7th-graders suspended for playing with airsoft gun in own yard

I read the article, "7th-graders suspended for playing with airsoft gun in own yard" on Fox News. This article states that 13 year old boy Khalid Caraballo and his friends were suspended from the school because they were playing airsoft guns on private property. This article seems to have very clear opinion which suspension from the school is ridiculous and unfair treatment. The principal of the school made this decision because one child who was only 10 feet from the bus stop was shot. However, the article shows that Khalid did not intend to shoot the child and he even admitted his mistake and regretted. In addition, the child who was shot was not hurt and the child that got shot said that he did not even mind it. The article also discovers that Khalid used toy gun only on his own property and he never took the toy gun to the designated bus stop or the school through an interview with Khalid Caraballo. The article emphasizes the statement “his own property.” They seem to think that playing the gun on private property breaks no squares. They think that the punishment is ludicrous and completely unfair. The term “zero-tolerance” shows the article’s opinion about the punishment very clearly. They describe schools’ policy as a “zero-tolerance.” Overall, the main argument of this article is that suspension from the school due to playing with the toy gun on private property is totally unfair and excessive for punishment. They claim that this excessive punishment deprive the children of their opportunities(such as getting into a good university).

 Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/24/7th-grader-suspended-for-playing-with-airsoft-gun-in-own-yard/