Comments on: 13-Year-Old Suspended For Doodling Gun

Arizona School Says "Zero Tolerance" Policy Means Drawing Of Gun Merits Suspension

[terribayless-2009]

I guess next will be someone getting suspended for pointing their finger at someone like a gun. Who''s to say if they are saying hello - or saying I want to shoot you?

[sgtrds]

And, despite your best intentions, your odds of dying from a gunshot will increase from the moment that weapon enters your home, regardless of whether or not you were properly trained.

Posted by MyIDonCBS at 03:34 PM : Aug 23, 2007

Perhaps, but I can promise you that because I own a shotgun that the chances of a burgler (or right wing loony) dying of a gunshot goes up a LOT more!

[tbuccelli]

In response to veteran71, you actually have the parties reversed, the kid would be suspended if he were thinking any positive things about the GOP, you know, they are all EVIL and responsible for all the ills in the world, etc.

That is the problem with many "liberal minded" thinkers - they believe you are allowed to think anything you want, as long as you agree with them.

[tbuccelli]

In response to veteran71, you actually have the parties reversed, the kid would be suspended if he were thinking any positive things about the GOP, you know, they are all EVIL and responsible for all the ills in the world, etc.

That is the problem with many "liberal minded" thinkers - they believe you are allowed to think anything you want, as long as you agree with them.

[rushlimpdrug]

The liberals have overrun the public education system and news articles like this will be more and more common as a result.
Posted by mike71067

Stupid.
It''s not liberals.
It is stupid people enforcing a stupid law.
It is FEAR.
More Americans get fed the fear krap and eat it all the time.
Turn in a kid like this and the teacher expects a pat on the back.
"You''re doing a heck of a job, teacher"
-from The Chandler Unified School District
Get off your lib conserv krap.

[phydeux1]

Sharpened sticks, huh? I''ll never think of a pencil the same way again.

I wonder how long its going to be before some kid points across the playground at a passing car and some other kid runs to the teacher screaming "Jimmy pointed his finger at me and I''m scared he''s going to get a gun and kill me!"

They''ll call him Jimmy "Gun-Fingers" Jones or some such nonsense.

[myidoncbs]

GunOwnerDan thinks "All schools should have a shooting range and teach kids how to safely and properly handle guns. Many innocent lives would be saved."

It''s certainly better if gun owners know how to safely clean, store, transport, load, aim, and shoot their weapons so they hit the intended target, but teaching kids to shoot at school will not necessarily save "many innocent lives". It will most likely have the opposite effect.

Cops are thoroughly trained and tested and retrained in the proper use of their weapons, and they frequently:
- fail to shoot when they should
- shoot when they shouldn''t
- fail to hit what they''re aiming at
- hit something or someone they didn''t aim at.

How much better do you think the kids will do?

Can you imagine the lawsuits that will be filed against the school after a kid who was "taught to properly use a gun" uses (or even mis-uses) that knowledge to kill someone?

If you want to own a gun, it''s going to have to be your responsibility to learn how to use it properly. And, despite your best intentions, your odds of dying from a gunshot will increase from the moment that weapon enters your home, regardless of whether or not you were properly trained.

[oakishpines]

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[mike71067]

"Next thing you know they''''ll be suspending kids for mimicking guns with their thumb and index finger."
-Posted by alsdailynews at 03:11 PM : Aug 23, 2007

Don''t laugh - this HAS happened. If you have a kid in public school, get him out of there now. The liberals have overrun the public education system and news articles like this will be more and more common as a result.

[myidoncbs]

"Zero tolerance" is a policy designed for and by, people with "Zero intelligence".

None of these stupid policies have helped to prevent school violence. The only thing they do is give the school administrators an opportunity to claim they are "tough of crime" and are "working diligently to keep the children safe". That''s total BS.

The schools'' job is to teach the children. They should teach them to not be violent. If they can''t do that, then they will have violence, and there''s nothing they can do to stop it.

[michellem99-2009]

It is pick on the guns day not erasmus6..Hi dearest it seen we are beating our heads against the wall as the saying goes. Love to set them in their place. When I was 13, I drew rockets that went into space and such. I hate guns..Alway have. I will say this nation has problems that I did not ask for. I have no children yet have to pay to educate yer brats. I don''t like it.Yet the nation is so mess up that it makes me sick the stuff the nanny gont does. That war,that Bush family and on and on. I am forced to pay for schools that don''t work.

[michellem99-2009]

It is pick on the guns day not erasmus6..Hi dearest it seen we are beating our heads against the wall as the saying goes. Love to set them in their place. When I was 13, I drew rockets that went into space and such. I hate guns..Alway have. I will say this nation has problems that I did not ask for. I have no children yet have to pay to educate yer brats. I don''t like it.Yet the nation is so mess up that it makes me sick the stuff the nanny gont does. That war,that Bush family and on and on. I am forced to pay for schools that don''t work.

[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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[msnooy79]

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