Gun control and weapon control will never work as long as there are criminals on the street. Even back in the 80s and 90s I brought my trusty three blade Old Timer to school in my pocket. Now this was just a small little pocket knife but I’m sure it could’ve done some damage in the wrong hands. Now personally I do believe that a mature teen should be able to have something on them, a roll of quarters would be excellent, defense and snacks at recess lol. A knife is questionable these days only bc some of the kids would grab the biggest one legally allowed but a small pocket knife, sure I believe they should be able to carry one and for more than self defense. As Dallas said a knife is used for way more than a defense tool. If the kid is in shop class or art class or any other class that may require cutting something. Now my son does carry a kubaton to school with the house keys on it and the one time he was questioned about the “weapon” he just told the teacher it’s a key ring and they let him keep it. Now that was prolly just someone not realizing it is a weapon bc they have never seen one before. But this also brings up if kids can not carry, teachers need to know what to look for as far as weapons and not just knives and guns. So in short Dallas I gotta agree with ya kids in school in 2013 should be able to defend themselves with something other than a book, well that works too lol. Also growin up in the south a lot of us were introduced to guns at an early age, my dad got me a 20 gauge at age 9 and I was properly shown safety and use, and hours later I was poping skeet out the the air. And also my son has been out hunting with me and his step dad since about age 6.
