Father Jailed Because Daughter Drew a Picture of a Gun

A Canadian man was arrested at his children's school, hauled down to the station and strip-searched ... all because his 4-year-old daughter drew a picture of a gun at school:

“I’m picking up my kids and then, next thing you know, I’m locked up,” Jessie Sansone, 26, said Thursday.

“I was in shock. This is completely insane. My daughter drew a gun on a piece of paper at school.”

The school principal, police and child welfare officials, however, all stand by their actions. They said they had to investigate to determine whether there was a gun in Sansone’s house that children had access to.

“From a public safety point of view, any child drawing a picture of guns and saying there’s guns in a home would warrant some further conversation with the parents and child,” said Alison Scott, executive director of Family and Children’s Services.

Dianne Wood of The Record has the story: Link (Photo: Peter Lee/The Record)

What do you think: Over-reaction or sensible precaution?


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“I’m picking up my kids and then, next thing you know, I’m locked up,” Jessie Sansone, 26, said Thursday.

“I was in shock. This is completely insane. My daughter drew a dragon on a piece of paper at school.”

The school principal, police and child welfare officials, however, all stand by their actions. They said they had to investigate to determine whether there was a dragon in Sansone’s house that children had access to.

“From a public safety point of view, any child drawing a picture of dragons and saying there’s a dragon in a home would warrant some further conversation with the parents and child,” said Alison Scott, executive director of Family and Children’s Services.
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