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 ruled June 24. 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.
After Gerhard made the post, two Lake Superior State students alerted the public safety department. The university allows students to bring firearms to school so long as they are registered with the campus police. When Gerhard went to register his gun the next morning, he was questioned by security.
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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.
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A newly introduced bill in Lansing aims to clear up the definition of a terroristic threat.
It is based off the arrest of Lucas Gerhard, then a 19 year old Lake Superior State University student, who was arrested for posting on Snapchat a photo of his rifle and saying he was going to take it up north and “melt some snowflakes.”
Gerhard was arrested for making a terror threat while the student said he was joking and referencing actual snow.
Now, Representative John Reilly, of Oakland Township, introduced a bill that will clarify the definition of a terror threat, to need context and a direct intent to do harm to bring charges forth.
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