again, Brad you are speaking for the deep state – so no surprise here – the Constitution apparently applies less to those you don't like

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) April 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/ElixthexFox/status/988594203448950791

Ben Shapiro tweeted:

School security: Yeah, we'll sit and wait outside while kids get shot inside.
Also school security: So, kid who just talked with GOP and Dem senators and went to WH to fight school shootings, we saw you went to a gun range. Start talking.https://t.co/g2FaAuglMn

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 23, 2018

He also noted:

This is totally insane. We've reached out to the high school and the sheriff's office for comment. We'll update if they respond. https://t.co/g2FaAuglMn

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 23, 2018

Apparently, some are more equal than others…

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