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Paladin

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10. You Gun Enthusiasts Have No Standing To Be Scornful, Here.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 01:43 PM

May 2013

If school administrators overreacted and/or made errors regarding this incident, those errors are directly attributable to the open availability and chronic misuse of firearms in this country, aided by policies which you support.

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6-year-old scares bus driver with tiny toy gun just larger than a quarter (w/pic) [View all] The Straight Story May 2013 OP

This is laughable! The morons at that school are teaching children? badtoworse May 2013 #1

Lol. Well we are teaching kids that some adults are lame. dkf May 2013 #2

I have no words for the initial stupidity of the school administrators. premium May 2013 #3

I'm sick of the zero tolerance libodem May 2013 #4

In fairness, if a student on my bus yelled "Timmy has a gun!" I'd be alarmed too. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #5

Take the toy away if it makes everyone feel good but... cherokeeprogressive May 2013 #8

No, I don't expect that kind of grown up judgment from first graders. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #9

Now if he had also brought an armed weapons expert (GI Joe), there'd be something to worry about! Shrike47 May 2013 #6

Insanity.... Marrah_G May 2013 #7

You Gun Enthusiasts Have No Standing To Be Scornful, Here. Paladin May 2013 #10

I'll ridicule whomever I want. In this case, the ridicule is richly deserved. badtoworse May 2013 #11

... rrneck May 2013 #12

your pills! galileoreloaded May 2013 #13

Right................ premium May 2013 #14

"If school administrators overreacted and/or made errors regarding this incident..." If? friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #15