Did you read that dear snowflake, "gunsequalfreedom"? A 3rd grader transporting a sharpened jack-knife (+ awl + can-opener/screwdriver) ALL DAY at school, and not one teacher or school administrator thought a second thing about it - or about the 20-other similarly dressed and equipped Cub Scouts going to class that day at my school.
This was in Rhode Island in 1966.
Zoom forward ~ 40 years. Both my boys were in high school. Both were Eagle Scouts. Another friend of theirs was also an Eagle Scout. In his car in the parking lot this Eagle Scout friend was reported by some anonymous tipster to Admins for having a paring knife in his car, and he was observed sitting in his car peeling away an apple skin, and eating an apple.
He was a Senior in High School - cops came, he was suspended, and faced the potential of expulsion for being in possession of knife on school property (yes, they had stainless steel knives for use in the cafeteria.).
A special tribunal was held by Administrators in the band room. The tribunal was attended by >50 friends, parents and fellow scouts - all in uniform - giving personal endorsements and testimonies on behalf of this Eagle Scout.
We made them back down, and this Eagle Scout student graduated, and went on to the University of Vermont where he graduated in an IT related field.
Some say "GunsequalFreedom" around here, and that sounds like some big talk alright, but it seems it's all just so much sloganeering when in reality someone sporting the screen name, "gunsequalsfreedom" cowers and squeals at a stupid butter knife.
Fact is Freedom itself informed by a healthy dose of common sense must be revered first -- your weapon is a matter of choice.
FReegards!
