LT,

No the rules in our school specifically state any weapon or facsimile of a weapon are prohibited. Nothing grey about it. The admin does not want to have to guess which is which real or fake. it's real black and white.

You can choose to follow it or not have your kids attend schools with such rules of fight it in court.

I do not agree with it either but I see why they do it.

Black and white has less to do with choice and more to do with what is or is not. I cannot choose anything but life or death for example ,there is no in between physically. Thermodynamic laws on heat transfer are absolute. Day care is a very poor substitution for parents and on and on.