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In the latest episode of Ban Fake Guns, we have a boy suspended from school in Florence, Arizona, for carrying, yes, a picture of a gun on his computer. Screen saver. This is surely a sign of complete mental breakdown by school officials. And yet one more reason to home school.
Steve Watson, writing at infowars, runs down the recent litany of fake gun crimes at schools across America, resulting in student suspensions, suspension hearings, and actual school lockdowns:
- Transparent toy gun. South Carolina.
- Gun built from lego bricks. Massachusetts.
- Two kids talking about a nerf gun. New York.
- An actual nerf gun. New York.
- A pink bubble gun. Pennsylvania.
- A paper gun. Pennsylvania.
- Pointing a finger and saying "pow." Maryland.
- Playing cops and robbers with fingers. Maryland.
- Making a gun "hand gesture." Oklahoma.
Should we assume that because cops and school officials can't stop real crimes, they're settling for stopping fake crimes?
Can you hear the typical response to these school suspensions and lockdowns? "Well, everybody in the community is on edge these days, after Sandy Hook."
That remark garners a "Mmm, well, sure."
Then, the follow-up: "It's unfortunate that school officials and police MAY HAVE overreacted. Suspension from school is PROBABLY too much. These kids need some form of LESSER DISCIPLINE, and, of course, EDUCATION about the dangers of guns."
And there you have it. It's a sleight-of-hand trick.
Go completely overboard with an officially certified insane action (suspension, lockdown), and people will ask for something slightly less insane instead.
