Michigan 6-Year-Old Suspended From School for Making Gun With Hand

A Michigan boy reportedly has been suspended from school for curling his hand into the shape of a gun and pointing it at another student. Erin Jammer, said her son, Mason, was just playing around when he made the gesture Wednesday, the Grand Rapids Press reported. "I do think it's harsh for a six-year-old. He's six and he just likes to play. Maybe what you could do is take his recess away. He's only six and he doesn't understand any of this," Erin Jammer said. But officials at Jefferson Elementary School said the behavior made other students uncomfortable, and they suspended Mason for the remainder of the week, the paper reported. School officials also told the paper that Mason had been warned repeatedly against pretending to aim his hand at students but continued the behavior over several months. Jammer told the paper her son isn't violent and doesn’t have toy guns at home. She suggested a less harsh punishment, like taking Mason’s recess away, might be more effective in teaching him not to make a gun with his hand. "He's only six and he doesn't understand any of this," she said.

Is this what we have become?  It has gone this far that a boy can’t pretend? How many times did the coyote blow himself up, or Elmer Fudd shoot the rabbit? This is a sad day indeed in America when people are so bitter and angry. Here’s one.  A little Muslim boy goes around school tearing open his jacket to reveal the pretend bomb he has strapped to his ribcage.  Do you think he would be suspended? My god.  Get me out of here! Xavier