An 11 year old needs to know that ideas such he expressed is not acceptable. He needs someone to point that out. Maybe they could have done a better job of it by sending him to a therapist that "does not accept his behavior as appropriate" instead of just saying that he did what he was told to do.
What he did was inappropriate and he needs to know that fact. He should not be shot, put in prison but rather dealt with so that he knows that what he suggested by his drawing is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Are you serious? Thought control? I don't give a damn what he drew. How is suppressing expression going to suppress violence?
Before there was political correctness, before there were thousands of anti-gun laws, before there were hand-wringing busy-bodies everywhere, there were NO school shootings. But now we arrest kids for water pistols, scout knives and stick figures. This is not a free country.
And, to answer your question, if a kid walks into class with a gun or a knife I'm NOT going to ask "why didn't someone see this coming?" What I WILL ask is "Why are no teachers armed?"
re: “I don’t give a damn what he drew. How is suppressing expression going to suppress violence?”
So, if you found your kid drawing a picture of himself shooting you and your spouse with a gun, with the words, “My parents must die!”, you wouldn’t ask your kid about it?? That would be Ok with you?
No one is advocating “thought control”. No one on FR is adovcating the police arrest this kid. But, what some FR’s are saying is that Ok, the cops shouldn’t have been involved, but the drawing could mean this kid needs to talk to some one - at least find out if there is some issue going on. If it’s just playing around, fine, but, if not - why not at least discuss it with the kiddo.