Washington, Jan 22: A US woman has been booked for threatening to bring loaded guns to school in Virginia as a mark of protest against the mask mandate.
According to CBS News, Amelia King was charged on Friday for threatening Page County School Board that she would “bring every single gun loaded and ready” on January 24 to fight the mask requirements for her children.
She later emailed the school board apologising for her choice of words, saying she was not referring to “actual firearms”.
She said, “I in no way meant to imply all guns loaded as in actual firearms, but rather all resources I can muster to make sure that my children get to attend school without masks.”
King was later released on a $5,000 bond, said the Luray Police Department.
Meanwhile, Superintendent Antonia M Fox and school board chair Megan Gordon said there would be increased police presence at each school within the district on Friday and Monday, CBS News reported.
They said, “Not only do comments such as these go against everything we wish to model for our students, they go against the very nature of how we as community should interact with each other.
“Violence and threats are never acceptable or appropriate. This kind of behaviour is not tolerated from our students, faculty, staff, nor will it be tolerated by parents or guests of our school division.”
