The school droids say that the zero tolerance laws leave them no choice. I say if you really think a pop tart or a finger is a dangerous weapon, or if you think a 2nd amendment shirt is somehow dangerous, you need a rubber room and some serious medication. This should never have gotten to the point where laws are needed.
That said, there is an alternative view that this stupidity isn't a bug, it's a feature. It's yet another sign of the leftist elite take over of the institution; make guns seem so terrible, so socially unacceptable that kids will be scared to death of them. Isn't that the gist of what Eric Holder said? Like the 5 year old who was questioned so long and so hard about a cap gun that he wet his pants. You have to wonder if that kid could ever not be terrified of guns. So it seems we need the laws to reign in the idiots doing this.
This is how stupid people self identify. The problem is we don't have a system or procedure in place to take the obvious action to fire them.
ReplyDeleteThere may be another problem, though. Schools that get Federal money (eg lunch money) may lose funding if they lighten up on "zero tolerance" action.
ReplyDeleteActually, that 5yo kid may not end up afraid of guns, but I'm willing to bet he's going to have a GIANT attitude regarding authority in general, and stupid and arbitrary authority in particular. (Voice of experience here.)
ReplyDeleteThe Law of Unintended Consequences...tyrants just never count on it. ;)