The topic: Playing with a Hello Kitty "bubble gun" that, with the flick of a finger, blows bubbles everywhere.

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During this conversation, the kindergartner admitted she talked about shooting the bubble gun.

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That's where the girl and her friends, whom she "loves, " began talking about a "princess" bubble blower and a Hello Kitty bubble gun.

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Stories of seven-year-olds suspended for biting a pastry into the shape of a gun, first graders sent home for talking about toy guns, or kindergarteners suspended for bringing a toy gun to school or just discussing shooting a bubble squirt gun at another child are depressingly commonplace.

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