A Virginia mom went off the rails during a school board meeting Thursday, threatening to bring a loaded gun to school if her kids were forced to wear face masks.
presented updates on the pandemic and the importance of mask-wearing, a slew of parents made speeches advocating for face coverings.
When finally moving on to the topic at hand, she said, “We need to think as a collective county… There’s a lot of science. There’s a lot of good science. You know, the mask protects the person that’s wearing it.”states that, while masks protect the wearer, they more importantly protect the people around the wearer. The mask is used to keep respiratory droplets from spreading.
She bizarrely equated a paid job with volunteering to speak in a public forum, arguing that time constraints wouldn’t fly in her job as a dental hygienist. By Friday afternoon, local police said they’d spoken to the mother and the school district said they would be increasing police patrols around schools on Monday., Luray Police said the mother called police to apologize but the Page County Sheriff’s Office and the local district attorney’s office were nevertheless investigating.