The kid and the sign-language name that looks like a gun
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One of the more bizarre stories to come out of Nebraska in awhile has been settled, apparently. A school in Grand Island says a deaf toddler will not have to change his name -- or the sign for his name -- after his parents complained that they were told his signed name violates the school's weapons policy because it resembled a gun.
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