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• Position: STATELINE - Florida Legislature on school districts and simulated weapons - Brief article

A bill moving through the Florida Legislature would prohibit school districts from disciplining children for playing with simulated weapons. The so-called Pop-Tart bill was inspired, at least in part, by a Maryland boy who was suspended for chewing his Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. "Obviously, we don't want firearms brought to school in a backpack," Florida Representative Dennis Baxley (R) told the Tampa Bay Times. "But we got into a lot of simulated behaviors and overreacted." The...