A mom in Jacksonville says her son was being bullied on the school bus and she wanted to put an end to it. So she allegedly showed up at the bus stop, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at students, saying, "Does anyone have something to say?" Somehow I have a feeling the kids didn't have much to say at that point. She's being charged with improper exhibition of a firearm. I can see how it might be improper for a forty-year-old woman to exhibit her firearm at kids at a school bus stop.
But I will tell you that while I certainly don't condone threatening children with guns or knives or missiles or anything, I totally get the sentiment. Having a kid has given me new insight to the almost feral protectiveness I feel towards her. And school buses are quite possibly the saddest places on earth, a yellow fleet of of cruelty and despair headed straight for hell. That might be a little dramatic, but at least in my day, the bus code was: anything goes on the school bus, as long as you mostly stay in your seat. If someone was torturing my kid on the bus, would I draw a weapon? Nope. Would I want to? Most likely.
