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These zero tolerance policies have little to do with fear of lawsuits. They have everything to do with local elected schoolboards and administrators who want to LOOK like they are "Doing something" about perceived problems that the parents whine about.
When I was in school we had a crime rate that was nearly DOUBLE what it is today, including the occasional stabbing or shooting in schools.
But it wasn't until the baby boomers and the next generation grew up and insisted that their little darlings be exposed to ZERO negative ANYTHING, that these policies emerged.
Yet another reason to hate the boomers.
I'll bet the great author/journalist HUNTER S. THOMPSON never had to deal with this - heck he is probably laughing in his grave over it!I would never so name my children
I'll bet the great author/journalist HUNTER S. THOMPSON never had to deal with this - heck he is probably laughing in his grave over it!
Good one. I know a couple that gives every one of their children a gun related middle name
Uh, he's not being asked to change his name, but being asked to change how he signs his name, at the school, in sign language, because apparently his way of doing it looks like a gun motion. OK. Still seems ridiculous, and I predict this will blow over because some idiot school official made a bad decision. Trivial local idiocy of no interest.
BTW: The ACLU is championing the boy's rights here. Haven't seen the NRA come out on this yet. I'm sure they will.... Pretty sure anyway. Wouldn't it be funny if the ACLU trumped the NRA on this?
The NRA is a single issue association: Second Amendment rights. Someone's name has nothing to do with owning a gun, therefor they won't intercede.
True, they will help get the word out but not intercede (take it to court) as I said.They sort of have help spread the word:
NRA-ILA | Outrage of the Week: School District Forces Deaf Preschooler Named Hunter to Change Name Sign
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Just by having it in the Grassroots Alert they had a big part in the massive response from the Second Amendment crowd. You don't necessarily need a lawsuit or money to help.
Spreading the word was all that was needed.
Uh, he's not being asked to change his name, but being asked to change how he signs his name, at the school, in sign language, because apparently his way of doing it looks like a gun motion. OK. Still seems ridiculous, and I predict this will blow over because some idiot school official made a bad decision. Trivial local idiocy of no interest.
BTW: The ACLU is championing the boy's rights here. Haven't seen the NRA come out on this yet. I'm sure they will.... Pretty sure anyway. Wouldn't it be funny if the ACLU trumped the NRA on this?