The battle over gun control recently made an unusual foray into a Texas middle school classroom. Earlier this month, Rosenberg seventh-grader Colton Southern was asked to cover his Star Wars t-shirt, reports ABC affiliate KTRK. The shirt depicted a storm trooper aiming a laser rifle. Southern was asked to zip up his jacket to hide the shirt.
The boy’s parents weren’t pleased. “It has nothing to do with guns or making a stand,” said the boy’s father. “It’s just a Star Wars shirt.” But school officials insisted the shirt violated school dress code. The middle school prohibits all “symbols oriented toward violence.” Nerves are on edge after a shooting earlier this month in San Bernardino, California, killed 14 and wounded 17.
In the past three years, there have been 161 school shootings in the United States.