LPC just sent out a text message that the situation is all clear, whatever it was.

What happened? I checked the Livermore PD facebook page and they have not said what it was.

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Shocking how a Nerf gun prompted the lockdown of a whole campus.

There is always some NERF that does not get the word!

I am VERY puzzled as to why a teacher/staff person would think a nerf gun was a REAL gun.I have bought nerf guns for my grandchildren and without exception they are brightly colored and don't resemble a real gun at all. Searching Amazon, not one of them looks real: Web Link
Did the boy paint his black..if so, arrest him. If not, maybe have a long talk with the person who said this looked like a gun.
I wasn't particularly worried, until all those helicopters flew over my house. I wonder what this cost us both in money and time for first responders..Silly person to report this, in my view, but maybe I am missing something, like "an overabundance of caution?"

There is more to the story.. when the student walked but the facility person only the butt of the object was hanging out of the bag, it's not like he could see the whole thing and bright orange parts at the other end. They informed security if they had seen, not being sure fake or real and security made the the call to act. And unlike Pleasanton Patch the weekly did not include the police statement that the staff member did the right thing ...

Thanks, Mia, but I am not sure I buy that. Looking agian at the web link: Web Link
most guns show color, except for a very small part of the handle, looks to me.
Have a look yourself.
I think the person reporting the incident acted with good intentions, but COME ON...look at those photos and tell me if he/she didn't overreact.
I suppose over-reacting is better than under-reacting, but I still think some common sense should have prevailed., maybe??

One last thing:
Maybe a new rule at all schools, including elementary and colleges/universities:
NO TOY GUNS
Hate the idea of MORE rules, but maybe this is a good one.

I don't know if this is the case, but it's very popular in nerf gun circles to spray paint and modify guns to look scarier or more realistic. Although banning orange, yellow and red nerf guns is over the top, I think that penalties for bringing modified nerf guns onto campus are perfectly reasonable.

Well, at least this was a good drill for a real incident. Great for this teacher to err on the side of caution and protecting students. The "cost" of the response is the price of preventing the "cost" of tragedy.

Black painted, bumpstock equipped, assault Nerf gun...smh.

This isnt an issue about a teacher not knowing what a need gun is, this is about students making seriously poor choices (Unless these were for a physics class)