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Boy busted at school for 2 inch toy gun, wait till you see this!!

  • Fab1b
    Come on people use your heads here!!

    http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_big_trouble_over_this_tiny_toy_mom_fuming_at_a_lack_of_common_sense_as_son_busted.html
    Her boy's Lego man was toting a tiny ax, which the principal deemed less threatening.
  • Fab1b
    No clue why the link won't work, its on the front page of Yahoo too.
  • Al Capone
    People have completely lost common sense.
  • baseballstud24
    Maybe it was a choking hazard? haha
  • darbypitcher22
    guess a gun's a gun to those people...
  • End of Line
    Today's society are just a bunch of dumb asses.
  • mtrulz
    That's why I hate teachers. They're such tight asses!
  • End of Line
    mtrulz wrote: That's why I hate teachers. They're such tight asses!
    You're an idiot.
  • Fab1b
    ha ha ha ha
  • bcubed
    This idiocy is even worse than the skier's photo on SI!

    And mtrulz welcome back, but the lady was the principal!
  • End of Line
    Lol.
  • tk421
    Zero tolerance policies at work.
  • Glory Days
    the only thing i can think of is that people were going around saying stuff like "hey did you see jimmy's gun he brought?"
  • O-Trap
    This is teh ratarded.
  • Apple
    otrap said the r word...
  • SJBlueJay20
    Thug!

    Sorry, is that overused comment reserved for the site that shall not be named? :s

    In repeated situations common sense appears to have no place in today's society.
  • big_red_drummer
    http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1265196612230770.xml&coll=1
  • Glory Days
    Ms. Timoney said. "He's missing class time, all for silly toys. The boys are just trying to relax
    haha really, i dont remember 4th grade being all that stressful.
  • power i
    I say we get mtrulz one of those and see how he far he gets at school. You know, just a little experiment.
  • j_crazy
    what a crock.
  • Bigred1995
    Here's a link<--- that should work!

    Wow!
    Edit: for some reason it's not working.
    An irate Staten Island mom blasted a grade school principal Wednesday for treating her son like a pint-sized Plaxico Burress after he brought a 2-inch-long toy gun to school.

    "This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, after her teary fourth-grader was nearly suspended for playing with the tiny toy at lunch.

    "The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue."

    Patrick Timoney, 9, was terrified when he was yanked into the principal's office to discuss the teeny-weeny plastic "weapon."

    "The gun was so little," the boy said. "I don't understand why the principal got so upset. I was a little nervous. They made me sign a statement."

    Patrick and a friend were playing with Lego figures in the school cafeteria on Tuesday when he pulled out the faux machine gun and stuck it in the hands of his plastic police officer.

    Boom! Trouble ensued, with Patrick's mom getting a phone call from Public School 52 Principal Evelyn Mastroianni saying her son had somehow gone from straight A's to the NRA.

    "I was in disbelief," the still-fuming mother said. "Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end to the harassment of my child?"

    Timoney said her boy loved the toy figure because her husband is a retired police officer.

    The elder Patrick Timoney, a former 72nd Precinct cop, couldn't believe his son was nearly busted over something so obviously inauthentic.

    "It's a 2-inch gun," he said. "She went overboard. She should have said, 'Put the toys away,' and that would have been the end of it."

    After a meeting between the principal and the parents, the boy was spared any disciplinary action. City school officials said Patrick agreed to leave the "gun" at home.

    "I'm never bringing a toy to school again," said Patrick, whose favorite subject is math.

    Laura Timoney remained upset. Her son, a typically eager student, asked to stay home yesterday because he thought the principal was mad at him.

    The mother said she expects an apology and may sue.

    "The toy gun is not the issue," she said. "A lack of common sense is the issue."

    Several parents at the school felt the principal overreacted, including Kim O'Rieley - whose son was playing with Patrick in the cafeteria.

    Her boy's Lego man was toting a tiny ax, which the principal deemed less threatening.

    "It's ridiculous," said O'Rieley, 36. "He felt so bad for his friend. They're taking things way too far ... No one is saying guns are okay.

    "Come on, it's a Lego."



    Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_big_trouble_over_this_tiny_toy_mom_fuming_at_a_lack_of_common_sense_as_son_buste.html#ixzz0eflLFnaM
  • Glory Days
    "I'm never bringing a toy to school again," said Patrick, whose favorite subject is math.
    why did he in the first place? was it show and tell day?
    Laura Timoney remained upset. Her son, a typically eager student, asked to stay home yesterday because he thought the principal was mad at him
    really?
  • WebFire
    Glory Days wrote:
    "I'm never bringing a toy to school again," said Patrick, whose favorite subject is math.
    why did he in the first place? was it show and tell day?
    Laura Timoney remained upset. Her son, a typically eager student, asked to stay home yesterday because he thought the principal was mad at him
    really?
    He's a 4th grader. They put crap in their pockets and take them to school. He thought it was harmless, which it was. Did you forget what is was like being a kid?

    And again, he is a 4th grader. Of course he thinks the principal is mad at him after this ridiculous overreaction.
  • Glory Days
    yeah i got yelled at on the playground a few times back in the day. even got a detention in 5th grade haha. but i guess there is a huge difference between 4th and 5th.
  • Con_Alma
    "...for treating her son like a pint-sized Plaxico Burress ..."

    Now that's funny.