​Alabama school makes 5-year-old take suicide evaluation questionnaire for pointing crayon

Posted on: Tue, 10/14/2014 - 17:14 By: Tom Swiss

The latest entry in the hoplophobia follies. Remember, it's ok for cops to actually shoot people for no good reason (as long as those people are black), but if a kid makes any symbolic gesture that in any way reminds you of a gun, they are a dangerous psychopath. (But, fortunately, it seems we can deal with dangerous psychopaths by compelling them to sign contracts promising not to be dangerous. Then it's ok.)

​Alabama School Makes 5-Year-Old Sign Suicide/Homicide Safety Contract (Jezebel)

A mother in Mobile, Alabama, is reasonably pissed off after E.R. Dickson Elementary School had her 5-year-old sign a contract stating she would not kill or injure herself and/or others after pointing a crayon at another student and saying "Pew pew."