Boy Suspended for Pointing Finger Like Gun

Newser ^ | 3/4/14 | Kate Seamons

[Impala64ssa]

America's kids have been suspended for pretending that pencils were guns, but an Ohio school may have topped that. A 10-year-old student at a Columbus elementary school was handed a three-day suspension for making a finger gun and pretending to shoot a classmate. The suspension letter more formally referred to his weapon as a "level 2 lookalike firearm," reports the Columbus Dispatch. Devonshire Alternative Elementary School's principal says students have been frequently told not to play pretend gun games, with a district rep saying kids were warned consequences would follow.

Those consequences hit hard last week for fifth-grader Nathan Entingh, who says he was "just playing around"; the rep said Nathan pretended to shoot another student "kind of execution style" in the head. And the "victim" didn't even see the mock execution, which was instead spotted by a teacher. Nathan's dad seems dumbfounded: "It would even make more sense maybe if he brought a plastic gun that looked like a real gun or something, but it was his finger." (Almost exactly a year ago, a Georgia teacher was suspended over a finger gun of his own.)

[moose07]

:)
We now await a passing expert to take the bait.
Then it’s ‘screaming reels’ time!

[Tax-chick]

I don’t remember that. I must be too young.

[moose07]

100 ! Woohoo!

[no-to-illegals]

a passing expert

LOL ... you nailed me Moose. Though expert I never was. I like Screaming though! Helps ease the tension.

[moose07]

Yep, but never had one.
Saw one or two get confiscated at school mind. :)

[no-to-illegals]

Wait just one minute there ... I may have to claim to be ex-perted.

[no-to-illegals]

spurted .. ex-spurted

[Darksheare]

Yeah.
I remember back when you could have capguns that looked like guns, and the cops didn’t throw lead your way.

[Monkey Face]

Ex- is a has-been and a spurt is a drip under pressure. ;o]

[no-to-illegals]

that reminds me of a story ... I’ll tell it later if the thread owner is agreeable to our inheritance.

[moose07]

You’re not looking for my fishermans guide definition of ‘expert’ are you, by any chance...? :)

[no-to-illegals]

define me if you must.

[no-to-illegals]

ex ... ex-spurt

[moose07]

And Face strikes a home run!
or a six if preferred.

[no-to-illegals]

I hear there was an egg involved. The egg must have cracked.

[moose07]

That was Prof Heinz Wolfe.
He used to race eggs.

[no-to-illegals]

LOL ... glad I didn’t swallow no eggs. Well maybe three.

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

:o])

[Tax-chick]

Is that like Heinz Doofenshmertz?

[Monkey Face]

I’m going to go get parallel to the deck, as my feeties are swollen again.

I probably need to used the nebulizer, too...