"" OKLAHOMA CITY – Schoolchildren in
Oklahoma could not be punished for chewing
their breakfast pastries into the shape of a
gun under a bill introduced this week by a
Republican legislator.
Rep. Sally Kern said Wednesday her measure
dubbed the Common Sense Zero Tolerance Act
was in response to school districts having
policies that are too strict or inflexible.
Kern cited a recent Maryland case that gained
national media attention where a boy was
suspended after his teacher accused him of
chewing his Pop Tart into the shape of a gun.
"Real intent, real threats and real weapons
should always be dealt with immediately. We
need to stop criminalizing children's
imagination and childhood play," Kern,
Republican from Oklahoma City told
News9.com.
"If there's no real intent, there's no real threat,
no real weapon, no real harm is occurring or
going to occur, why in the world are we in a
sense abusing our children like this."
Under Kern's bill, students couldn't be
punished for possessing small toy weapons or
using writing utensils, fingers or their hands to
simulate a weapon. Students also couldn't be
punished for drawing pictures of weapons or
wearing clothes that “support or advance
Second Amendment rights or organizations.”
News9.com reported that Kern's proposal was
met with immediate opposition from the
Oklahoma Education Association.
"The proposed legislation removes local
control from teachers, counselors,
administrators and local school boards.
Educators are degreed professionals, trained
and experienced in dealing with children,"
Linda Hampton, president of the Oklahoma
Education Association, told the station.
In Maryland, Republican state Sen. J.B.
Jennings introduced a similar bill last year
that would prohibit schools from suspending
students for seemingly harmless childish acts,
such as playing games with fingers pointed
like guns or chewing food into the shape of a
firearm.""
Link.

Perhaps you shld take your degreed professional-ism and add some common sense, you dumb ass.

I remember I was fourteen or fifteen it was not to long after9/11 but I went to school wearing a ballcap that had pic of the Remington R on it no weapon no ammo but I was Suspended for "supporting terrorism" and that was in hicktown Oklahoma some teacher/administrators and stupid a$$ PTA members way to paranoid

My kid was suspended for having a fishing hook on his ballcap at a football game...he didn't serve it though cuz I have a voice and know how to use it!

Smh. Common sense has gone out the window I swear...

That's taking it to far smfh

Well somebody has to stand up to these Nazis running our school if somebody really wants to shoot up the school they're not going to chew up a pop tart in the shape of a gun. Besides what better way to profile potential shooters than to let them draw violent pics depicting a massacre. Just saying.

@B3dR00m3y3z: I agree but to many teachers wanna d.ick off on facebook then pay attention the only reason the hype is big now is because these teachers are tryin to be like look at me look at me

@donovan819: so bad teacher isn't a movie its the norm! Lol

@B3dR00m3y3z: so true