I even had a U.S. vs. U.K. stupidity contestthat featured many examples of anti-gun lunacy, though Canada may actually win the prize for the most absurd case of political correctness.

But I eventually stopped sharing these types of stories because it seemed there were so manyand I felt like I was making the same points over and over again.

Time for the hiatus to end. I've run across a handful of stories that are so preposterous that I can't resist revisiting the issue.

Punishing Make-Believe

Here's our first example. A local television station in North Carolina reports that a little girl was suspended because she pretended that a stick was a gun while playing with her friends.