2nd-Grader Suspended for Drawing of Gun
DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A second-grader’s drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun earned him a one-day school suspension.
Kyle Walker, 7, was suspended last week for violating Dennis Township Primary School’s zero-tolerance policy on guns, the boy’s mother, Shirley McDevitt, told The Press of Atlantic City.
Kyle gave the picture to another child on the school bus, and that child’s parents complained about it to school officials, McDevitt said. Her son told her the drawing was of a water gun, she said.
A photocopy of the picture provided by McDevitt showed two stick figures with one pointing a crude-looking gun at the other, the newspaper said. What appeared to be the word “me” was written above the shooter, with another name scribbled above the other figure.
School officials declined to comment Friday. A message left at the superintendent’s office Saturday was not returned.
Kyle drew other pictures, including a skateboarder, King Tut, a ghost, a tree and a Cyclops, the newspaper reported.
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I guess I will have to monitor what Talon draws now. If he keeps drawing guns, I will have to smack his hand with a ruler, or perhaps hold food back from him for a couple of days. That will teach him to try and be creative. I should probably also punish him for shooting those little Nerf darts with that Nerf air gun I bought him for Christmas last year. That said, I should probably go and turn myself into the police for buying him such a toy weapon that, according to ‘them’ will cause him to one day flip and go on a rampage.
Fucking idiots. People should be ashamed of themselves. Haven’t we robbed enough of our children’s youth? Kids probably rebel more because of what we limit them to do, then what we are (and I use this phrase loosely) ’saving them from’
Shame on you.
