"The Lone Star State lawmaker who raffled off a Bushmaster AR-15 personal defense rifle over July Fourth also is taking on school officials who punish exuberant children for playing cops and robbers at recess. “In response to a recent wave of school authorities punishing children for innocent expression, I have introduced H.R. 2625, the ‘Student Protection Act.’ Too often so-called zero tolerance policies are being abused by school authorities to punish children for innocent play or, worse, try to indoctrinate them to be terrified of anything even shaped like a gun,”says Rep. Steve Stockman. In recent days, children have been disciplined for pointing a pencil like a firearm or brandishing a bubble gun, Nerf pitching gun, an empty cap gun and Legos formed into a gun shape. Josh Welch, 7, was suspended from a Maryland elementary school for nibbling his Pop Tart breakfast pastry into a gunlike form. The school later offered counseling for students who might be “troubled by the incident.” ~GameChanger
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:44:16 +0000
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