Girl, 5, suspended for a bringing a "gun" to school

[dead0man]

Is "zero tolerance' always really stupid, or just 98% of the time?

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Yeah, we do this stupid sh**t all the time!

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We even acknowledge that they are not real weapons, but we don't care about stupid details like that!  It's not about safety, it's about covering our asses.

[user12345]

Don't bring guns or gun look alikes to school and there won't be a problem. It's not that difficult.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Don't bring guns or gun look alikes to school and there won't be a problem. It's not that difficult.

She is 5.

[Boston Bread]

Don't bring guns or gun look alikes to school and there won't be a problem. It's not that difficult.

She is 5.

Well then it's her parent's job to know this and stop it from happening.

[beaver2.0]

The article gives very little info.

[SteveRogers]

Your snippet doesn't say what she actually brought to school. Was it a neon green plastic squirtgun, or was it something more realistic?

[Cory]

OP didn't deliver link or context.

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It's dead0man, so I'm not really remotely surprised.

[dead0man]

OP didn't deliver link or context.

Not sure how I missed that, I'm normally very good with the links and what not.  My apologies.

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It's dead0man, so I'm not really remotely surprised.

Didn't know you were a fan, but you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.  Feel free to look through all my thread starting posts and show me all the times I do that.  Good luck.

[Cory]

Upon being provided with a link I agree with OP, this is nonsense.

[dead0man]

and I had the link in the OP, just not formatted properly.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Don't bring guns or gun look alikes to school and there won't be a problem. It's not that difficult.

She is 5.

Well then it's her parent's job to know this and stop it from happening.

I'm sure parents have nothing better to do than constantly inspecting their children's backpacks for princess toys.

At least she did not get expelled, which with these zero-tolerance policies I wouldn't have been surprised.   Common sense is basically outlawed once people become so concerned about covering their own butts.

[dead0man]

Your snippet doesn't say what she actually brought to school. Was it a neon green plastic squirtgun, or was it something more realistic?

Perhaps if the girl was Muslim this would be a bigger story?

[Boston Bread]

Now that I saw what it was it doesn't seem like a big issue. The school has the right to prohibit these (and is right to ban things that look like weapons). A suspension is a bit much, but it doesn't deserve an outcry considering unfair punishments are quite common overall.

[dead0man]

Now that I saw what it was it doesn't seem like a big issue. The school has the right to prohibit these (and is right to ban things that look like weapons). A suspension is a bit much, but it doesn't deserve an outcry considering unfair punishments are quite common overall.

Unfair punishments should always be called out.  It doesn't matter if there are too many of them.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I'd sue the school.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I'd sue the school.

For what? It's not like they sprung the rule on them.

The rule being this broad is nonsense, but that's not grounds to sue.

[NeverAgain]

At most they should confiscate the gun, otherwise they should just leave her be. This is arguable in court and I would suggest the parents do so.

[Figueira]

It's a gun that blows bubbles. I agree with OP, except for the random swipe at Muslims later in the thread.

[dead0man]

It's a gun that blows bubbles. I agree with OP, except for the random swipe at Muslims later in the thread.

That wasn't a swipe at Muslims, it was a swipe at the people (99% of whom were not Muslims) that thought clock boy was some kind of a hero victim when he was really just an attention seeking ass.

[Figueira]

It's a gun that blows bubbles. I agree with OP, except for the random swipe at Muslims later in the thread.

That wasn't a swipe at Muslims, it was a swipe at the people (99% of whom were not Muslims) that thought clock boy was some kind of a hero victim when he was really just an attention seeking ass.

Ah, the clock story again. I'm still not sure why I'm supposed to be outraged about that.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Don't bring guns or gun look alikes to school and there won't be a problem. It's not that difficult.

Any one who could mistake that bubble maker for a real gun has some serious problems. Now, if it had been a toy gun, I'd be fine with the suspension, but not for bringing that toy to school. What's next, ending construction classes at vocational high schools because they can't use caulk guns? Banning glue guns from art classes?

[Adam Griffin]

It's funny: I correctly guessed who posted this before I saw for sure.

[Santander]

Suspending a kid for bringing that kind of "gun" to school is like suspending a kid for bringing a hair dryer to school.

[dead0man]

Most hairdryers look more like guns that thing does, but yeah, that would be stupid too.