5-Year-Old Shooting a Crayon 'Gun' Forced to Sign No-Kill Contract

An elementary school in Mobile, Alabama forced a 5-year-old student to sign a "safety contract" promising not to kill herself or anyone else because the girl allegedly pointed a crayon at another student and said, "pew pew."  The girl's mother was summoned to E.R. Dickson Elementary school and told that her daughter had drawn something that resembled a gun and pretended to shoot with the crayon. The mother told Local 15 News that while she waited in the lobby and without her consent, the school gave her daughter a questionnaire evaluating her for depression and suicidal thoughts, and finally forced her to sign a "Mobile County School Safety Contract" promising she wouldn't kill herself or others. "While I was in the lobby waiting they had my 5-year-old sign a contract about suicide and homicide," the mother said. "This isn't right. She's 5 years old. Most of these words on here, she's never heard in her life." The mother, who did not want to be identified, said her daughter was confused asking, "Mommy, daddy, what is suicide?" "I'm the one that should be able to talk to my child and not have someone else mention words like this in front of her at all," said the mother...more