[so_real]

Good discussion, DB. The difference between this scenario and the one you describe, is that the parents of the children were approached in advance of the discipline :

"He said the three received the punishment only after their parents provided permission."

Approval was sought and acquired. We surrender nothing to the state. The state does the People's bidding, as it should.

[DoodleBob]

Thank you.

I agree that "the system worked" in this case. Rules were followed, sanction was received, and justice dispensed. It even sound like the punishment wasn't severe.

I also would note there is even a sense of victory insofar as the punished were advocates of abridging the Second Amendment.

I am simply looking at this system, which in this case worked for "our side." But just four days ago, a Hilliard, Ohio, senior was suspended for refusing to leave the classroom while the March 14 gun control walkout occurred.. And if that isn't bad enough, a New Jersey high school came under fire Friday after it allegedly suspended two students over a gun photo taken during a family visit to a shooting range.The NJ school policy provides for suspending students for up to a year if they are "reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose on or off school grounds."

This is the stuff about which I'm talking.