Three-Year-Old Deaf Boy V. Hunter

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Hunter is a three-year-old deaf boy that happens to sign his name like you would a gun. He has modified it to be an R in a gun formation, but still the school he attends in Nebraska says it's a violation of their school policy. The schools only comment was that their working on coming to an agreement with the parents that will benefit Hunter the most. The school board is adamant on Hunter changing his name because it could promote violence while Hunter is only three years old and doesn't understand what a gun necessarily is. He's being told he's doing something wrong by the school officials, but he hasn't truly done anything to cause any true problems.
Hunter is just a child that should be left alone. He hasn't done anything to bother anyone

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