Rant of the Week: Zero-Tolerance. How Stupid Can You Get?
I wish people would stop saying “how stupid can you get” when it comes to school zero-tolerance gun policies. School administrators see it as a challenge and rise to the occasion.
I get the problem with kids and toy look-alike guns. The 12-year-old Ohio kid, who was shot and killed by police in 2014, stands as a case in point. The cops yelled at the kid to raise his hands, out came the look-alike gun, and the cops shot him.
So I’ll stipulate it’s not a good idea to bring a toy look-alike gun to school as happened last week at a Jones County, Mississippi elementary school. Jones County Schools Superintendent Tommy Parker said a toy look-alike gun was confiscated from a 12-year-old boy after he showed it to some friends who then reported it to the administration. The boy is slated to have a disciplinary hearing that could result in extended suspension, expulsion or transfer to an alternative school.
The zero-tolerance school policy evolved out of the federal Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 but the question is where do you draw the line between a look-alike and everything else?
About a year ago a Denver, Colorado kindergarten …Read the Rest
Source:: Bearing Arms
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