Ludicrous, Mindless Stupidity

A school in Chandler, Arizona has taken the prize for the most brain-dead administration yet. They have suspended a 13-year old boy for five days (later reduced to three) for drawing a gun. No, not pulling one out and waving it about. For doodling a (rather bad) sketch of one.

MESA, Arizona  —  Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.

The boy's parents said the drawing was a harmless doodle and school officials overreacted.

"The school made him feel like he committed a crime. They are doing more damage than good," said the boy's mother, Paula Mosteller.

The drawing did not show blood, bullets, injuries or target any human, the parents said. And the East Valley Tribune reported that the boy said he did not intend for the picture to be a threat.

When the boy's father went to the school, officials specifically mentioned Columbine and stated that the drawing - bad as it was - constituted a threat.

They're insane. Completely, stark, raving mad. If brain cells were dynamite the entire school administration could not blow its collective nose. It barely looks like a gun. And even if it was an engraving suitable for framing, it would not constitute a threat unless the student specifically made one with it.

When the boy's father went to the school, officials specifically mentioned Columbine and stated that the drawing - bad as it was - constituted a threat.

They're insane. Completely, stark, raving mad. If brain cells were dynamite the entire school administration could not blow its collective nose. It barely looks like a gun. And even if it was an engraving suitable for framing, it would not constitute a threat unless the student specifically made one with it.

UPDATE: Others: Hot Air, Moonbattery, The Gun Toting Liberal Wake up America, K-7os, American Pugilist (with video of boy's mother), Random Ramblings, Cyle Clayton (who would be burned at the stake by the school officials for his header picture), A Real American Hero, No Looking Backwards, 7.62mm Justice, Liberty Pundit,

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