http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/09/16/1801727/kuna-high-school-student-stabbed.html
Heard about this story while listening to the Nate Shelnan show last week. Just thought id throw it up and hit on a hot-button issue: weapons at school. And maybe a little rant.
I am 19, 2 years out of high school and never even thought of problems like this. I occasionally carried a pocket knife at school, when i forgot to remove it from my pocket as i am aware of the ridiculous consequences if a student is found to have a small pair of nail clippers in his pocket. While i certainly didn't have a 5 " knife, what I did have I never displayed or pulled out in class, b/c the of the not-so-magnificent over reaction from faculty and staff it would have garnered.
My point is that i simply cannot believe the vilification "weapons" take at schools. Time and time again, where an aggressor presents a weapon and a potential victim produces his own, the antagonist backs down, in almost every case. In the case of this most recent Kuna high case, rather than (attempting) to remove the knife from the hands of the ass hol... i mean assailant, I would have like to see the victim (not governed by crime facilitating policies) pull his own and retaliate. Might it have ended in a knife fight which would have caused policy changes and maybe metal detectors and the whole 9 yards? maybe. But might also would leveling the playing field by the victim have caused a total deescalation and nothing reported at all? after all, this same thing is talked about almost everyday on this forum and many other places, who reports crimes that don't happen?
I would like to see the GFSZA totally revoked (yes a lofty goal i know), not to allow students at lower education schools to carry guns, i am in no way supporting that, but perhaps teachers could prevent columbines from happening. also, its more of a "weapons ban" than a gun ban, and isn't that what were talking about in this case?
You will note that in this article, the assailant first asked another kid for scissors rather than a knife to do his little "deed". will that change what schools in idaho and perhaps across the country see as "weapons at school". hopefully not.
input from anyone?
Heard about this story while listening to the Nate Shelnan show last week. Just thought id throw it up and hit on a hot-button issue: weapons at school. And maybe a little rant.
I am 19, 2 years out of high school and never even thought of problems like this. I occasionally carried a pocket knife at school, when i forgot to remove it from my pocket as i am aware of the ridiculous consequences if a student is found to have a small pair of nail clippers in his pocket. While i certainly didn't have a 5 " knife, what I did have I never displayed or pulled out in class, b/c the of the not-so-magnificent over reaction from faculty and staff it would have garnered.
My point is that i simply cannot believe the vilification "weapons" take at schools. Time and time again, where an aggressor presents a weapon and a potential victim produces his own, the antagonist backs down, in almost every case. In the case of this most recent Kuna high case, rather than (attempting) to remove the knife from the hands of the ass hol... i mean assailant, I would have like to see the victim (not governed by crime facilitating policies) pull his own and retaliate. Might it have ended in a knife fight which would have caused policy changes and maybe metal detectors and the whole 9 yards? maybe. But might also would leveling the playing field by the victim have caused a total deescalation and nothing reported at all? after all, this same thing is talked about almost everyday on this forum and many other places, who reports crimes that don't happen?
I would like to see the GFSZA totally revoked (yes a lofty goal i know), not to allow students at lower education schools to carry guns, i am in no way supporting that, but perhaps teachers could prevent columbines from happening. also, its more of a "weapons ban" than a gun ban, and isn't that what were talking about in this case?
You will note that in this article, the assailant first asked another kid for scissors rather than a knife to do his little "deed". will that change what schools in idaho and perhaps across the country see as "weapons at school". hopefully not.
input from anyone?