I didn't say it would stop anyone bent on murder. I said it's against the law.
I frequently will not think about taking my gun off when I'm going somewhere such as the post office where it is illegal for me to have my gun. But I've never been charged for having a gun where I wasn't supposed to because I've never taken it out and showed it around.
Whether or not these kinds of zero tolerance laws are good or bad isn't the point. The point is, if you have a rifle on school property you are violating the law. You don't then announce the presence of the gun by taking the rifle out of your car to exchange it with someone else in front of witnesses.
This was just poor judgment on the part of the kids.
Which law is that one? One of thousands of federal laws? One of the thousands of federal regulations? State law? County ordinance? City ordinance?
How is it that any of these edicts can trump the Bill of Rights, and how is it than any man or woman can be expected to know ALL of the edicts, and why is this even considered a "free country" anymore?