[boomop1]

maybe he was mimicking Dillinger trying to escape.

[SF Republican]

90% of the tools in the shop were more dangerous weapons.

[DuncanWaring]

Heck, I made a cannon when I was in high-school. Forty pounds of brass after I cut all the sprues off.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

When he returns to school after the holiday break he will also undergo counseling, Leopold said.

Counseling for his abuse by school officials and the police?

[KarlInOhio]

Was he making it with a sharp eight inch long chisel?

[org.whodat]

Cops and school teachers out of their collective minds. What else is new?

[Jeff Head]

Pencils are longer than 3 1/2 inches...so are pens. Better expel the entire student body.

Abject morons and nincompoops are in control of most schools.

[JimRed]

The administrator morons never saw a wooden letter opener, I guess!

[CindyDawg]

My grandkids and I have wood shields and swords.

The kids ought to call the cops on the teachers though. I bet they all have 12 inch wood blades in their desks. They are called rulers.

[Diego1618]

We have met the enemy....and he is us!

[dragnet2]

The boy was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m.

Taken into custody?

Strip search? Mug shots? Drug test? Finger prints? DNA sample?

[kingu]

Taken into custody for what? Is there a law in Chula Vista that forbids making artwork in woodshop? Note to family: Sue the police, ASAP. Going after districts usually isn’t anywhere near as profitable. Besides, get this in front of a jury, and they’ll go wacko. ‘My son made this’ says the mother, holding it up, then with the court’s permission, walks to the jury box as it was impossible to see at that distance. ‘And was arrested for it.’

[Tijeras_Slim]

I made a longbow in shop class, it would drive an arrow through a haybale.

[Tai_Chung]

This reminds me of an episode of King of the Hill when Hank volunteered to be a shop teacher.

[LongElegantLegs]

That’s nothing; my kid can make a glock out of a graham cracker.

[nuconvert]

You’ll poke your eye out, Kid.

[LukeL]

A pair of scissors is TWO 5 INCH BLADES!!!!! better expel them all

[Lexington Green]

School 1957 vs. 2007

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - Police called, SWAT team a arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy’s dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.
2007 - Pedro’s cause is taken up by the state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - BATF, Homeland Security and FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated. Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

[ElkGroveDan]

Of course if he bought a real one with a steel blade at a sporting goods store, no one would mind. Idiots.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

First of all, it wasn’t a knife. It was wood in the shape of a knife.
Next thing is to suspend anyone who carves wood or soap in the shape of a knife and accuse them of posessing a knife.
Only completely stupid idiots can’t tell the difference between a thing and a representation of the thing.