5 year-old girl was suspended from kindergarten on Monday for bringing a gun...

[beevul]

Kindergartner suspended for bringing bubble gun to class

Posted 9:05 pm, May 17, 2016, by Keagan Harsha, Updated at 09:45am, May 18, 2016

BRIGHTON, Colo. -- A 5 year-old girl was suspended from kindergarten on Monday for bringing a gun to Southeast Elementary School.

It sounds alarming, but the weapon was a bubble gun, a popular plastic toy sold at stores across Colorado.

If they had contacted me and said can you make sure this doesn’t happen again, we just want you to be aware, I think that would have been a more appropriate way to handle the situation. Could we have a warning? It blows bubbles,” she said.

Emma said she never would have knowingly let her daughter bring the toy to school. She said her daughter put it in her backpack without telling her. But the school is sticking to its guns, calling the toy a safety concern and a classroom distraction.

http://kdvr.com/2016/05/17/kindergartner-suspended-for-bringing-bubble-gun-to-class/

Its one thing to spew the "guns have only one purpose" talking point (in spite of it being false), but its quite another when the anti-gun mindset leads to bans even on things designed to put a smile on a childs face.

[Puha Ekapi]

1. The people that promote...

...and enforce such regulations are out of their fucking minds.

[immoderate]

2. Bubbles kill!

On edit: They should take the gun (gun? It's a fucking bubble blower!) out of the classroom, without separating the child from her education! This is really stupid! What does it accomplish to disrupt the routines of everybody?
--imm

[Puha Ekapi]

3. It's fucking...

...indoctrination. Guns are baaaaaad and if you even think about a gun or anything that bears a resemblance it's off to the re-education camp for you!

[immoderate]

5. Head for the hills on cake decoration day.

Also look out for soldering guns, stapling guns, and power drills.

And remember: Baltimore 7-year-old suspended for making 'gun' out of a pastry

--imm

[Eleanors38]

13. But it has an extensive selection of chokes!

[ManiacJoe]

4. Common sense from school admins?!?!?! Like that is going to happen.

[beergood]

6. this

is just another example of the zero tolerance policy, it started in 99 after the columbine shooting and has only gotten worse.

i graduated high school in 03. we weren't given lockers, just about every tool in wood-shop was considered a weapon, and they tightly controlled/restricted what we could do in chemistry.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. After a week of consistent setbacks the Controllers needed this victory.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

8. Florida is way ahead of the curve on this one...

Ever hear of the Pop Tart law?

Well, here it is.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/21/scott-pop-tart_n_5518167.html

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Be careful of salad shooters - you can put your eyes out.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

10. This is the concealable version.

[beevul]

12. Holy shit! I bet that would go right through a metal detector!!

[Oneka]

14. Holy shit indeed!!!!

If i see one of these while on a plane i'm running to the nearest exit without delay!!!! "Just run away"i like to say

[oneshooter]

15. Just make sure you aren't at

30,000 feet when you do.

[Oneka]

16. Either 30,000

Or on the ground, i'm not paying my bill🏃🏽

[sarisataka]

11. Another gun control victory

And as stunning blow against common sense