The Luray Police Department has charged Amelia Ruffner King with a violation of the Code of Virginia: Oral Threat While on School Property.
On Thursday, King, 42, told a school board that she would "bring every single gun, loaded and ready" if the board did not abandon their mask mandate for students."No mask mandates. My children will not come to school Monday with a mask on. I will bring every single gun, loaded and ready," King said as she ended her speech to the Page County Public Schools board, after being told she had exceeded her allotted time.
Page County Public Schools issued a statement on Friday morning saying that during Thursday’s meeting "there were comments made that referenced weapons and were perceived by many to be threatening in nature." "Page County Public Schools does not take these kinds of statements lightly," the board wrote. "Not only do comments such as these go against everything we wish to model for our students, they go against the very nature of how we as a community should interact with each other. Violence and threats are never acceptable or appropriate.