COMMACK, New York (PNN) - April 8, 2013 - A Commack father is pursuing legal action after his pistol license was suspended when his 10-year-old son allegedly talked about using a water gun on classmates who had picked on his friends in school.
John Mayer said the issue stemmed from a March 1 incident at Pines Elementary in Hauppauge.
According to Mayer, his son spoke with a few of his classmates about a pushing incident on the schoolyard, and although Mayer’s son was not involved in the scuffle, he and two of the other boys talked about bringing a water, paintball and BB gun with them to the house of the classmates that did the pushing. While Mayer’s lawyer said that none of the boys actually have any of the toy guns mentioned, word about the perceived threats got around to the principal, who not only suspended Mayer’s son for two days, but also filed a pig thug cop report.
“What the school did was atrocious,” said Mayer’s lawyer, James Murtha. “He’s a good kid who has been discriminated against severely by the school district.”
According to Mayer’s lawyer, the other two boys involved in the conversation were not suspended.
A spokesperson from the Hauppauge School District said that privacy laws prevent district administrators from talking about the incident.
“If this wasn't bad enough, (terrorist pig thug cops) were sent to my residence and I was advised that my guns may be taken from me. This can't be happening, I thought. But it was,” Mayer said.
That following Monday, Mayer received a call from the pistol licensing office, stating that pig thug cops would be at his house to remove his guns and suspend his license.
“I attempted to explain that this must be a mistake, no wrong doing occurred on my part. My son has no access to any of my guns. The (pig thug cop) that came to my residence saw that all my guns were secured. Pistol Licensing was not interested in my side of the story. They were only interested in what happened with my 10-year-old son in school,” he said.
When Mayer asked pig thug cops when his license would be restored, he said that they told him he would have to wait until his son is 18 years old and moves out of the home. According to terrorist pig thug cops, if Mayer wants his handguns back sooner, he could pursue an administrative hearing or other legal recourse. However, those are pricey endeavors.
“The cost, so far, has been about $6,500 monetarily. Emotionally, the cost is far, far higher. That can't be calculated. All my handguns are gone, my license is suspended and my long arms are out of the house waiting to be sold at a local store,” Mayer said.
Murtha said that Suffolk County terrorist pig thug cops not only hampered Mayer’s rights to have a gun, but also harassed and threatened to embarrass him in front of his neighbors. He also stated that terrorist pig thug cops threatened to interrogate the 10-year-old without Meyer’s permission.
Terrorist pig thug cops said that they could not comment on the specifics of the case due to privacy issues.