Pre-Schooler Suspended Seven Days for Bringing Empty .22 Shell Casing to School
Kristy Jackson said her son was excited because he had just spent time with his grandpa–a Caseyville, Illinois, police officer–who was teaching him about hunting and gun safety...
Jackson went to the school to pick her son up like any other day, only to met by “a stone faced teacher” who said her son had brought a “shotgun bullet” to school.
On Tuesday four-year-old Hunter Jackson was suspended for seven days after bringing an empty .22 shell casing to school to show his friends...
Jackson said her immediate thought was, “My kid? Who just spent the weekend learning gun safety?”
This is an excellent illustration of the fact that psychosis is driven by ignorance and stupidity.
Hopefully, there will come a day when Hunter Jackson will look back at this incident and laugh, but for right now, at a time in his life when genuine safety education is crucial, this young man is confronted with debilitatingly shrill paranoia; what will that do to his outlook on individual responsibility?
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