I did something stupid just like the student did when I was about 16 years old. Looking back, I realize the danger I put myself in and the alarm it must have caused everyone around me. Luckily, they were all adults and adjusted their reaction to a silly teenage boy.

I hope the student learned a life lesson; maybe this incident will prevent a future tragedy.

With so many school shootings, I understand the Grayson County School System's policy and heavy-handedness in this matter. Maybe the judge will take into consideration the student's behavior and go lightly on the punishment doled out to the kid.

My mother often said you can't put an adult brain in a kid's head. She should know because she raised several children.

I believe the point is being missed here. Yes, it was a toy, no one knew it was a toy until some time later. What if this boy had pointed this "toy" at your son or daughter, not knowing it was a toy. This kid is lucky, there have been incidents where "kids" have pulled a toy gun on someone and have received a few rounds of hot lead for the little joke. I do believe the police should have taken care of it immediately and not waited for the boy to go home but, I also suspect that we don't have all the details of this story.

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I knew that cartoon would catch on eventually and toys would probably be forbidden.

Next I expect to read that little girls are being charged with (child) neglect for leaving their dollies unattended while in school?

Now next are we to read that little girls dolls are being sent to foster care?

Oh! wait what about the little boys that have toy horses are they going to be charged with animal cruelty because they leave them unattended?

stupidhicks you hit the nail on the head (Kids play with toys and its a fact that boys play with toy guns.)

What is our society coming to? The article plainly states the boy did not threaten anyone but was showing the (TOY) to a friend.

Several years ago in the news a child was shot by law enforcement when they had a toy gun ( and

laws were passed to change how the toy guns had to look and I believe that they were to have an orange encap on the gun about a half inch to an inch in coloring on them. To signal they were TOYS and could be seen from some distance to prevent a mistaken shooting again.

Zero tolerance for weapons YES! zero tolerance for toys is absurd anywhere.

I believe that some are trying to take all forms of childhood from our children. To many children are ending up in the juvenile system for being KIDS! This told to me by a juvenile attorney.

Guess we need to invent a way for kids to be born fully grown. Let's bypass childhood all together.

So my main questions to the fine news reporting and law enforcement at Grayson County is why are you referring to a toy as a "gun" and a "weapon", and charging the child with gun crimes when clearly he had a toy? Why did you goto the child's home and take his toy? This whole situation seems like it was blown way out of proportion and should defiantly not be making news headlines like this. How many tax payer dollars were and will be wasted on this when all that was needed to be done was to approach the child's parents once it was discovered that he had a toy gun at school. I wish the kid would have had a real gun, at least that way the punishment would have fit the crime... wait a toy..so what crime is he being charged with again..possession of a toy? Kids play with toys and its a fact that boys play with toy guns. I guess we need to start invading all of their homes and bringing them all up on charges because of the toys they play with and might bring to school....yeah. thats a great plan...