A seventh grade student faces expulsion from his school because he was playing with an air pistol — in his own yard.
Madness: A seventh grade student faces expulsion from his school because he was playing with an air pistol — in his own yard.
Khalid Caraballo, 12, and his friend, Aidan, were suspended for “possession, handling and use of a firearm” because they “shot two other friends who were with them while playing” with the airsoft guns, WAVY-TV reported. Caraballo answered “no, sir,” when asked if he took the toy gun to the bus stop or to school. “We were in our yard. This had nothing to do with school,” the student said.
So, government schools now have the right to tell students what they can and cannot do, wherever they are?
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Madness: A seventh grade student faces expulsion from his school because he was playing with an air pistol — in his own yard.
Khalid Caraballo, 12, and his friend, Aidan, were suspended for “possession, handling and use of a firearm” because they “shot two other friends who were with them while playing” with the airsoft guns, WAVY-TV reported. Caraballo answered “no, sir,” when asked if he took the toy gun to the bus stop or to school. “We were in our yard. This had nothing to do with school,” the student said.
So, government schools now have the right to tell students what they can and cannot do, wherever they are?
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Every February I run a fund-raising drive during my birthday month. This year I celebrate my 72nd birthday, and hope and plan to continue writing and posting on Behind the Black for as long as I am able.
I hope my readers will support this effort. As I did in my November fund-raising drive, I am offering autographed copies of my books for large donations. Donate $250 and you can have a choice of the hardback of either Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 or Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space. Donate $200 and you can get an autographed paperback copy of either.
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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“Has zero tolerance gone too far?”
It looks like it has gone into negative tolerance.
Wait until they start to have dreams in which they shoot each other with airsoft guns. Or use butter knives to spread peanut butter on their bread at home. Do kids even get to use saws in woodshop class anymore?
Airsoft guns aren’t firearms. The school has no legal basis for action.
It all started because some idiot neighbor called 911 to explain that the kids were playing with toy guns and she didn’t think it was right.
Its people like this that scare me even more than any big government.
They create those big governments.