Garrett, I think you will find that most of us don't have problem with giving a knife to a young citizen, regardless of age. A child is different matter.

However, we also except that schools get twitchy, because of the ratio of feral children to normal children to young citizens.
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-IronRaven

When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.