I’m still stuck on what the actual policy is. As far as I can tell, nobody reporting on this has taken an actual page out of their policy manual, and posted it.
So I don’t think we really know if spent casings are against policy.
The closest we get is this statement:
“The school handbook specifically says weapons, firearms, knives and the like are not allowed on school grounds”
That statement is VERY BAD reporting. I doubt the policy uses the term “and the like”...and the reporter is using it as a catch all.
So I’ve done their research for them. The handbook:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9d-sEwmeIYyZTZZR0NYMXljcEZjU2ZVS0lwSUp6YlF0SnhJ/edit
Item number 10 on page 12 says “Matches, lighters, tobacco, knives, and other dangerous instruments or substances shall not be brought to the school”.
So if “policy is policy”, their policy is not at all clear in this situation.
Thanks for digging that up! I write corporate IT policy which goes through legal review, and terms such as “the like” are intentionally ambiguous so the person responsible for enforcing the policy can exercise their own discretion as a trained professional. Admittedly, it can also be an escape clause for the company.
That’s my whole point in engaging with you people on this, because this whole issue is a matter of policy enforcement and personal responsibility vs. school safety, in the age of terrorism and mass shootings.
It’s not a 2nd Amendment issue at all, and I wish you guys would understand that. Someday this conversation might help get you out of a pickle at work, in court, or with your kids at school.