2nd grader suspended for drawing a gun

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Summary: A 7 year old kid drew a stick-figure gun using pencil and paper while on the school bus and gave it to another kid. The kids parent saw the drawing, flipped out, and called the school. The kid who drew the picture said it was a water pistol.

Second-Grader Kyle Walker Suspended For Drawing a Gun

Still, a School District's 'Zero Tolerance' Gun Policy Could Be Tougher



Residents of Dennis, N.J., can sleep better knowing that second-grader Kyle Walker was kept out of school last Thursday. While on the school bus, the seven-year-old reportedly drew a picture of a person pointing a pistol, which he then gave to a fellow passenger. When that child's parents saw the offending image, they called school officials and swift action was taken.
Kyle's mother, Shirley McDevitt, says they overreacted by suspending her son for a day. Moreover, she wants it removed from his permanent record. She told the local paper that "when a child draws at that age, they're not drawing with thought." Her son, she said, "cried the night he was suspended ... because he thought he was going to miss a school field trip."
The drawing itself appears to be a stick figure rendering in pencil with one figure "shooting another stick figure." More disturbing, however, is that the armed figure has a "smiley face" and the name "me" written above it. The stick figure victim is also smiling -- eerily, with the name of the classmate (David) to whom he bequeathed his sketch.
Conceivably, then, this innocent drawing is actually an artful death threat.
Kyle claimed that the image was of a water pistol and not a real gun, but as the district noted, that's no excuse. After all, today's water pistols could be tomorrow's water balloons -- or even water cannons. And there are precedents for his punishment, such as a 2000 suspension of kindergarteners who used their hands as guns while playing cops and robbers.
The question is, does his punishment go far enough? While some parents and civil libertarians may not agree, the safety of our children mandates living up to our zero-tolerance policies -- not 0.2-tolerance or 0.1-tolerance, but 0.0-tolerance. Rules are rules, and that means suspending children for pretending to have guns, talking about guns or drawing guns. In fact, if it were possible, why not punish our second-graders for thinking about guns? By monitoring and correcting those who's mind's stray into inappropriate areas we not only ensure a safe and fair learning environment, but a better future for America.

[scorpio2121]

I hoe to God that, that article is a joke. Otherwise, i'm afraid the Human Race needs to be systematically wiped out.

[StarWarsNerd]

you spent way to much time on this post.

[i poop in your cereal]

Originally Posted by StarWarsNerd

you spent way to much time on this post.

You spent way too little time on that post.

[Slightly Stoopid]

Stupid fucking suburban moms at their best. What a fucking idiot. I used to draw pistols and shit all the time when I was a kid, I def. like the part of the this can be concieved as a death threat. What the fuck is happening here lol?? Are people fucking idiots? Yes they are

[SHARP]

Originally Posted by gmail

Summary: A 7 year old kid drew a stick-figure gun using pencil and paper while on the school bus and gave it to another kid. The kids parent saw the drawing, flipped out, and called the school. The kid who drew the picture said it was a water pistol.

I seriously hope that's joke, but taken the amount of retardedness I've seen from that part of the planet into consideration (no, I don't hate Americans as a whole, but some of them should be put down for lowering the average IQ way too much, and the rest I feel sorry for), I have my doubts...

[HBTK]

Seriously, wtf is this shit?!

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read.

"Oh no! Billy thought about a gun! what ever shall we do?!"
"Don't worry ma'am, now adays we can have your child instantly executed to ensure he doesn't go to a black market and shoot up his 2nd grade class!
Problem solved, America!"

[maurovz]

I had friends who drew torture chambers of hundreds of "stick figures" being tortured, mutilated, mass killing of random people etc...

Wow, he would had gone to Federal prison

[Jobe1Canoby]

holy shit this happened like 20 miles away from me.

[OrganizedChaos]

I didn't realize this was so...popular?

I live like 15 minutes away from where it happened.