Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

(12,194 posts) Wed May 18, 2016, 02:28 PM May 2016

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

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.

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5 year-old girl was suspended from kindergarten on Monday for bringing a gun... (Original Post) beevul May 2016 OP

The people that promote... Puha Ekapi May 2016 #1

Bubbles kill! immoderate May 2016 #2

It's fucking... Puha Ekapi May 2016 #3

Head for the hills on cake decoration day. immoderate May 2016 #5

But it has an extensive selection of chokes! Eleanors38 May 2016 #13

Common sense from school admins?!?!?! Like that is going to happen. ManiacJoe May 2016 #4

this beergood May 2016 #6

After a week of consistent setbacks the Controllers needed this victory. Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #7

Florida is way ahead of the curve on this one... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #8

Be careful of salad shooters - you can put your eyes out. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #9

This is the concealable version. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #10

Holy shit! I bet that would go right through a metal detector!! beevul May 2016 #12

Holy shit indeed!!!! Oneka May 2016 #14

Just make sure you aren't at oneshooter May 2016 #15

Either 30,000 Oneka May 2016 #16

Another gun control victory sarisataka May 2016 #11

Puha Ekapi

(594 posts)

1. The people that promote...

Reply to beevul (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 02:32 PM

May 2016

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

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

2. Bubbles kill!

Reply to beevul (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 02:34 PM

May 2016

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

(594 posts)

3. It's fucking...

Reply to immoderate (Reply #2)

Wed May 18, 2016, 03:04 PM

May 2016

...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

(20,885 posts)

5. Head for the hills on cake decoration day.

Reply to Puha Ekapi (Reply #3)

Wed May 18, 2016, 03:21 PM

May 2016

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

(18,318 posts)

13. But it has an extensive selection of chokes!

Reply to immoderate (Reply #5)

Thu May 19, 2016, 01:33 PM

May 2016

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

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

Reply to beevul (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 03:19 PM

May 2016

beergood

(470 posts)

6. this

Reply to beevul (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 03:28 PM

May 2016

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.