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petronius

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6. More dangerous, perhaps. They're both undetectable, so they can easily

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:51 PM

Dec 2013

get into secure areas, but even with an imaginary suppressor the imaginary gun will make a noise - the imaginary bow is silent...

(I really hope there's more to this story, although I can't imagine what that would be. On the face of it, this sort of mindless rule enforcement is ludicrous.)

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10-year old boy suspended from school for shooting an imaginary bow and arrow [View all] davidn3600 Dec 2013 OP

Unreal. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #1

OK, send Johnny to school anyhow. lpbk2713 Dec 2013 #2

Only our children are regulated. Never our corporations. villager Dec 2013 #3

Send him to Vladimir Central HappyMe Dec 2013 #4

They were right to take this seriously. An imaginary arrow is no less deadly than cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #5

More dangerous, perhaps. They're both undetectable, so they can easily petronius Dec 2013 #6

I recently carried an imaginary gun through airport security jberryhill Dec 2013 #7

Patent that! HappyMe Dec 2013 #10

Was he shooting it at that 6 year old sexual predator form the other OP? Glassunion Dec 2013 #8

Surreal. Warpy Dec 2013 #9

That is just too stupid! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #11

Unbelievable, these people are nuts. badtoworse Dec 2013 #12

Were so fucked up as a nation SummerSnow Dec 2013 #13

His punishment should be to serve an imaginary suspension, and then help hughee99 Dec 2013 #14

Well, that can't happen, because his pal is imaginarily DEAD. sibelian Dec 2013 #15

At the very least, then, he should pay for the imaginary funeral, hughee99 Dec 2013 #18

clearly imaginary weapons (guns especially) are more heavily regulated ... etherealtruth Dec 2013 #16

Umm, they really aren't. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #22

Zero tolerance...mandatory minimums. .. Cadfael Dec 2013 #17

I don't know if it's in the name of "laziness" or "fairness". n/t hughee99 Dec 2013 #19

One size very rarely fits all... nt Cadfael Dec 2013 #20

In the old TV sitcom "My Three Sons," frogmarch Dec 2013 #21