The specter of school shootings has brought a too typical staple to local newspaper sections: the boys disciplined at (or suspended from) grade school for bringing a toy gun or anything resembling a gun.
The Washington Post just found the latest wild overreaction, from Calvert County, Md., a blue state that's cracked down on gun rights. "A kindergartner who brought a cowboy style cap gun onto his Calvert County school bus was suspended for 10 days after showing a friend the orange tipped toy, which he had tucked inside his backpack on his way to school," according to the family.
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