Alexandria cops bust 10-year-old for bringing toy gun to school

[mcurrier]

Alexandria cops bust 10-year-old for bringing toy gun to school

 

Thought this had already been posted, sounds like so many other stories going on right now...but I looked and surprisingly it's not anywhere...

 

http://washingtonexaminer.com/police-arrest-10-year-old-for-bringing-toy-gun-to-school/article/2520632

 

Same story -

 

Virginia boy, 10, arrested after allegedly bringing toy gun to school

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/06/virginia-boy-10-arrested-after-toy-gun-found-in-backpack-at-school/?test=latestnews#ixzz2K8p8EP6P

 

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Love the first few comments -

 

 

Alexander Hamilton • 20 hours ago

        

How can he be charged with brandishing a firearm when a toy gun does not meet the definition of firearm under Virginia law? I would bankrupt this school district with a lawsuit.

 

 

David Costner ʉۢ 20 hours ago

        

Exactly. Charging a kid playing with a toy gun with "brandishing a firearm" makes as much sense as charging a kid playing with a Hot Wheels car with "driving without a license."

 

 

etecs ʉۢ 19 hours ago

        

Eric Holder's campaign to use mind control to change the thinking on guns.....

Change the Public Thinking On GUNS.... Schools are a GOOD place to Start

 

 

Radioman • 18 hours ago

        

Tells me that government can be unreasonable and citizens need to protect themselves from government.

 

 

chappaquabill ʉۢ 18 hours ago

        

They call it indoctrination. The next level is referred to as brainwashing! No more calling them schools; they are nothing more than Democrat Party Youth Re-education Centers.
These cops had nothing else better to do than this?

 

 

David ʉۢ 14 hours ago

        

In my day, the police would respond, see that it was a toy and chastise the adults for being stupid and wasting valuable time. Political correctness, coupled with weeny-whiny bureaucrats is tyranny.

[battleop]

It's stupid on the side of the school and cops but it's equally just as stupid on the side of the parents.   I think by now we all know that schools love knee jerk reactions and love this kind of attention.  Why in the world the parents would not be on the look out is beyond me.  

 

Several times a week on my way to school to drop off my 9 year old I talk to him about this kind of stuff and explain to him that it's probably not a good idea to talk about guns at school.  I also quiz him about what the teachers and faculty is saying about guns and events like Sandy Hook.  So far there has not been any indication that anyone in the school is trying to anything beyond trying to teach a little gun safety to the kids.  I.E. what do you do when you find a gun, etc.   

[Superman]

Everybody in that town should show up at the school and police department and put a stop to this crap. If we dont stand up for ourselves, no one else will. This crap has gotten completely out of control.

[mcurrier]

This crap has gotten completely out of control.

 

We have not hit rock bottom yet, but we're close -

 

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/60379-child-pretends-hes-saving-the-world-on-playground-gets-suspended/

[npgunner]

taking over the schools is how they got liberalism into society in the first place ... they wish they could create immediate change, but realize taking over America is a long-term project.  trying to disallow transfer of guns upon death (new AWB) as well as indoctrinating the young generation against guns, guarantees that if they don't get the guns now, they will phase them out over one or two generations.