The point is ... that prohibiting these actions does absolutely nothing to protect anyone. Did such laws stop the Columbine killers? These killers might have been stopped if any teacher had been armed. Keeping and bearing arms should not be a crime.
As far as I know, a grenade might have been exactly the right weapon for the staff to have used against the terrorists who took over a school in Russia. Being disarmed simply acted as a magnet to criminals and terrorists.
That's right, Norman Bates said that. Thank you for pointing that out. I never said keeping and bearing arms should be a crime. I believe strongly in private firearm ownership and second amendment rights. What I stated was my opinion. If you disagree, fine. You may not. But please spare me the piling-on.
And what happens when a teacher leaves his personal gun in his desk, a student takes it while the teacher goes to the bathroom or office or whatever, and uses it to kill another student? Can you imagine the outcry? If you want to protect students then install metal detectors and have a policeman stationed at the school during school hours. Or better yet instill some moral values into these children and hold their parents responsible.
By your argument it is a crime against second amendment rights for not being allowed to carry a concealed weapon for "self-defense" to a Bush rally. Perhaps you'd want to carry a grenade there, too!
FR can be a funny place. First I get lambasted for supporting creationism on an evolution thread. Then I get lambasted for opposing human cloning on a UN thread. Now I get lambasted for saying that perhaps it's not such a great idea to allow non-law enforcement people to bring guns, grenades, rockets, or mines (!) to a place were young children are supposed to learn. I know, I know. I really should know better...