Guns & school

[Seyluv]

What should happened to students who bring a gun to school? Today at first period someone just got shot. Last time this other boy brough one but he only got a few day off and a parent meeting. It's really wrong, that someone who cause great danger for me and other to just get away with that easy. He even shot someone too.

[dappa]

Severe punishment methinks. Maybe a long spell in prison for these kind of idiots.

[John Smith]

That is something very sad, unfortunatly.

Many of those kids (or maybe not so kids) have too much liberty from their parents who know that their son/daughter doesn't have proper behaviour, but still let thembe, probably giving even more liberty. With liberty comes responsability. If they aren't responsible, they should be less free.

I had some classmates that were too free and little or no responsability at all. Those did whatever they wanted (with the other students) and get out of it without any consequence.

I have some other friends that are also free (not as much though) and are quite responsible. They have very good behavious, are very good friends, get well with everyone and, eventually, have (much much) better grades in school than the others.

With this, I don't mean that "free" is sinonym of "irresponsible", but too much freedom (or liberty, whatever you want to call it) frequently lead to irresponsability, bad behavious and bad grades at school.

[Seyluv]

That was wild when the Principal said all students remain calm and lock your doors. Stay in the same class you in do not get near the doors. But, we should have been let out early. I'm still in school and now a lot of cops are here too. All around the building.

[dappa]

Kinda scary

[Seyluv]

Yeah, and it begun at first period. I was a little scared too.

[Squall Lionheart]

Misuse of weapons by a junior classman normally gets him/her expelled...

[Seyluv]

Yeah, but not in my school. They only get like i think 25 days.

[Spec Highwind]

Well... if someone steals something, or acts violently in my school, he gets expelled... Things are kinda different, here.

[Seyluv]

yeah, so what are some ways they should be punish?

[theDOCTOR]

well, house arrest is one thing that is usually done around where i live.
then some kind of school/prison.
and then.....*looks around*...."the chair".....

[John Smith]

Ouch.

I think that the maximum suspension time that a student gets here in Portugal is 2 weeks. Then, expelled O_o

Empress, explain something to me. Has that already happened before or has it happened/is it happening today? :O

[theDOCTOR]

not sure, but its a shame that kids die at the hands of other kids with guns....
i lost one friend that way....*cries*

[Seyluv]

It happened today during first period. it was pretty crazy too, we were stucked in the same room lock inside. everyone was scared.

[Staircase]

Originally Posted by Squall Lionheart

Misuse of weapons by a junior classman normally gets him/her expelled...

Yeah, same here, and most of them go to prison for a couple of years. And think about it, how could they only get a 25 day suspension... i mean if you bring a gun to a store you get sent to jail for a couple of years, if you shoot the gun, your in for a long time. Why would it be different for young adults?

Wait you live in the US?!!?!?!?!?!
In the US a minimum sentence for brining a gun somewhere regardless of age is 3 years in prison (I'm sure you'd be in a while if you shot somebody)... are you sure what you are hearing is fact?