E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSA 5-year-old girl who allegedly said she was going to shoot her classmates and herself with her pink "bubble" gun was kicked out of school.
Last week, the kindergartner was chatting in line while she was waiting for the bus. No one is sure exactly what she said, but according to the family's attorney, she told classmates something along the lines of "I'm going to shoot you and I will shoot myself." She didn't have her Hello Kitty Bubble Gun with her at the time, but when school officials got wind of the conversation, they questioned the little girl, suspended her for making a "terroristic threat," according to The Daily Item newspaper, and told her parents she needed to be evaluated by a psychiatrist.
"All I know," the mother told the paper, "is what my daughter has told me and she said she was told she could go to jail, which is a very traumatic thing for a 5-year-old to live with."
Also on NBCPhiladelphia.com: Boy forced off bus, given to stranger
The attorney says the little girl was questioned for about three hours, without her parents present.
"This is a good-natured little girl," lawyer Robin Ficker said. "And this shows how hysterical people who work at schools have become since Sandy Hook."
She attends school in the Mount Carmel Area School District in Northumberland County, Pa. A school administrator told PennLive.com that officials are looking into the incident and are not able to discuss disciplinary actions.
The family wants the school to apologize to their daughter and they don't want the suspension to be on her school record.
Also on NBCPhiladelphia.com: Man shot in head during home invasion
Leave a Comment:
The school officials need to be suspended without pay until a competent judge can examine the case.
Since competent judges are few and far between that may be a lengthy wait.
Also, the parents should want not only apology, but dismissal of the idiots who terrorized their little girl. Those people should be classified as pedophiles and banned from working with anyone with a brain.
Also the school should be help liable for any mental illness the child may develop due to the terrorist incident.
The school officials should be given bubble guns and sent to Mali and Algeria to fight terroists.
This 5 year old girl has probably already been placed on the "No Fly List."
Where I live in the rural midwest kids still CARRY pocket knives to school....if the teacher saw one out...they'd just tell the student to put it way... I sure am glad I don't live on the east coast any more.
Here you can even make a rubber-band gun in woodshop....
FYI: You can take all guns away from everyone in America and a 4 year old boy will bite his toast into the shape of a gun and shoot his baby sister....
Rob I would ask you what town that was because I want to retire there but if you did I believe half of us would move there and the other half ouf us would send the feds to investigate your terrorist training camp.
Best wishes sir,
Jon
I can't believe you are still allowed to have wood-shop! Tools can be dangerous and therefor should be regulated by the government. I bet the kids will have to pass background checks soon before they can use knives or saws in class... We live in a very sad world.
were they afraid they were gonna be killed by bubbles? the least this staff should've done was wait until her parents got there before questioning her.
@Give it a Rest, I believe it. I'm studying to be a teacher right now and I actually have to go through a class on how to identify child abuse. This world has become incredibly unsafe for our children.
It is ILLEGAL TO INTEREGATE A CHILD WITHOUT PARENTS OR LEGAL REP PRESENT?
And the school admin did so for 3 hours? Yes they went above and beyond their legal role and should be posecuted to the full extent of the law. There is an Ethics issue here!
Can't you just imagine the interrogation. 3 hours, they must have pulled the good cop bad cop routine
Bad Adminastrator
Save it Missy, we know you are part of a terror network, where is the bubble gun? Enough with the crocodile tears your mommy and daddy can't save you now, I eat nuts like you for breakfast. Now where is your weapon of mass cleansing?
Good adminastrator
Sweetie we know you were just drawn into this by your parents. Who bought you the bubble shooter? We are here to help you.
This is insane.
Absolutely, and it's getting worse.
Here's an idea: Outlaw the automobile. Think of how many laws are broken by people with cars, in cars, stealing cars, etc. The government must step in and protect us from the evil automobiles on the road.
I have a bottle of bubbles in my car, I am a bad and violent person because of such?
Keep in mind I have no bubble gun only the bubbles and that little wand.
Not too quickly here, people. We gotta watch out for those 5-year-old terrorists. Seems maybe the TSA frisks of children were right all along.
The incredible thing here is that people have been turning their children over to these freaking morons every morning and continue to do so. Permanent expulsion from the schools for these types of teachers and administrators should be mandatory. Perhaps they could find employment in "alternate schools."
mpa-4893349
I have to disagree. The incredible thing is that there are people who actually WANT to turn their kids over to these types of freaking morons every morning. Now THAT is truly scary.
Backcountry -
I stand corrected. Twelve pages of posts and it is incredible that several of the posters think this is OK!!!
Scary.
Five years old.....FIVE years old. And how old are these school officials? At five years old, you pretty much have no idea what you are saying or what the implications are. The child should have just been spoken to and told that it is not acceptable to say what she said, and let it go at that. If the child continues, THEN you contact the parents and go from there. Once again, home schooling looks better & better...doesn't it?
Yes it does. After years of having kids in school, I finally got smart enough to take my youngest two out and homeschool them. Ahhhh, freedom from overreacting school administrators.
Schools are only child prisons and propaganda factories. Time to take children away from those evil people that would label a five year old as a "Terrorist".
Polka14: And do what with them? Home School. Well, considering the educational attainments of many Americans nowadays, they may be worse off than at school. Then there are those that have far-out agendas (religious, political, etc.) that would then have more time to indoctrinate the kids without the children having any exposure to other beliefs, ideas, etc. Around my area, they send children to "Christian Schools" so that they don't have to interact with Black children (who can't get admission to these "Christian" schools). Same thing goes for home schooling. Either way children don't learn how to properly interact with people that are not like themselves. I believe in public schools. If there's a problem with teachers and administrators overreacting, then it's time to get together with the local school boards to address the issue.
Better than a child prison where little girls are terrorists.
I agree that Home School can be great for some kids. But many kids live in homes where both parents work and that just wouldn't work for home school.
Home schooling is not the answer---as it can isolate the child!
Keep trying, John B.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/19/16588357-anger-violent-thoughts-are-you-too-sick-to-own-a-gun?threadId=3649802&commentId=73523132#c73523132
Eh Gads....Can't we just ban STUPID PEOPLE?
Evidently not.... we keep voting them into office instead.
Not 'we'...they.
I did not vote into office ONE of the politicians, that are suppose to 'represent' me, into their position. In fact, after reading about Obama's gun ban executive order, I'd be down for an impeachment of them all.
.. ah you mean llike people that say Stoopidly ?
No, they are a protected species.
And we wonder why America is the laughing stock of the world.
No, we are even more stupid to elect, stupid people to tell us what we can say and do. Most of the country didn't like the direction we were headed so reelected the same ones (from the president on down) to allow them to make more stupid laws and continue to "dumb down America".
Why would a little 5-year old girl even say such a thing. Answer: Parents !!
Get a life, Ken.
As kids we were always running around saying things like, "I'm gonna KILL you if you say that again!" If I had a dime for every time a man said "I'm gonna STRANGLE my wife!" or a woman said "I'm gonna blow my husband's brains out!" I'd be freaking rich.
The thought police in this country are frightening and the way they are punishing small children is the real crime here.
Answer. The media is loaded with gun talk, 24-7.
Ken obviously you don't have a child. Things come out of the mouth of a 5 year old that you could not imagine. You should learn to listen.
That's easy, the little girl had a BUBBLE gun, you know the toy that you load with bubble stuff, pull the trigger and little bubbles pour out the end. She was going to shoot or "send" bubbles at her friend, and then she was going to get the bubbles on herself. The bubbles probably tickle when the pop and then the kids giggle and do it again. Not anything horrible or dangerous at all. So is the word shoot going to banned now? I know people who shoot off their mouths and it ticks me off, should they be questioned for 3 hours? Or what about I'm going to shoot a basket? Or I'm going to shoot down the slide? Come on folks (especially educators) look at the context don't just don't be stupid. Oh, shoot, Chicken Little, the sky is falling!!!
Kids cannot be kids anymore. A bubble gun? Really? And only talking about it.
What do you think about the 12 year old kid that is being charged with 1st degree murder as an adult for killing his father who was an American Nazi leader ?
Children's very imaginary brains pick up ideals from what they see and hear around them...It has been a fun thing for children to do since forever...The children's pretend play that is so very important to their brain development for their imagination and comprehension of word and meanings.
Ellis, that child was severely abused for years and fearful that his Neo-Nazi dad would kill him.
He feared for his life and your using such for what reason. Do you support Neo-Nazi's?
Ken's still pissed that Barbie left him for GI Joe.
add this to the 6 year old who pointed his finger and said BANG.
Anyone who uses their finger like a gun should loose their job immediately.
Zero tolerance for those fools.
My goodness MC Gusto, Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden did that on television. Better alert those school officials so that both of them may be properly chastised.
Imagine if that finger had a booger on it.
Germ Warfare Folks.
once that happens there is no turning back from that dark path.
You know what, MC Gusto?
That's so scarily possible, I can't even laugh about it now.
Fast and Furious should have used Pink Kitty Bubble Guns.
Since 5-year olds DO bring loaded guns to school, and DO occasionally kill other children with them, such comments unfortunately need to be taken seriously.
It's not clear why it would take 3 hours to sort this out, though.
Please list one example of a 5 year old killing other children at school.
Just 1. jackass.
5 year old,,,,, occasionally kill other children,,,,,,,,, LMFAO at your stupidity.
It would not take them long to see if she had a real gun and then of course some dumbo adult is the real culprit. You know, the ones who claim it is their God given right to have a gun. Can someone cite a verse in the bible about your right to have a gun?
They do? In your city? It must be populated with crazies! Oh... that's why you're there. OK
Without looking too far into it, on the first page of the search engine a six year old:
However, if the 3 our questioning session is true, then we do have an overblown issue here for a bubble gun.
For some reason it's deleting my link, but search 5 year old shoots student and it's on the first page.
Would you care to elaborate? Perhaps you were being facetious.
I can't seem to find any articles about 5-year-olds shooting anyone but I did I find a story of a 5-year-old who admitted drowning an 18-month-old for crying too much.
OK LIBS. I want to help you out.
I know you hate the NRA for supporting the American Constitution.
So here is what you do to finally crush them into the ground. Erase them forever.
Put Barack in charge of their budget.
I've watched gun and ammo sales go skyward after BHO's gun ban
talk and I have been praying he would ban the welfare crowd from seeking work..
Maybe ban the food stamp army of his from becoming productive Americans...
At least he has a portion of the economy moving now, Have you been to a
sporting good store and seen all the empty ammo shelf's and empty gun
racks?
NRA would love that since Obama doesn't believe in budgets. They would simply spend all the money and charge it to the taxpayers just like Obama does. Like I stated earlier, Next will be Paper airplanes in schools. for students will be charged with flying them into school buildings. If you want to ban something, maybe banning unemployment and putting them to work on building projects to earn food would work. I now if they had to pick crops then they would probably look harder for a better job. They just need incentive. Since sitting on the sofa playing vidio games doen't bring in much income or food.
300 Hey don't belittle farming that is what i do and because I do it people like you get to eat. So pull your nose out of the air and realize the it takes people like me to make a society work. thank you and have a good day.
Congratulations, America. Common sense is dead. RIP, common sense.
No kidding. Our schools demand more and more money but our kids learn less and less every year. Our school officials are more concerned about finger pointing than teaching kids. Our schools are more worried about teaching PC stuff than information our kids can actually use.
In another couple of generations our children are going to be too stupid to breathe.
1. Schools that get sued over items like this always lose and they usually have to pay out a good chunk of change. Another parent could have brought a bullying charge against the 5 year old and had she been talking to another student repeatedly about "shooting" them, the parent probably would have won. Look at case studies on the issue. Especially with new bullying legislation like in New York state.
2. Teachers have very little control over what they teach, because politicians are in charge of the curriculum and have been for decades. Bad policy that has to be followed or a teacher loses their job is in the mix too.
3. Take a look at kindergarteners entering school. Many don't even know basic colors or skills that are part of growing up. Students are starting school behind and it gets worse.
Soon to be followed by individual freedom
Freedom in America
July 4, 1776 - Jan. 20, 2013
R.I.P.
What the Fock is up with that G'damned McDonalds logo?
Just one more reason to hate them.
Anyone know how to get rid of it?
That's right MC Gusto. If someone disagrees with you, hate them. If you want to know what is wrong with this country today, just look in the mirror. Where do people, both on the far left, but more so on the far right, get the idea that they have access to the absolute truth and everyone else is just wrong.
Let me clue you in on something. Life is not black and white, but rather a thousand shades of gray. The sooner you extreme partisans would realize that the better off this country would be. Believe it or not party is not more important than country.
Well said Mike best post i have read in weeks
I'm not on the far right and I'm talking about the logo from McDonalds that keeps moving around my screen . Blocking the area I'm trying to write on.
If you are the one guy in America who likes commercials that try to over ride your computer screen then I feel sorry for you . you freaking tool.
And if you like those nasty greasy Quarter Pounders that cost $3 then to bad for you.
Napoliatano has already added her to the No-Fly list.
Panetta has ordered wire taps and FEMA is preparing a cell for her.
I hope they at least hang her with a fluffy pink rope.
That humming noise her parents hear is that drone circling their house.
This is all too common and completely unnecessary. If those in a position of leadership just thought for a minute it might be different but I don't think school and the police do much thinking anymore, they just "follow procedure". We had a kindergardener taken to expulsion hearing for bringing to school a 2 inch long orange water pistol. She had to go to expulsion hearing under the "no tolerance" policy. How about no tolerance for brains!
This is the proper and recommended NRA/GOP use of gun control. Never harm someone with a pocket full of cash and desire to own a hand cannon. Guns create jobs (prison guards, undertakers, more and more police, etc,).
Dribbled like a basketball.
Any School teachers on here?
When a 5 or 6 year does s0omething like this, it becomes the crime of the century. When some redneck jerkoff like James Yeager threatens to "start killing people" over his dislike for guns laws, he is all over the paper and TV giving interviews. Shows the power and stupidity of the NRA.
@ Beauford Pusser
Son you as so many other people don't really fathom the scope of what the Constitution means. Let me put it in words anyone can understand.
We the People.. Not we the Government of the United States of America.
The Constitution is the only thing that keeps us from lapsing back into the jungle where It's everyman for himself. Rule by Law and Property rights is worth fighting for because we are animals without them. This is well understood my most people and has resulted the rush to buy up every bullet and gun available out of fear. It takes Balance in out society to make it work.
Would think we should be more afraid of school administrators who would interrogate a five year old for three hours than the child herself...................Paranoia runs rampant in America, lock up all the children
Watch out behind you!!! A kid has some m & ms!!!!!!
She's only 5 for God's sake! Couldn't they just talk to her? Naw, that would be too easy.
No wonder more parents are doing home schooling!
Beware.. pointing your finger at a Cop because it could both make them pee their pants and/or get you shot dead.
Get-down-on-the-ground.. NOW!!!
Warren, Your an idiot.
Sorry but you are misinformed giving the bird to a police officer is protected speech, also words alone are not sufficient threat toward a Peace Officer unless those words specify a specific threat to do bodily or seriously bodily injury. Of course if you do that to another civilian it is Disorderly Conduct and an offense. I sense you don't like Police I suggest the next time you are in danger call a hippie!!!
As far as peeing in our pants in my 27 years on the job it is ALWAYS the bad guys crying for their mommas when we come for them.
what if you are a photo red light camera? Is that protected, too? cause in Denver, someone got a ticket for flying the bird at the four corner camera. No other offense.
The little girl should not be suspended. The parents are being suspended and punished. When I was 5, I picked up a stick while at school playtime, I got in trouble, only talked to, but in Tacoma, WA, there is so much crime, did that matter I picked up a stick? or is it her words, should she have said she was blowing bubbles instead? How does this help, when at age 5, I'm standing in line and the boy in front of me, turned around and punched me in the stomach. Yes, it hurt, did I say anything, no. Why? Don't know, did I punch him back, No. it hurt like hell, holding my stomach. He did it for NO reason. Someone needs to punch the administrators in the stomach.
My 5 year old says he's a ninja, and when he has his plastic ninja sword, actively tries to chop the rest of the family up into little pieces while screaming his head off.
My 5 year old says he's a ninja, and when he has his plastic ninja sword, actively tries to chop the rest of the family up into little pieces while screaming his head off.
You probably shouldn't have said that. Now CPS, the FBI and Homeland Security will be pounding on your door at 3:00 in the morning.
Honestly?! Ok, this is ridiculous! At 5 years of age, she is not going to harm anyone! And I googled the toy in question as I had never seen one before....It looks more like a little pink blow dryer than anything and it shoots BUBBLES!!! They were probably talking about shooting bubbles at each other for crying out loud. And questioning a minor for 5 hours without her parents? Anyone from the school who was involved in this needs to get fired and right quickly! I could understand if they had called the parents and said we believe your daughter made a terrorist threat and we need to get to the bottom of it, can you please come in? But the parents weren't notified that anything had happened until the decision was made to suspend the girl.
We need to outlaw blow dryers with a pistol grip!
That could lead to thoughts of suicide or murder!
How many have died from using a hair dryer in the tub?
If we save just one person wouldn't it be worth while?
Wow! Someone needs a very detailed explanation of why 5 year old children aren't tried as adults. And then given career counseling to help pick a more appropriate job. One not involving contact with the public.
Honestly, I have no problem with suspending this kid a day or 2 so everyone involved realizes this is a very serious matter, bubble gum gun or not. My 4 yr old was threatened at daycare a few months ago and we immediately called the school when he told us and said they better fix that situation real fast. He was told by the girl , "she was gonna gun him down!!!". Joke or no joke, she is learning it from somewhere. We demanded they check her backpack everyday. Very scary.
Get a grip!
The only one that sounds "very scary" is you! Your boy is going to grow up being paranoid and afraid of his own shadow! I think you should look up the term helicopter parent!
Wow. another liberal nut job. You are humiliating your child. get a grip.
ROFLMAO. Thanks for the laugh. That's the funniest thing I've read today.
Does your son have two Daddies perhaps????
So you guys are killing me because we want our son to be safe. All we want is to make sure it was not a real threat and for them to look into, and you classless people that have nothing better to do react in this way...Helicopter parent, does your son have 2 daddies...Grow up. So when a kid actually does bring in a real gun, what are you going to say, oops, I guess it was real. Kind of like the 7yr old kid the other day brought a loaded gun to school