A Staten Island fourth grader was nearly suspended for taking a machine gun to school. A two-inch plastic replica belonging to a LEGO policeman.

Nine year-old Patrick Timoney was playing with the LEGO toys with his friends in the school's lunchroom when the principle saw the toy gun and took him to her office to begin the suspension process. After calling the child's parents (his father is a retired police officer which is why Patrick liked the toy), common sense eventually prevailed over zero tolerance and little Patrick was set free. The gun was confiscated, presumably to be destroyed in a blast furnace.

The New York Department of Education backed the principle and said there was "cause for concern."

An opinion piece in Australia's Courier Mail demonstrates how prejudice, and playing fast and loose with cause and effect, are used to create public fear when it comes to both dogs and guns:

Take a deadly weapon out ot [sic] the reach of a potentially irresponsible owner...and the risk of firearm-related violence is reduced.

Well, we're all "potentially irresponsible," now, aren't we? Even members of the military and police fit under that broad umbrella, unless one subscribes to (what should by now be) the thoroughly discredited "Only Ones" theory.

Which means, if one follows this "logic," all guns must be banned--for everyone.

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Cuba has given its few remaining armed citizens an ultimatum. From the Associated Press:

Cuba has declared a two-month amnesty for citizens to register unlicensed guns, and says those passing aptitude and psychological tests will be allowed to keep their weapons.

The move is unusual in a state where almost no one except some active military personnel and plain-clothed state security agents are allowed to possess weapons.

Even most police, we are told, are required to keep their service weapons at their station when on leave (something those with "Only Ones" attitudes here should take note of).

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Ohio democrats have removed backing for secretary of state candidate Jennifer Garrison, driving her out of the race. Her support of gun rights was cited as one reason why according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Garrison, a lawmaker from Marietta, was urged by Gov. Ted Strickland last year to seek the office. But since then Garrison's conservative stance on issues such as opposing abortion rights and supporting gun rights, has riled some within the Democratic base, especially labor groups. That forced party leadership to push her out of the race.

Garrison's political views have been labeled as too conservative by some Democrats. Her opposition to gay marriage was cited as another reason. Garrison was also attacked on FaceBook when a group page was formed charging that "Garrison's record is anti-GLBT, anti-equality, anti-choice, anti-labor, anti-worker, and pro-gun. She is totally unacceptable" and one source railed that she "supported unfettered gun rights to the point she received an 'A' rating from the NRA."