2-inch-long TOY Gun

[GUNS-R-US]

We should FIRE school officials that lack commonsense!

[blackwolfe]

A few years back, a gal I work with, son got in trouble for a "gun" in school.  It was even smaller than the one in this story,  It was basically charm size that you get out of a gum ball machine and was on his key ring.  If I remeber correctly, part of the punishment required that he get consoling.  I would think that the only consoling he would need would be for the trauma these a$$holes bestowed on him.

[WatchManUSA]

The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue."

You see this is the problem.  The "no-tolerance" policies that get implemented in US public schools make no room for common-sense nor intent.

[GUNS-R-US]

I'd really like to see someone with Standing sue the crap out of the school systems and win! We need to get the rights of these children restored! As far as I'm concerned their 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendment rights have been violated by these idiotic policies!

[tt11758]

We should FIRE school officials that lack commonsense!

Every child in this country would have to home schooled if we did that.

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[fightingquaker13]

Mandatory minimum sentrnces, "three strikes" laws, and zero tolerance polices. All are symptoms of grandstanding politicians, cowardice, and a lack of common sense. Politicians like to sweat testostarone when it comes to seeming to be "tough on crime", bureacrats hate having to make a judgement call where they might be proven wrong one way or the other (they much prefer a rigid policy that gives them no leeway, and thus no need to  accept responsibility) and people are forced to judge just the "crime" rather than the criminal. How do you make politicians and bureacrats happy? Turn off your BS detector and let them set a  "neutral policy". We have done this to ourselves and shame on us for it. Make them make the judgement calls and hold them to account. Its what we pay them for after all, it  and sounds a whole lot like the private sector.
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[garand4life]

When I was in 6th grade a kid in my class corrected our history teacher when she was talking about the Revolutionary war. She referred to a long gun in the text as a "RIFLE" when in fact is was a flint lock musket. She pulled him out of the class and threatened to have him suspended for, not correcting her, but for his "obsession" with guns and knowing too much about them. Then add to the issue he had in his bag a copy of the latest American Rifleman. He was an NRA member. After that day he and I were best friends and to this day that's still the case. He introduced me to shooting with his dad. His dad taught me to shoot with his S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman in .357mag. Loaded with .38s except the last round which was a full on .357 MAG. Of course he did the same thing years later when he took me out to shoot clays. Loaded 12 gauge target loads except for the last round which was a 3" MAGNUM slug.

[fightingquaker13]

When I was in 6th grade a kid in my class corrected our history teacher when she was talking about the Revolutionary war. She referred to a long gun in the text as a "RIFLE" when in fact is was a flint lock musket. She pulled him out of the class and threatened to have him suspended for, not correcting her, but for his "obsession" with guns and knowing too much about them. Then add to the issue he had in his bag a copy of the latest American Rifleman. He was an NRA member. After that day he and I were best friends and to this day that's still the case. He introduced me to shooting with his dad. His dad taught me to shoot with his S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman in .357mag. Loaded with .38s except the last round which was a full on .357 MAG. Of course he did the same thing years later when he took me out to shoot clays. Loaded 12 gauge target loads except for the last round which was a 3" MAGNUM slug.

A slug? I won't even ask if you hit the clay.
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[garand4life]

Not even close. We were out 10 miles or so from anybody and in the desert around us the only living things to worry about were the kind that you typically try to kill with a .22 or an AR so no harm no foul.

[fightingquaker13]

Not even close. We were out 10 miles or so from anybody and in the desert around us the only living things to worry about were the kind that you typically try to kill with a .22 or an AR so no harm no foul.

Not dinging you on safety. When I was a kid, we used to shoot at hand thrown clays with .22s at my grandads ranch. Isolated enough to be safe, but still....
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