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A college student in Michigan who posted a picture of a semi-automatic rifle lost an appeal to drop the “terrorist threat" charge he faces.
Lucas Gerhard, a student at Lake Superior State University in
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, can be charged for posting a Snapchat story of an AR-15 accompanied by an offensive caption, the Michigan Court of Appeals
“Takin this bad boy up, this outta make the snowflakes melt, aye? And I mean snowflakes as in snow [winky face emoji],” Gerhard wrote in the Aug. 22, 2019 post, referencing his plans to bring his gun with him to college.