Boy, 6, suspended from Silver Spring school for pointing finger like a gun

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46. I think you've made some good and thoughtful points.

I also try to keep in mind whenever stories come out in the media about school incidents that the parents can claim whatever they want and the school has the disadvantage of not really being able to give their side of things without violating student privacy.

However, given all that, I still have a gut feeling that the school did overreact. My kindergartener is a bit obsessed with guns right now even though we don't have any. I worry that someday he'll get in trouble at school for incorporating imaginary guns into his play. It annoys me that I have to worry about that. Even though I'd guess that the child in this story went a bit farther than innocent play, a charge in his school records that he was making threats is still rather a serious consequence, and I'd probably try to fight it too if I were his parents.