Armed and Dangerous!
At least that's what school officials in Rancho Palos Verdes think about these toy Army men, according to the Daily Breeze's report:
A fifth-grade promotion ceremony in Rancho Palos Verdes turned into a free-speech battleground Thursday, when students were asked to remove weapons from toys that had been placed on mortarboard caps because of the school's zero-tolerance policy for weapons on campus. Each year, students decorate wide caps with princesses, football goal posts, zebras, guitars and other items to express their personalities and career goals. ...On Thursday, before the ceremony, one boy was told he couldn't participate unless he agreed to clip off the tips of the plastic guns carried by the minuscule GIs on his cap.
Come on kid, inch-high homages to our soldiers in battle have no place in a public school! Put something on your mortarboard that your elementary-school officials may consider more appropriate ... like condoms.