Kindergartner Suspended for Bringing a Bubble Gun to School Violated No Weapon PolicyBy Claire Bernish A Brighton, Colorado, School District 27J spokesman refused interview requests, but told an ABC affiliate by email that the kindergartners suspension was consistent with our district policy. That policy targets fake guns which could be reasonably mistaken for actual weapons but the district almost inarguably crossed the line into the absurd with a plastic, princess bubble gun. Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, executive director of the ACLU of Colorado cited by the ABC affiliate, called such incidents a national embarrassment citing another five-year-olds suspension in 2013 for a Hello Kitty gun, another student for shaping his breakfast pastry like a gun, and a third where a student landed a suspension over pointing their finger like a gun. It would appear overprotection has turned to outright paranoia, if not complete abandonment of reason. Could any reasonable threat be assumed from a plastic gun emblazoned with a princess theme which shoots only soapy water? On Tuesday, the school attempted to abate criticism with a statement about the girls suspension: Calling a plastic bubble gun even a facsimile of a weapon defies common sense, logic, reason, and the limits of intelligence. Our culture has, perhaps and in no small part due to the war against the concept of terrorism has coddled itself right into a laughable preposterousness. In 1954, Indiana Conservation Officer Rod Rankin reacted to a growing number of children killed in careless firearm accidents by implementing a permission-based gun safety course for school students. The argument he employed still rings true now, particularly in light of such absurd fear of guns education, in combination with ahealthy respect for weapons, will reduce fascination and increase awareness and safety for any child who encounters a gun. Though his plan certainly garnered critics, many students learned the safe and responsible use and storage of firearms, particularly, never point a gun at anybody, even in play, and always check immediately to see if the gun is loaded, as Life Magazine described that year. But Colorados suspension of a kindergartner for an object about which it would take an enormous leap of logic to describe as a fake weapon counters anything to do with safety or weapons. Just because the district boasts the students suspension is consistent with others for similar incidents a Nerf gun? doesnt make the policy any less a foray into the absurd. In 2013, Huffington Post listed six highly suspect suspensions for so-called fake weapons brought to school by young children. A seven-year-old Maryland second-grader was suspended for nibbling a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. Another in the same state for a bright red cap gun which, though the suspension was lifted, inexcusably remains on the students record. That students mother told the Washington Post her child was interrogated for two hours over the incident which understandably scared him to the point he wet himself. In Pennsylvania, a five-year-old girl caught a suspension for a bright pink-and-yellow Hello Kitty bubble gun. An eight-year-old in Florida was suspended for playing cops and robbers. He pointed his finger at another student during the game, saying pow pow. Perhaps most dystopically telling of all, two Virginia middle school students were suspended for a full year for playing with airsoft guns at one of the students homes. A supposedly concerned neighbor called the cops despite the fact she claimed she knew the guns were fake, which she told the dispatcher. What excuse, then, could she possibly have used to call police in that incident? This is what happens when a cowed culture allows the State to decide whats best as if we, as a people, somehow possibly couldnt parse that out on our own. Its ludicrous. Its nonsensical. And it needs to be reined in before a single other kindergartens record is permanently tarnished because of cultural paranoia surrounding guns. Education and rationality, not confiscation and wholly unjustified fear, is key to gun policy and to generally helping the U.S. get a grip Claire Bernish writes for TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared. Zero weapon policy, knew it was not a weapon because the school said fake weapon. First, a firearm is not a weapon unless a projectile from the firearm is used to kill someone. The parents should sue everyone who had anything to do with this BS!!!! If I had been the teacher, I would have just told her to put the gun away until recess time, and focus her attention on the leftist propaganda on her desk. Nice. :-)) LOL!!! IDIOTS!periodend of story.welcome to to the Thought Police / Police Statebe sure to rat out your neighbors at the slightest irregularity that you observe from your kitchen window.. You mindless shit-4-brains conspiracy theorists!.also gotta question WHY this NO-mind /IQ of a fence post teacher then the principal then the police responded to this TERRORIST in the first place???.talk about dumbed down paranoia from hopelessly entrained sleep waking /trance-state Hypnozombed moronsUnfuknbeeleevable! Yeah, you can take out a sharp Nr 2 pencil and stab someone with it, just as long as it doesnt resemble a gun. Hahaha.I think they may be doing away with pencils though.seems everyone is using computers in classrooms these days. I really dont like coming here accept to see the imbecile comments from people that really dont know that the AP is being used to enrage the opposition to the global government that has risen. It plays well into their plans. Nice cover picture Claire. Kudos on a job well done. that would be except unless youre an imbecile (lol) Yes, thank you for the English correction. Ever since I first discovered AP. I have seen you trolling through just about every article I have ever skimmed here. You are still commenting on a lot of articles here on AP. Im thinking either you are one of the (dis)information agents that are a part of the problem here or just some troll that is addicted to the selfnews Posts hyper/sensationalism. Probably the latter, right? Getting your doomgasm? hahahaha!.so you took my advice changed the spelling of accept -to-except.along with predictable inane arrogant over-compensatory mud-slingingfrom someone who just had his pants pulled down after displaying pathetic top-dog know-it-all arrogancepoint your finger theres 3 more pointing backatchaget a life pea brain. Yep, I called it correctly. Thanx for confirming my observation. youre welcome you have my vote as being mentally..in the shallow end of the gene pool.. or simply a paid troll via your anal-ysis of APmethinks thou protests too much. You crack you up. At least one person is laughing at your incoherence. You described yourself with every venomous word gfys Information is essential, but each individual decides what to do/not with said information. Getting enraged like a prison planet (A.J.) devotee is counter productive, but nobody is inciting violence based upon an article describing robot reaction to nothing (bubble gun). Take your own advice and use that energy to be productive, not attempt to correct everyones behavior to align with your ideals. Are you attempting to correct me so that I align with your ideals? JW Are you old enough to remember Archie Bunkeryou could be related No, to each his/her own. Did you notice the image that was chosen for the article? Photo-shopped militarized police forces pointing a firearm at, and moving in on, a little girl holding a bubble gun. If you think that that is not intentional, misleading propaganda being used to enrage people read through the comments. It does not call people to arms, but it does keep the angry fires burning. There is going to be mass chaos in this country and the vast majority of people that feed from everything that comes from AJs PP,, AP, PINAC, Rudkowskiites, beforeitsnews, DASHBOO777, Newsbud, etc will be the ones that will go patriotic and resist the tyranny with violence. That is what they want, because the vast majority of people will beg the government for order out of the chaos. The Bundy incidentthat was propaganda. The domestic terrorist image that they are promoting is truly men that are patriotic and declare freedom and constitutional governance. I can see beyond the hypersensationalism that is being used in the controlled opposition news sites (like this one) and I am very aware of what is taking place. These things were written of thousands of years ago by the prophets of the Lord God. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity. He that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword. Patience and faith. This sounds like speculation. Do you have anything to back this up? Does all alternative media fall into the same category? Seems to me that the corporate owned MSM that serves to divide the country plays well into their hands. Should not the AP do so? Is it not a good idea to enrage the opposition to the global government that has risen.? We do want to fight that, no? What is your angle in what you posted, then? The only goal of public schools is to train the population to submit to authority. Well done, Colorado. Raising a nice fat crop of sheeple. We have a major customer located there. Sadly, it is somewhat dysfunctional. Another service provider there is completely dysfunctional. Not looking forward to my return to Brighton, Colorado (Denver suburb). Time for useless eater government parasites to go. This is so goddamn INSANE.!!!! especially since our Military has essentially INVADED, BOMBED, KILLED OCCUPIED the Middle-east with OUR TAX DOLLARS.!!! The hypocritical saying, Do as I say not as I do. These kids arent even teenagers, theyre PRESCHOOLERS.!! My God, what has this country come to The Mom should stage a protest at the school and ask everyone who comes to bring a loaded Bubble Gun and other Bubble making toys, proceed to fire them off for about 30 minutes. Make sure the media is present just to demonstrate how dangerous Bubble weaponry is. Remove the fools that showed no common sense this case, before they cause a bigger indecent because of their lack of critical thinking skills. Funnny adults! Cant tell a toy from not a toy. This incident highlights one of two reasons the Second Amendment is doomed, See blog article the Second Amendment is Doomed. Click on my picture, then our website. Go to our blog and search on title. Sadly, our sick CIC has denied weapons to our own military in areas where they should have them, but the sick school authorities will go after tots for having bubblegum containers, bread or hands that they think look like guns. I believe the Colorado atmosphere, water, ground and food supply has been poisoned as has D.C. and the rest of the country. Everybodys brains are being genetically modified! should of said she was a transgender..bi-bolar homosexual and needed it. Do these people know how ridiculous they look ? As a foreign observer I can say that these people have made themselves into an international laughing stock. 