Well I am sure most involved in the school hierarchy are indeed complete idiots you must give credit for a brilliant policy to someone.
Brilliant as in cunning that is. See what you have here is an institutional push to condition parents and students to fear gun ownership.
Think about it. This no tolerance policies for weapons and firearms are so over-the-top that it causes a huge explosion of negativity to the individual who violates such an edict. Lawyers are involved, news agencies descend on the alleged perp and his family and the student is expelled from school which of course singles out the lawbreaker and separates him from his schoolmates and as such he has become an example of socially unacceptable behavior as well as it shows what will happen if others engage in the same actions.
No this plan was not put in place by bumbling idiots who thought they would be helping society. Yes those idiots support and enact the policy but this whole issue is an effort to destroy the 2nd Amendment through long term conditioning. People who grow up in a school system that has such harsh policies will grow up to fear guns.
And if you get the majority of people in the USA to fear guns then the 2nd Amendment can be erased with ease. And that ultimately is the goal of zero tolerance.
“........he voluntarily turned in a non-firing plastic toy gun that had been forgotten in his jacket pocket.”....
Yepper, the 11 year old kid was a “real threat” to them.
What a bunch of dumb asses who are put in charge of our schools so they can brain wash the kids. Home schooling needs to be mandated across the country. Why not, since being un-employed is a great opportunity to spend with your family as stated by the gubmint idiots themselves.