A Child's Toy Gun lands him in hot water

[CAMike]

AW Firearms Section:

Parents beware. After I viewed the news article below I became more worried than ever about our current educational indoctrination that my little one is going through. It makes me kind of sad (but I'm getting older so that's OK).

On the other hand I'm going to invite one parent a month to go shooting with me at the range to experience the safety and the lessons of personal responsibility that are inherent with the sport. This "PC Indoc" needs to be confronted and exposed for what it is.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7258504

 

[squorch2]

Dude - you're behind the times. This occurs pretty often and is a result of zero tolerance policies, not some indoctrination program. Because why have your administrators think when they can just point to a rule in a book?

 

[Cron]

Same exact thing happened in NYC a few weeks back, over a LEGO toy of all things. As A4s says, "I weep"...

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Boy-Threatened-With-Suspension-Over-Toy-Gun-83473992.html

 

[gotta_fly]

When I was five years old I stuck my cowboy cap revolver into my carry on before a flight to HI with my family. I didn't mean anything by it other than bringing one of my favorite toys with me to play with. It was interesting to see the guns drawn surrounding my tiny backpack up on the scanners at KBOS. Not really related, but still funny... in retrospect. I probably still owe my folks a big apology for that one.

 

[HackerF15E]

This is very much a result of idiocies sown during the 1990s. What is nice is that there seems to be a bit of groundswell backlash against "zero tolerance" because of moronic episodes like this.

 

[OscarMyers]

I dont dont have any children in school so i cant comment on this from personal experience. It seems to me that school administrations are not as respected as they were once upon a time. Is it societies fault for putting so many restrictions on what they can do to govern their schools. I seem to remember principals working with the parents and vice versa. Now it just seems to be a battleground of whats right for the children. just my two cents.

 

[Rocketman]

Back in the 90's I worked in Charleston WVa for 10 years one year. They used to cancel school on the opening day of deer season. I'm sure some of the high school kids had deer rifles in their cars out in the school parking lot the rest of the season too. I always found that odd. (closing school on opening day, not keeping hunting rifles in the trunk during the season)

We sure live in a different world now.

 

[C420sailor]

When I was in 8th grade I brought an old musket to school for a Civil War project. I ran it by the principal and my teacher, and brought it to school wrapped in a sheet. No one cared. Everyone thought it was cool. Fast forward 12 years...kids would get arrested and charged for doing that.

 

[FlyBoyd]

I dont dont have any children in school so i cant comment on this from personal experience. It seems to me that school administrations are not as respected as they were once upon a time. Is it societies fault for putting so many restrictions on what they can do to govern their schools? I seem to remember principals working with the parents and vice versa. Now it just seems to be a battleground of whats right for the children. just my two cents.

You are partially correct with the restrictions.

The other part is that parents expect the teachers/administartion to be the parents. My mother retired from teaching at the end of a year following the conversation below.

Parent: "Why did my son get a zero for his homework grade?"
Teacher (my mom): "He didn't do his homework."
Parent: "It is your job to teach him not mine."

 

[scoolbubba]

Common sense is just something for the lawyers and judges to decide on in litigation anymore.

 

[Bevo16]

Academy (a sporting good store) used to sell surplus dummy grenades. I brought one of those to school for show and tell when I was in junior high. No big deal.

 

[Rocketman]

Academy (a sporting good store) used to sell surplus dummy grenades. I brought one of those to school for show and tell when I was in junior high. No big deal.

Yea if you get in hot water for something else and happen to have one laying around now, the media/LEO's (not you Lawman) just call them grenades . That you were arrested for possession of a grenade will make the paper. The fact that your lawyer proves it was a dummy grenade will not.

 

[BigIron]

It's a tiny gun attached to a doll.

Ridiculous. The School Administration should be embarrased.

 

[eddie]

Academy (a sporting good store) used to sell surplus dummy grenades. I brought one of those to school for show and tell when I was in junior high. No big deal.

You had show and tell in Jr. high?



Or was it the other kind?