If I remember correctly, in NY you were allowed to carry a pocketknife as long as it was under 3 inches. After that it became illegal anywhere in public if it was concealed.
I'm not justifying the punishment, just agreeing with TW that the parents should have known better. He's six, parents know everything they own and when they carry it. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would hesitate to call what this kid had a 'knife' in the sense that > this 'no tolerance policy' indicates. > > Are knives dangerous? Yep. (but again, not sure I would call the thing > he had a knife) > > Did this really need to go as far as a hearing with the school board? > Why didn't common sense intervene before it got to this point. > > I don't see anywhere where it states he had the blade open while > getting off the bus, only that he had it in his hand. Seems like he > was following the 'rules' abotu carrying a knife. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
