NRA, others offer support to Harvey student suspended for handling BB gun during virtual class [View all]
The father of Ka'Mauri Harrison, the Harvey fourth-grader suspended last week after a teacher saw him move a BB gun out of the way during a virtual lesson, said the national response to the case has been "overwhelming," with offers of support from regular people and even the National Rifle Association.
In the days since news of Harrison's six-day suspension broke, the 9-year-old and his family have been swamped with messages via email and social media, some pledging legal or financial help.
"It's been overwhelming," Nyron Harrison said. Messages have been flooding in through Facebook and email, he said. "We've been getting a lot of invites to gun ranges and different gun clubs."
Messages have come in from "West Virginia, Colorado, a lot of places," he said.
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