A 12-year-old Kansas girl was hauled out of school in handcuffs and charged with a felony â for making a finger gun with her hands, according to ⦠Superior Court: Lancaster County manâs âfinger gunâ gesture is a criminal act by Jeremy Roebuck , Updated: August 30, 2019 In this security cam footage submitted as evidence in his case, Stephen Kirchner mimics shooting a gun with his hand at neighbor Josh Klingseisen. Officials concluded there wasn't a threat⦠Former EU Council chief Donald Tusk fired a shot at Donald Trump today by tweeting a photo of himself taken last year pretending to point a gun into ⦠... Policy and regulation ⦠specifies that threat assessment teams consult with police." 6-year-old with Down syndrome makes finger-gun gesture at school teacher â so the school calls the police News. He said he has been warned that the 12 year old could face up to a year in juvenile detention for the hand gesture. Itâs hard to say when the gesture of finger guns exactly emerges, but they broke into popular culture by the 1970s when Texas Tech fans used them to counter the horn salute of their rivals, the University of Texas at Austin. While it can be seen as generally playful, it can be coupled, perhaps, with the finger gun to connote interest. No, really. The ultimate flirtatious gesture is a wink. A Pennsylvania elementary school called the police after a kindergartner with Down syndrome made a finger gun at her teacher. Margot Gaines, 6, a student at Valley Forge Elementary School, made a âfinger gun shooting gestureâ in class that triggered the school district to call local police as part of an official âthreat assessment.â. In response, the girl allegedly pointed her finger pistol â like the ones many children use playing cops and robbers,â the Star reports. The hand gesture, which involves an individual using their hand to mimic an imaginary handgun, is commonly referred to as a âfinger gunâ and is widely seen throughout popular culture, in movies, TV shows, music videos, and on social media. 'You're on my hit list':Knox middle school student arrested for finger-gun threat against teacher The school conducted an investigation Sept. 19 in ⦠The question in this case was whether a hand gesture is a verbal statement under California Penal Code Section 422. âBecause of that gesture, The Star was told, the girl was sent to Principal Jeremy McDonnellâs office, and the other students involved were also talked to. The LAPD killing of unarmed 25 year-old Ezell Ford has been overshadowed, nationally, by the events surrounding the Ferguson, MO killing of Mike Brown, but ⦠The school districtâs threat assessment on little Margot concluded nobody was in harmâs way as a result of Margotâs gesture. A SCHOOL called police after a six-year-old girl with Down syndrome made a gun gesture with her finger at her teacher. A 12-year-old girl has been arrested after allegedly pretending to shoot her classmates with an imaginary âfinger gunâ in Overland Park, Kansas. She has security cameras. Stephen Kirchner, 64, of Manor Township, was charged last year with summary disorderly conduct for the gesture, according to the Lancaster County District Attorneyâs Office. The police were called when a six-year-old girl with special needs made a gun finger gesture, pretending to shoot her teacher. . Finger gun is a hand gesture in which the subject uses their hand to mimic a handgun. The 12-year-old girl formed her hand into the shape of a gun before pointing at four classmates and then turning the âweaponâ on herself. Tory Minister Ed Fast accused of threatening NDP MP after making 'gun' gesture in House of Commons Back to video Here is a picture of the hand gesture from the Minister. Officials launched a "threat assessment" into kindergartner Margot Gaines and cops in Pennsylvania filed a report on her. Without further ado: 1) Pointing Fingers. Another user asked, âIs this some sort of veiled EU threat aimed at the US?â. Pennsylvania; Margot Gaines, a 6 year-old-girl with Downâs syndrome, who made her hand into the shape of a finger gun and pointed at her teacher, was questioned by the police over the incident. ... She reportedly made a "gun" out of her pointer finger and thumb, and said, "I shoot you" to the unnamed teacher in question. âNot an imminent threat, because it was just a finger, but the implied threat is that later he would be shooting with a real gun, creating the apprehension of a future assault with a handgun.â It seems to me that the lack of an âimminent threatâ takes it out of the definition of assault. Officials concluded there wasn't a threat⦠Pennsylvaniaâs Tredyffrin-Easttown School District called police on a 6-year-old girl with Down Syndrome for making a finger-gun gesture toward her teacher, the girlâs mother told CBS Philly. The gun gesture reportedly violated the school districtâs policy of intimidating and bullying however, the childâs relatives say a felony arrest for pointing your fingers took things way too far. SARAH TAYLOR. The hand gesture, which involves an individual using their hand to mimic an imaginary handgun, is commonly referred to as a âfinger gunâ and is widely seen throughout popular culture, in movies, TV shows, music videos, and on social media. The Supreme Court of California held that no, it is not. The mother of a six-year-old girl with Down syndrome is fuming over the fact her little girl now has a police report on file. Officials launched a "threat ⦠âWe all know that the Globalist EU opposes Trump, but this goes too far,â he continued. A SCHOOL called police after a six-year-old girl with Down syndrome made a gun gesture with her finger at her teacher. It's less unambiguous. Tech fans call them the âGuns Upâ symbol, like a cowboy firing into the sky. As WGAL reports. But pointing a finger gun is a felony because itâs considered âthreatening.â âIâm really worried about my granddaughterâs future,â Cavanaugh told The Kansas City Star.