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Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by evanism

evanism — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:37:25 +0000

hehe, the USA is a stupid country. You abrogate your rights to “authorities” and this is the insanity that ensues. You should worry, as it will get A LOT worse before it gets better. No point getting angry either, as you will then be seen as a radical and marginalised. Hehe, you CANT WIN.

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by Valgard

Valgard — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:36:56 +0000

I personally feel they should rethink their “no tolerance” policy. Then again I got “caught” multiple times throughout my school career and I only had my knife confiscated by the teacher once (in middle school) and was not suspended or any punishment other than a call to my mother. I carried a decent sized pocket knife nearly every day of high school and while I made sure to never use it in front of administrators there were a few teachers that didn’t care if I had a knife because they saw me as a responsible person that wouldn’t use it to try and stab another student or take hostages or some other such insane thing.

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:45:16 +0000

America…too dumb to live?

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:43:21 +0000

I hope you made sure to tell your son why he was suspended, including their narrow mindedness toward utensils and such, and how they made a big thing out of something that should not have even come up, especially after he got their permission to bring it to class.

I say this because your son needs to be told the whole truth. If he is mature enough to carry a knife, he is old enough to know that there are people out there trying their hardest to steal his freedom from him.

Chuck

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by Derek

Derek — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:36:23 +0000

You’re absolutely right on all aspects of the “No Tolerance” issue. It’s insanely unbalanced to the “crime” they’re claiming.

I have 2 sons in Boy Scouts and they clearly understand the role of knives. They are tools and only tools. Only in the hands of the untrained or malicious do they become weapons. The same can be said for any item. Imagine what would happen if any of these policy makers watched Matt Damon stab his foe with a ballpoint pen in the movie ‘Borne Identity.

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by Chris W

Chris W — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:11:59 +0000

Zero-tolerance was one of the worst things to come out after the Columbine High incident. 9/11 just reinforced a bad decision, and it may be decades before we see common sense return to our school systems!

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by GrumpyOldGit

GrumpyOldGit — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:00:31 +0000

My Dad gave me a penknife when I was 11. I am 59 now and still carry one to school (Where I work. I didn’t want you to think I am still a pupil.). I will be giving one to my grandson when he is 11.

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by ClickMichelle

ClickMichelle — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:19:02 +0000

Under zero-tolerance, a knife is a knife is a knife is a knife. I think if they stopped to draw a distinction between a butter knife and a pointy-but-dull mess knit knife, it would defeat the purpose of the zero-tolerance policies in place all over the country. (It would also make good sense, but that is beside the point.)

Bean isn’t the first kid this has happened to. I’m a former FL girl and this happened there too, shortly before I relocated. http://www.clickorlando.com/news/14857286/detail.html Only there, the child was actually arrested and charged. The School spokesperson was pretty unapologetic about the whole thing, even while admitting the girl did nothing wrong, and was just eating her lunch.

Here’s the actual infraction: Possession of a knife on school property, the bus, the bus stop, or at any school event (e.g., Bowie, Dirk, lockblade, hunting, pen, pocket, switchblade, utility—knives of any size; straight edge razor, double-edge razor, or retractable razor).

No mention of butter knives, but I’d imagine they’d have to closely resemble a mayonnaise spreader and have limited usefulness in order to be deemed “not a weapon”.

Comment on Felony Weapons in your Camping Gear by Condo Blues

Condo Blues — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:02 +0000

The suspension was for the knife portion of the mess kit, right? I can understand why the school had to confiscate and enforce the knife rule because from the photo the blade style makes it look like it’s a sharp blade like a jackknife. At least the authorities involved had the sense to realize that it your son wasn’t trying to harm anyone and that the knife wasn’t sharp enough to do damage – except maybe to a soft stick of butter. What would have happened if he brought a regular butter knife in his lunch box to eat with – same thing? Or do they provide butter knives in the school cafeteria?

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