this reminded me of an incident here, a girl was suspended for 10 days for bring a plastc toy gun to school to play "cops and robbers" with her friend during lunch hour, the toy was put away for the rest of the day. there was a huge outcry of people dclairing that she got what she deserved. what pissed me off the most was the same day this one happend, another incident happed at another school, a kid brought a PELLET gun to school, took it outside at recess and began shooting unsuspecting classmates with the pellet gun. this kids punishment? 1 day suspension and not one single person objected to what the kid did or his punishment. the punishment for that pellet gun should have been WAAAYYY more severe then the punishment for a toy in a girl backpack,maybe if people paid attention to the people that actually needed help schools would not need to be adding securitys guards and metal detectors, instead the heavy punishments goes to the petty "crimes", while the serious "crimes" get only a slap on the wrist..if anything.