Lego gun control

A kindergartener age 6 was riding on a bus on his way to school, holding an average Lego Minifigure  gun less then the size of a quarter, when another kid in the bus shouted to the driver that he had a gun.

The unnamed six year old kid was forced to write a letter to the bus driver to apologize for the incident. He had to serve a one day detention, and temporary suspension from riding the bus.
The kid who tattled on the boy with the lego gun was forced to apologize to the bus driver as well, but faced no additional charges.
A letter was sent to the boy's parents assuring that it was just a lego brick, and not a real gun. They put the boy in detention any way.

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replica of the lego gun

When gun control goes too far

A five year old kid who goes to an after school program at Hyannis West Elementary School faces possible suspension over making a lego gun. The gun looks unrealistic, and the reaction to it was way over the top. The adults running the after school program claimed "he was posing a threat to other kids."  I would understand if it was a lego sword and he was beating people over the head, but this behavior was not inappropriate nor was it violent. What do you think?

Replica of the fake gun