CA: Student arrested for making wooden knife in shop class (8th grader and 2 incher)

San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 12/19/07 | Debbi Baker

[NormsRevenge]

CHULA VISTA – A middle school student was arrested Tuesday after a teacher saw him fashioning a small knife out of wood during a shop class.

The boy, who is in eighth grade at Castle Park Middle School, was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m. and then released to his parents, said Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzalez.

The boy has been suspended for four days, said Sweetwater Union High School District spokeswoman Lillian Leopold. When he returns to school after the holiday break he will also undergo counseling, Leopold said.

District policy says that a student will be expelled if they are found in possession of a knife with a blade 3½ inches or longer, Leopold said.

The knife the boy made was 2 inches long, she said.

[ApplegateRanch]

If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.

And if administrators had brains, we'd have brainy, sensible administrators, if they had common sense.

[Fresh Wind]

That’s no match for a .45 cal. french fry!

[A kid with a brain]

When I was in High School(a mere 4 years ago) I was the only girl in Metal Fabrication 2, we had to design and weld something useful to pass the class. Most of guys made gun racks for their trucks. The instructor was the type to pull out his gun and show the class.

I made a two tier ballet bar out of two-inch exhaust tubing. I also was the only person to get an “A” out of the class.

[John123]

Heck, I made a cannon when I was in high-school.

Did you ever test it?

[Revolting cat!]

The kid should of been making a wood condom!

[A kid with a brain]

My grandkids and I have wood shields and swords.
When I was a kid we played with foam weapons, which were simply a chunk of wood or steel wrapped in foam and sealed with duct tape. My uncle is quite an artist.

[DuncanWaring]

Did you ever test it?

I gave it to my Dad for a Father's Day present; he only fired it with black powder and wadding.

He touched it off once inadvertently pointed at an aluminum stepladder about 20 feet away - the paper wadding broke a side rail of the ladder.

[John123]

I gave it to my Dad for a Father's Day present; he only fired it with black powder and wadding.

I'm almost afraid to ask but where does your Dad get the black gunpowder?

In a jar at the local hardware store? :)

[DuncanWaring]

Black powder, to the best of my knowledge, is available at pretty much any sporting-goods store. It’s widely used in muzzle-loading weapons.

[arthurus]

It is silly to fight it. Get out of it.People should quit abusing their children’s minds and bodies and get them the hell out of the government schools.