Kindergartner Suspended for Making Hand into Shape of Gun

A six-year-old boy was suspended from a Michigan public school kindergarten for making a gun shape with his hand while playing.  When little Jason Jammer pointed his “gun”/hand at another student, he was kicked out of Jefferson Elementary until Friday.

Wee Jason, who doesn’t have any toy guns at home, doesn’t understand his punishment according to his mother, Erin Jammer.

IONIA — To the little boy’s mother, it was just a 6-year-old boy playing around.

But when Mason Jammer, a kindergarten student at Jefferson Elementary in Ionia, curled his fist into the shape of a gun Wednesday and pointed it at another student, school officials said it was no laughing matter.

They suspended Mason until Friday, saying the behavior made other students uncomfortable, said Erin Jammer, Mason’s mother.

School officials allege Mason had displayed this kind of behavior for several months, despite numerous warnings.

“I do think it’s too harsh for a six-year-old,” said Jammer, who was previously warned that if Mason continued the practice he would be suspended. “He’s six and he just likes to play.”

Jammer says her son isn’t violent, and there are other, more effective ways of teaching him not to make a gun with his hand.

“Maybe what you could do is take his recess away,” suggested Jammer, adding her son doesn’t have toy guns at home.