Wilshire@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoStudent charged with felony after pointing finger gunyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1336
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minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI think the logic is “it could be a threat” but yeah it’s dumb either way, unless it is a threat I guess.
minus-squarefractal_flowers@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe only time I really heard this talked about was in elementary school, and finger guns were never a threat at the school I went to. Not even once, but the teachers and administration would harp on about it like kids were demonic for making them.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThey could get you expelled at mine, but not charged. IIRC even water guns would get you actually charged. Tbf it was shortly after 9/11, but still.
I think the logic is “it could be a threat” but yeah it’s dumb either way, unless it is a threat I guess.
The only time I really heard this talked about was in elementary school, and finger guns were never a threat at the school I went to. Not even once, but the teachers and administration would harp on about it like kids were demonic for making them.
They could get you expelled at mine, but not charged. IIRC even water guns would get you actually charged. Tbf it was shortly after 9/11, but still.