Student brings gun to school, accidently injures two

I don't know, that sounds like a Crazy Awesome idea to me.

edited 18th Jan '11 5:42:35 PM by ariesku

It's a common but illegal thing, the explosive kills a lot of fish and brings them to the surface, but destroys the ecosystem and could kill all the fish. Game wardens tend to frown on it.

The hunting thing sounds cool, but the area I'm in wouldn't allow it since houses are too close together for hunting.

I really wish I was as lucky as some of those country schools that get to have venison because somebody went and got some.

Course, the stupidest ban I've seen for a school is hats at my little brothers school. He asked me not to interfere because he's afraid of reparations.

Hats? As in all together? At mine we just required them to be taken off inside.

Did you mean reprecussions? Because reparations are a little different.

Is there anything to say about this besides "this person obviously did something stupid, and now others are suffering the consequences?"

...They banned hats?

edited 18th Jan '11 6:29:19 PM by deathjavu

More that they'd punish him for having me as a brother, he already claims he's a single child because of my other brother. Which ever word you think is more fitting for that.

Also, yes, total ban of hats. Apparently, they're gang signs now.

...what. We banned certain color combinations (this was mostly ignored to my knowledge) and things on shirts because of that, but hats all together?

Goddammit, it always pisses me off to hear tales of such flagrantly irresponsible gun handling.

Those too. Hats all together. Hm, let me think, they're not allowed to call them christmas or thanksgiving break because it might offend somebody, there was a list of stupid things my brothers school has done. It'll probably be better when he goes to high school.

My old school banned all hats, head coverings, and hoods (unless it was a part of your religion). Other things they banned included anything that was, looked like, or depicted a gun. Once a boy was drawing a graphite poster during lunch break of some horror-survival game, and it depicted the main character wielding a gun. The vice principal walked over to him and told him that guns are not allowed on campus. He said that it's not a big deal because the gun in the picture is owned by a character from a video game, and it's not the real thing. So the vice principal told him to cover up the picture, but the kid said he couldn't do that because the graphite would smear. I don't know what became of this kid, but I never saw him working on the drawing again.

Because quality education means teaching kids that guns don't exist, even in fiction!

Yeah, that's always annoyed me.

^^^ He should have turned it into a laser.

Banning hats seems like a particularly bizarre one to me; hats were compulsory in summer if you were out doors at my schools. (This is in Australia, mind.)

-sigh-

This is why you teach your kids gun safety, and lock up your guns(assuming the child got it from his own household)

Turn the fucking safety on and don't leave a round in the chamber, you stupid fuck.

Wearing hats (not having one with you) has been banned at every school I've ever gone to, apparently just because it's considered rude. *shrug*

Same here. Hoods were okay though. This policy was in place even before my school administration went crazy.

Hats are always banned at all the schools I've been to, though at my current school usually they only tell you to take off caps. People can get away with beanies or berets, it's just if they can't see your face they have a problem. I've heard it's so that in the security camera tapes, they can see you, but i don't know if that's true or not.

Stupid decisions by the board of Ed? ASTOUNDING!

I hate not being able to wear a hat in school. I like to keep my head shaved for practicality and comfort (also, I have the kind of face that can pull off a shaved head), and I wear hats all the time to keep me warm and because they look cool. Not being able to wear a hat means that I have to grow my hair longer, and my hair looks really silly when it's long unless I gel it. And I don't like using gel.

I also like to keep a pocket knife on me just in case I ever need to open a can or cut a piece of string or something. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEY R DEDLAY WEPUNS. I can understand that if a slightly unbalanced person got hold of a knife, that might end badly, but if a person is going to shank somebody in school, are they going to pay attention to a ban?

While we're on the subject of gun safety, if you're in a confrontation with law enforcement and they tell you to 'DROP THE GUN!', do they always expect you to literally drop it, or will they understand if it's a revolver and you kneel over to put it on the ground so it won't land on the hammer and go off? Not a situation I'm ever likely to encounter, just something I've been wondering about.

And yeah, you should always lock up your guns.

^^ If a dude wanted to shank someone in school he'd use a damn pencil.

^

Either works, usually drop the gun means to stop making sudden movements, keep it pointed away or gripped in a way that has your fingers nowhere near the trigger, and then you either slowly go to your knees and drop it, or you fling it into nearby grass or something.

If all the cops looking at you are fairly disciplined, that pretty much means you won't get shot as long as your hands are out to your sides like an airplane, and you don't go making any sudden movements.

"Game wardens tend to frown on it."

Understatement much?

1. Secure your guns away from your kids.
2. If you are a school-age student, unless you're really young, you should know that bringing a gun to school is a bad idea. And if you're really young, it's your parents' fault.
3. If you want to injure someone, there are better improvised weapons to choose from. And if you can't figure out how to use one, then learn how.

@ Barkey: What's the chance of a gun accidentally discharging when it is dropped, from impact with the ground?

edited 19th Jan '11 8:42:23 PM by GlennMagusHarvey