PALMER - Police say a 9-year-old elementary school student from Palmer will be summoned to juvenile court to face charges for bringing a toy handgun on the school bus.
Chief Robert Frydryk says the school district has a "zero tolerance policy" regarding weapons. Even though the gun was a toy, it is considered a weapon because it shoots soft plastic projectiles.
Frydryk says there is no indication the Old Mill Pond Elementary School student wanted to hurt anyone. The student's name was not made public.
The incident occurred May 5. The boy told police he forgot he had it in his jacket when he got on the bus.http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/crime_files/crime_watch/boy-charged-with-bringing-toy-gun-on-bus-25-apx-20110513The Stupid Side of the Field--The Gun Control Reality Distortion Field--is obviously in ascendancy. The devotees of the Stupid Side cannot seem to undertand that they are setting up the next generation to automatically despise anything having to do with gun control. This boy, and every kid he knows, will hold the nuts who prosecuted him in everlasting contempt. And adults who are not devotees of the Stupid Side will be turned off in the here and now.
I hope it's a long time until the balance in the Reality Distortion Field is restored--and intelligent rights foes work on tearing down the Constitution.