What do YOU think the law regarding knives in school should be??

I'm still in high school.
I also carry a knife and I don't care what they say, I need it otherwise I feel naked and I don't like being naked. The legal limit should be 4".
 
as a highschool student myself, i say we should be able to cary knives to school...but w/in moderation. i don't think sheath knives or large folders should be allowed. pocket knives, multitools...ect. should be allowed. plus...if everyone knew that everyone else was carrying a knife, then there wouldn't be many knife fights at all.

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I'm enjoying this discussion and I'm glad that some of you guys agree with me that knife carrying in a school setting should have significant limitations. I also find it funny that somebody sees folks like Jesse Jackson as a threat in the area of zero tolerance. The reason that he got involved in Decatur Illinois was to protest a zero tolerance policy which resulted in six boys getting expelled for fighting although some of the kids were honor students with no record of trouble. As I said earlier, we often make assumptions about folks based on perceptions instead of reality.
 
You make some excellent points, Mr. Cheeseboro. I agree with both of your posts.
 
I teach welding to high school students and adults in the same class. I know that most carry a pocket knife of some sort. On the job, a knife is a necessary tool. Always has been a tool. Some of the knives my students have are 2" and go to 4". Most of my knives also fall into that same category. None would consider the knife as a weapon because it is a poor choice (most of my students are quite intellegent).
From what I have read into the posts so far is that every one is concerned about the "other guy" having a big blade and going bonkers. The only place I have seen or heard of this being done, is in a bar or other place that alcohol is consumed in large quantities. So I guess it is reasonable to assume that since a grown man will get drunk and go nuts in a bar that if we let our young people carry a knife to school, they will imitate the drunk. Who knows how our official law makers think when they get elected. To all the young people that are responsible, you have my greatest respect. I apologize to you for the wimps of my generation that have passed the fraidy cat laws.

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Originally posted by Knave:
We must be realistic, gentlemen. Society long ago determined, and rightly so, that children are not merely small adults. There are exceptions to every rule, but, in general, children and teens are not notorious for impulse control. Like it or not, knives can be used as weapons as well as as tools. Given that fact, it seems appropriate to me that limitations exist.
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Pardon me but at 13 children of Jewish homes are considered ADULTS and have to bear adult responsibilities. Mr Mathis, or another, can better shed light on this subject than I can. But in our church community 13 year olds have all the rights and responsibilities of an adult in the church. After a certain age they are not children, and ahould of been taught that there are consequences, some good, some bad, to actions.



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Dwight

It's a fine line between "a hobby" and "mental illness".
 
Yes, after a certain age, (10 or so) children should have been taught better. I was, my brother was, but unfortunately, many are not. There are children whose drug dealers are their own parents; this is sad and wrong but also true. Please do not read this as an excuse for these children; sensless violence is inexcusable, always and forever. But the argument that "they should have known better" cannot always be applied. There is no competency test required of those who wish to be parents; neither is one required of those who deeply regret that they are parents at all. There are many many people who are not fit to raise children, yet they do and they are the examles that those children see the most. This is not a perfect world and it cannot be treated as one when considering how to keep it from hurting ourselves and the students in our schools. I don't profess to know the answers to the problems, but only saying that they should know better or should have been taught better isn't a solution.
I'm sorry if this was out of line or offensive to anyone, but you have to keep in mind that the way things should be isn't always the way they are.
PS Sorry about all the editing, I was trying to get some italics and bold type to work.

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