Avid hunter told he can't pose with shotgun for high school yearbook photo
(FOX NEWS) - A Maine high school student who comes from a family of avid hunters was told he cannot pose for his senior yearbook photo holding a shotgun.
Wane Gelinas, a senior at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, said hunting is a family tradition and he wanted his last yearbook photo to show his love of the sport.
"It's just my sport," he told WCSH-TV. "It's just what I do. I don't play football. I don't play basketball. I just hunt."
In a Facebook post, Gelinas wrote: "So here's what I wanted to have as my senior picture but was informed 'No you can't put something like that in the yearbook.' So you're telling me that a football player can have theirs with a football, a lacrosse player can have theirs with their stick, and a guy or girl can dress up like one or the other but a hunter can't have theirs with their gun!"
The school district explained to local media the photo is not in keeping with the school's code of conduct, which states that students are not permitted to bring weapons to school or wear items of clothing that depict weapons.
The district went on to say that other students have attempted to submit photos with guns in the past and those photos were always denied.
Gelinas said that he will submit a different photo, but he hopes the school district will change its policy.