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A 4-year-old girl in The Village, Oklahoma (real creative with the name, there, townsfolk) was taken to the hospital after teachers thought she was acting intoxicated and smelled alcohol on her. Once the child is released from the hospital she will be put into custody of the Department of Human Services. No word on charges for the girl’s parents. How a preschooler could even stand the taste to imbibe enough to get drunk, we’ll never know — perhaps this is one of those “ingested sanitizer” cases we’ve heard about?

Authorities are investigating the apparent intoxication of a 4-year-old girl at an Oklahoma City elementary school on Wednesday, police said.

Oklahoma City television station KOCO reported that the child was carried out of Andrew Johnson Elementary School by a paramedic, according to an officer with The Village Police Department.

“We don’t believe it happened on school ground. We believe it happened before she got to school today,” said Deputy Chief Steve Jagosh.

We remember one time when our oldest son was in preschool, we received a note home from the teacher saying, “Please don’t send money to school with the children, it can get lost and the coins pose a choking hazard for the younger kids.” Turns out he had picked up change lying around the house and put it in his pocket, and was showing it off to his friends. So we get how a kid can sneak things out of the house without the parent knowing. But a gun and knife? We’re not anti-gun nuts by any means, but if you have to have that stuff in your house, for the love of pete, lock it up!

Sequoyah County Sheriff Johnny Philpot says no one was injured and it appears the [first grade] boy was showing his father’s gun to friends at Central Elementary School Wednesday.

Philpot says another student told a teacher about the weapons and school officials say authorities were called immediately.

Philpot says the boy’s parents kept the gun in a nightstand in their bedroom for protection.

What the hell? Is this really the road we’re going down in this country? First, a Michigan legislator wants to issue teachers conceal and carry permits, now a teacher in Oregon who already has a permit has gone to court for her right to bring her gun into the classroom:

The standoff between the teacher and the school district has grabbed the attention of both sides of the national gun debate.

After a student shot dead 32 people at Virginia Tech University in April, some pro-gun advocates have argued that teachers and perhaps students should be armed to prevent such tragedies in the future.

“The right to protect yourself is natural, God-given and should not be taken away,” said Kevin Starrett, executive director of the Oregon Firearms Federation, which is paying for the teacher’s legal bills.

“State law unequivocally allows her to do this,” he said.

I know creating mass hysteria over an isolated and rare incident is a great way to push your cause, but I don’t think having a bunch of Dirty Harry’s teaching our kids is a real wise way to deal with school safety.