Connecticut School Freaks Out Over Lego Gun

By Tom Knighton

It seems like something deep in the human psyche almost requires young boys to play with weapons. So many of us did so, even if we didn’t have toy guns for some given reason. Hell, all I needed was a conveniently shaped stick and I was ready to go to war with the forces of evil.

So the idea of a kid building a gun out of Lego bricks isn’t surprising.

Unfortunately, neither is the fact that the school completely freaked out.

A Connecticut school called the cops on a student who built a gun out of Legos and pointed it at other classmates.

Police were called to Jepsen Magnet School in New Haven this week because an unidentified child was pointing the gun made out of colorful toy blocks at other students.

Very few details have been released by the school which serves students from pre-K to eighth grade.

Will Cook, a spokesperson for New Haven Public Schools told Fox61: ‘School leaders and local police partners were able to investigate and resolve the issue internally with use of restorative practices.’

‘Appropriate steps were taken at the school level to insure the safety of all students and to impress upon the students the seriousness …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms