A 13 year-old boy was suspended from his school for drawing pictures of stick figures bearing guns and knives.
His father James Herring hit out at Roseboro Salemburg Middle School after his seventh-grader boy, who he did not want to name, was axed from school for two days over the drawings.
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One of the photos shows a teenage mutana ninja turtle bearing a knife, while another shows a stickman pointing a rifle.
A third shows a magician, while a fourth shows a man wearing a hat and carrying a dagger.
James, from Roseboro, N.C. says the drawings were inspired by he and his sons hunting trips, and added that both are well-versed in firearm safety.
He told WRAL: I see a guy in a race car souped-up.
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I see a tower that he built.
I see him holding his gun, hes a deer hunter.
I see him with a magician and I see him as a Ninja Turtle.
(Hes) just expressing himself, nothing violent.
When I see that, I see a normal 13-year-old boy.
I drew pictures like this, any other person of his age drew drawings like this.
Its nothing to get expelled from school for.
James added that the drawings were done before the Parkland school massacre on February 14, and says his son is not violent, nor does he have any emotional issues.
But Sampson County Schools Superintendent Eric Bracy insisted educators had to be more vigilant in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre that killed 17.
He explained: Due to everything happening in the nation, were just being extra vigilant about all issues of safety.
There are some things that list possible threats or things like that.
Weve got category one, two, three and four, which sort of grades potential incidents and the level or seriousness.
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