Another Nazi school system

The right-wing "zero tolerance" assholes are off their rockers again - this time in the Cherry Creek school district in Colorado.

A 17-year-old high school senior who is a student leader of the Douglas County Young Marines has been suspended from school for 10 days because of drill props in her car. She may still face expulsion.

The objects that got her in trouble were models of guns made of plastic, wood, and duct tape. The items were for her drill practice.

School officials knew they weren't real guns - but just didn't care.
They didn't even look like guns, because of all the duct tape. Nobody with any sense would consider these props to be a cause for concern - but school officials have no sense.

If a student was going to shoot up the school, they wouldn't have used wooden gun props and yelled out, "Bang!" They would have used real guns - not the props found in the student's car.

The school's excuse for punishing the teen is bullshit. A school district official said federal and state laws mandate long-term suspension or expulsion because "the law doesn't make any distinction between a genuine weapon and a facsimile." Wrong. If that was the case, even more kids would be getting kicked out of school.

You know the school's rationale is malarkey, because after the school called the police, the cops told the student to reclaim the gun props shortly thereafter. If the law didn't distinguish between real guns and props, the police would have likely charged her.

When are schools going to start being sued again over "zero tolerance" idiocy?