Second Grade Student Suspended for Drawing Stick Figure Firing Gun

Fox News ^ | Sunday, October 21, 2007 | AP

[Dante3]

They do sound insane. It is a dangerous trend.

[MEGoody]

Bureaucratic idiots.

[CharlesWayneCT]

We used to have realistic-looking cap guns, complete with small charges of gunpowder to make loud noises. We'd run around and play cowboys and indians, police and crook, and just shoot each other for no reason. Then you couldn't get them anymore, and toy guns were evil. And yet more kids are shooting other kids now, then they did in my generation when we foolishly were allowed to play with realistic-looking guns.

BTW, there's a company called Brickgun that makes a limited quantity of "Lego Hand Guns", they are very realistic-looking, but somewhat fragile so it would be hard to run around playing with them. More for show than play.

Article about Lego guns

[Steve_Seattle]

"I suspect the real problem is that the picture was of the boy pointing a gun at the other student. That’s what freaked out the other kids parents. It still doesnt warrant a suspension."

I think you're zeroing in on the probable reason for the suspension. It wasn't that he drew a gun in the abstract, but that the drawing apparently showed a figure - identified as himself - shooting someone, probably another student. So this isn't as crazy as it sounded, although a good talking-to probably would have been sufficient.