ATHENS — Georgia cornerback Nyland Green was arrested early on Wednesday morning and faces multiple charges, per the Athens-Clarke County jail booking recap.
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A felony for having a BB gun? Someone will say, it's the law. It's still ridiculous!
Keep illegal guns off college campuses. Absolutely! Laws that treat a BB gun, like it's a real gun are asinine!
This is a bunch of horse hockey.......
A BB gun is not a firearm.
As someone said below, Barney freaking Fife must have been working last night.
For the love of all that is holy . . . a bb gun? Felony charges for a f'n bb gun? What has happened to the state of Georgia that a young man can't goof around with his friends and some bb guns? We used the "1 pump rule" and shot each other on purpose with bb guns when I was a kid in Georgia.
Utter insanity. And, for all of you lily-livered sh*ts saying this kid is toxic and reckless and whatever else, you might want to think about switching to cheering for some other team in some other sport. Perhaps, curling is more your speed. Or, knitting. No, not knitting. My grandmothers used to laugh when we came home with welts from bb gun shots . . . and they were excellent knitters.
This sounds like the campus poh-leese came to the rescue when some sensitive student reported a dry fire bb gun event. Who reported it? Were the 2 just playing around? Firearms are legal on all Georgia campuses. But, a question comes to mind ... when has a BB gun in Georgia ever been classified as a "firearm"? Would that be never? Hey boys, get yourselves a very good lawyer and make this go away.
wow! the more I hear about this case, the bigger waste of resources it becomes. Football player or not, this is over policing and is exactly the kind of over reach that gives the Univ and county a bad name.
Guys, two FELONY charges and a $7,000 bond. This is serious whether you want to believe it or not. Totally unnecessary behavior and just plain dumb. One of these kind of high powered BB guns with the power they possess CAN potentially kill someone and certainly can seriously injure a person.
Hopefully the charges will be reduced or dropped altogether if the facts come out differently after the investigation.
Also, what part of the BB gun utilizes combustion to hence be called a “fire”arm??
How do you fire a BB gun???
The charge is for a “weapon” in a school zone, not a “firearm.” The definition of “weapon” includes a device that can discharge a missile or a projectile, which would include a BB gun. Technically, the charge might apply, but I believe it will be reduced.
He could have assaulted a female and run her over with a car and get out of jail with 1000.00 bond. And set free. Judge must be a Bama fan applying a 7000.00
You were probably 10 years old when you plinked each other with your daisy red riders, not 20. What’s a 20 year old doing with 2 BB guns on a college campus anyway? Is that even fun at 20? I don’t remember ANYONE in Athens that had a BB gun in my 4 years there. And I met thousands of other students. Very childlike.
