Why the surprise?
WATE notes that when a child brings a toy gun to school, it doesn’t subject them to zero sense err tolerance policy:
A student from West Valley Middle School got in trouble for brining (sic) a toy gun to school but his punishment won’t come from the system’s zero tolerance policy. However, the gun’s manufacturer sends out warnings about possible dangers.
The toy is called an Airsoft gun. Many people use the plastic, air-powered guns, for sports such as paint ball. They come in many shapes and sizes.
And then:
Still, the district doesn’t consider Airsoft guns firearms. “A fire arm by definition is something that shoots a projectile from an explosive charge,” Oaks says.
Still? As though we expect the toy to be automatically classified as a firearm? Personally, I’m glad the school didn’t come down on the kid with ridiculousness that is zero tolerance. No, the kid shouldn’t have brought the toy to school but the incident should not be treated as though he brought an actual gun to school.
March 1st, 2005 at 9:51 am
Why shouldn’t he have brought a toy to school? I used to bring cap guns to school all the time as a little kid. And my BB guns too (ever hear about show and tell? Even in Northern New Jersey we got away with that!!)
March 1st, 2005 at 9:54 am
‘Cause he could put an eye out
March 1st, 2005 at 10:02 am
Thats right, its all fun and games till someone loses an eye.
March 1st, 2005 at 9:04 pm
and then it’s hilarious.