Zero Tolerance Follies: The Pathetic Hoplophobia of Punishing Kids (and Adults) for Finger Guns

Zero Tolerance Follies: The Pathetic Hoplophobia of Punishing Kids (and Adults) for Finger Guns

Finger guns, the lethal weapons of choice of absolutely no one, are in the news again.

Every so often we write about over-the-top reactions to harmless things or actions with some nebulous but apparently nefarious gun-related nexus, like the by-now notorious case of the seven-year-old second-grader suspended for chewing a breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun.

A school official admitted that while a student “used food to make inappropriate gestures that disrupted the class,” there were no “physical threats” made and no one was harmed.

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