Student arrested for joking about shooting a dinosaur

Student arrested for joking about shooting a dinosaur

''killed'' his neighbours pet dinosaur after buying a ''gun to take care of the business''

A student has been arrested for joking about shooting a dinosaur.

Alex Stone was arrested and suspended from Summerville High School in South Carolina, in the Southeastern United States after his teacher read an assignment he'd written which stated that he'd ''killed'' his neighbours pet dinosaur after buying a ''gun to take care of the business''.

According to the Daily Star newspaper, his mother, Karen Gray, was understandably angry and said the teenager isn't old even enough to buy a gun.

She said: ''I could understand if they made him re-write it because he did have 'gun' in it. But a pet dinosaur?''