Yes, worth getting checked out by a shrink.
Some possible context from the parents perspective from what I’ve read, the drawing was scratched out by the time it was shown to them. They would have to rely on the credibility of the school folks to believe it was a real threat.
The school folks probably lost all credibility with the parents because the day before, the school complained that the kid was looking at ammo on his phone in class.
The teacher photographed the drawing before he defaced it. I guess they have cellphones too. Sure, worth having a shrink take a look. That’s why the school gave them 48 hours to get him to one. In the meantime, surely he did not belong at school.
I agree the kid looking at ammo on his phone was not a big deal*. But the drawing was.
*At the same time, Mom texting back “Lol, I’m not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught,” is a bit concerning, considering he was doing it in class.
All the people posting here about looking at Field & Stream and ammo ads when they were boys would likely not have got such a response from their mothers if they were doing it in class when they were supposed to be paying attention. Even if a normal Mom didn’t think it so bad, if, say, the kid was super bright and bored in class, she would still have insisted he behave properly in class and not be looking at a magazine or cellphone.
I’m not saying she’s a horrible person because of this, but it does show she did not encourage her son to behave properly in class. Urging him “not to get caught” implies she thinks paying attention in class is unimportant. It’s plain rude to the teacher and the rest of the class, plus the kid isn’t learning math or whatever the class is.
I pity the teachers trying to keep class discipline when all the kids want to play on their cellphones — and some parents encourage it.