Bang, Bang, You're Suspended
While an Oregon teacher fights for the right to pack a gun at school, on the other coast, even a water pistol -- in fact, a drawing of a water pistol -- draws fire.
A New Jersey grade school suspended a second-grade boy for drawing a stick figure shooting a water pistol.
Seven-year-old Kyle Walker gave the offending picture to another kid, whose parents complained to the school.
Kyle should have known better, because when it comes to enforcing its zero-tolerance policy on guns in schools, New Jersey doesn't fool around. In 2000, four kindergarten boys were suspended for playing cops and robbers, even though they were using their fingers as guns.
October 22, 2007
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