TBB Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 270 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18244 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20297 Achievement Points: 133689 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 270 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 16 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted June 10, 2013 I don't want to live in the same world as these people!!! In the latest incident of anti-gun hysteria to erupt ina school setting, a kindergarten boy has been suspended from school for10 days because he showed a friend his cowboy-style cap gun on the wayto school. The incident happened on Wednesday morning at about 8:30 a.m. on a school bus in Calvert County, Maryland, reports The Washington Post. The kindergartener had brought the toy gunbecause his friend had brought a water gun the previous day. He latertold his mother than he “really, really” wanted his friend to see it. The suspended boy had acquired the menacing, plastic, orange-tippedweapon at Frontier Town, a western-themed campground with a water park,mini golf and the like. School officials at Dowell Elementary Schoolin the town of Lusby proceeded to question the five-year-old for overtwo hours before finally calling his mother, whom The Post also does notname. The principal eventually called the boy’s mother at 10:50 a.m. Bythat time, the five-year-old had wet his pants (which the mother calledhighly unusual). The principal told the boy’s mother that the boy had simulatedshooting someone on the bus with the offending novelty. However, boththe boy and his older sister, a first-grader, say the principal is nottelling the truth. The Post explains that the principal — Jennifer L. Young, according toDowell Elementary’s website — told the kindergartener’s mother thatthings would have been even worse had the toy gun been loaded with caps.In that case, the school would have regarded the plaything as anexplosive and called the police. “I have no problem that he had a consequence to his behavior,” themother told the Post. “What I have a problem with is the severity.” The mother is also upset about the trauma her son experienced without her knowledge. “Why were we not immediately contacted?” she asked The 10-day suspension is officially for possessing a look-alike gun,notes the Post. If the suspension is not lifted, the kindergartenerwon’t be able to go to school the rest of the year. The suspension willalso be part of his permanent academic record. The family has hired an attorney, Robin Ficker, who has managed tobecome something of a national legal expert in amazing overreactions byschool officials over things that aren’t actual guns. Ficker appealed the suspension on the family’s behalf on Thursday. On Friday, there will be a disciplinary conference. The attorney noted that the the boy’s age is an essential factor when considering the punishment and the school’s actions. “Kids play cowboys and Indians,” Ficker told The Post. “They playcops and robbers. You’re talking about a little five-year-old here.” This incident is the second incident of anti-gun hysteria to erupt ina school setting in as many weeks. There have been many others over thecourse of this academic year as well. A six-year-old boy was punished because he took a plastic Lego gunroughly the size of a quarter on a school bus headed to Old Mill PondElementary School in Palmer, Mass. (RELATED: Kindergartener gets detention, forced to apologize for tiny Lego gun) An eighth-grader in West Virginia was suspended and, astonishingly,arrested after he refused to remove a t-shirt supporting the NationalRifle Association returned to school on Monday. The courageous14-year-old then returned to school wearing exactly the same shirt,which depicts a hunting rifle with the statement “protect your right.” (RELATED: Eighth-grader arrested over NRA shirt returns to school in same shirt) Officials at an elementary school in small-town Michigan impounded a third-grader boy’s batch of 30 homemade birthday cupcakesbecause they were adorned with green plastic figurines representingWorld War Two soldiers. The school principal branded the military-themedcupcakes “insensitive” in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary Schoolshooting. (RELATED: School confiscates third-grader’s cupcakes topped with toy soldiers) At Genoa-Kingston Middle School in northeast Illinois, ateacher threatened an eighth-grader with suspension if he did not removehis t-shirt emblazoned with the interlocking rifles insignia of the United States Marines. (RELATED: Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or get suspended) At Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, a student was suspended for two days because his teacher thought he shaped a strawberry, pre-baked toaster pastry into something resembling a gun. (RELATED: Second-grader suspended for having breakfast pastry shaped like a gun) At Poston Butte High School in Arizona, a high school freshman was suspended for setting a picture of a gun as the desktop background on his school-issued computer. (RELATED: Freshman suspended for picture of gun) At D. Newlin Fell School in Philadelphia, school officials reportedlyyelled at a student and then searched her in front of her class aftershe was found with a paper gun her grandfather had made for her. (RELATED: Paper gun causes panic) In rural Pennsylvania, a kindergarten girl was suspended after shetold another girl that she planned to shoot her with a pink Hello Kittytoy gun that bombards targets with soapy bubbles. (RELATED: Kindergartener suspended for making ‘terroristic threat’ with Hello Kitty bubble gun) At Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Maryland, a six-year-old boy was suspended for making the universal kid sign for a gun, pointing at another student and saying “pow.” That boy’s suspension was later lifted and his name cleared. (RELATED: Pow! You’re suspended, kid) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
daMike Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 1011 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 532 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 318 Achievement Points: 3254 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 15, 2023 Birthday: 02/10/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted June 10, 2013 schools out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Yeah, we're all pretty much fucked. Gatorgirl and ANGU5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14888 Content Per Day: 2.77 Reputation: 7829 Achievement Points: 91105 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Share Posted June 10, 2013 Im sorry I missed that, I was busy holding up my local Tim Horton's with a lego gun... ANGU5, Bogleg and Gatorgirl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Leadfinger Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted June 10, 2013 People who over react to ridiculously non-threating situations are jerks jerking on kneejerk reactions . . . . .The jerkoffs! The psychological trauma these kids endure at the hands of school officials will prove to be much worse than the crimes they are accused of committing. Schools now days seem to be a hang out for inept teachers/administrators looking for drama and media attention at the expense of kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
kswift420 Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 1071 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 22 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 879 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 261 Achievement Points: 5414 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 5, 2017 Birthday: 12/29/1974 Share Posted June 10, 2013 dumb fucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharticus Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 1320 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 611 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 357 Achievement Points: 4498 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 10, 2020 Birthday: 01/14/1976 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Anyone notice that nearly all of these incidents are happening east of the Mississippi? What conclusion to you think us westerners should draw?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted June 10, 2013 Anyone notice that nearly all of these incidents are happening east of the Mississippi? What conclusion to you think us westerners should draw?! http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Grand-Island-Preschooler-Forbidden-Sign-Language-for-His-Own-Name-167394325.html#.UDv3-z1PhKg.facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Prinny Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 2887 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 24 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 353 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 440 Achievement Points: 2705 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/14/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 21, 2017 Birthday: 08/15/1985 Share Posted June 10, 2013 wow that's just ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerejon Posted June 10, 2013 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3712 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3150 Achievement Points: 28451 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30 Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted June 10, 2013 Astronomer that was unbelievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ANGU5 Posted June 11, 2013 Member ID: 2985 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 71 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1671 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 3013 Achievement Points: 20186 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 11/13/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 12:50 PM Birthday: 12/01/1966 Device: Android Share Posted June 11, 2013 Anyone notice that nearly all of these incidents are happening east of the Mississippi? What conclusion to you think us westerners should draw?! I would be real care about saying anything about locations and referring to people east of the Mississippi river being like the people in the stories above?? As for you westerners ??? Ill stay right where I'm at here in West Kentucky, I've been to and have family in California and you can keep it!!! I have traveled all over the country and there stupid people everywhere!!!! One of the difference maybe about the stories above is that they are so far in-between that they make news here??? out west we'll just say this shit happens ever day!!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Joe Canadian Posted June 11, 2013 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted June 11, 2013 Im sorry I missed that, I was busy holding up my local Tim Horton's with a lego gun... haha wtf is that supposed to mean, Pete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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