Middle School Student Suspended Over Drawings Depicting Guns, Knives

By Micah Rate

With the recent shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, schools are understandably on edge. Both teachers and administrators want to protect their students, and they do not want to be seen as responsible for a tragedy if they missed warning signs or red flags. However, a point can come when being cautious can give in to hysteria, which seems to have occurred at Roseboro Salemburg Middle School in Roseboro, North Carolina.

A 13-year-old seventh grader at the middle school received a two-day suspension for his drawings of stick figures with weapons. WRAL has the story along with the picture of the drawings:

A middle school student in Sampson County was suspended over a doodle that showed stick figures holding guns and knives.

The incident happened several weeks ago at Roseboro Salemburg Middle School and the father of the 13-year-old boy said he can’t believe his son received a two-day suspension for what he calls a harmless picture.

“I see a guy in a race car souped-up. I see a tower that he build. I see him holding his gun, he’s a deer hunter. I see him with a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms