Should Wisconsin schools be able to ban T-shirts depicting guns? A federal appeals court weighs in

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Should students at a Waukesha County high school be allowed to wear T-shirts with guns on them to class?

A federal appeals court has revived that question, months after a Wisconsin judge ruled school administrators could lawfully ban the garments.

Students at Kettle Moraine High School and a Neenah middle school each sued their respective principals in February 2020. They claimed rules against the shirts violated their First Amendment rights to express support for the Second Amendment.

Read more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

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