Over-reaction or Justified Punishment?

[Cinjin]

It's really bad when a kid can't even point their finger without risking being suspended. It's really, really bad when idiot school officials make a child sign his name in a different way because they're afraid it might look like he's pointing his finger like a gun.

I think it stems from a number of reasons.
1 - The world is full of stupid fucking people and we have more than our fair share here in the US.
2 - Bored house wives turned PTA leaders need a crusade to make their empty lives somehow valid.
3 - School boards are filled with sleezy politician types. They are despised by nearly everyone in this country, yet somehow we are their slaves.

and of course the reason that is the most valid and sadly the most outrageously misused is the fact that kids gun down kids in this country.
That being said, the fact that a 3 year old and a 5 year old are questioned and punished for brandishing a tiny toy and a thumb & finger seems more like an episode of South Park than reality. Which really means that stories like these should be humiliating to the communities involved.

All I can say to these school administrators and teachers is, Grow a brain, fucktards!