Questionable Parenting

[Lloyd Danforth]

I attended a 'nice' urban high school in Hartford from 1967 to 1967. When the 'Brothers' went from just beating up white kids in the stairways to sticking knives in them I started carrying a .25 automatic. I carried it for two years. I had to show it once. I thought the punk would drop dead when he saw the gun. He ran, I went home to hide the gun. Nothing ever happened! I carried it daily until I left school.



Police: Conn. woman gave son weapons for school
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A woman in Connecticut is facing charges for allegedly sending her 12-year-old son to school with a BB gun and a folding knife so he could protect himself from bullies.

Police say 38-year-old Sylvia Mojica (moe-HEE'-kuh) of Hartford has been charged with risk of injury to a minor. She is expected to appear in court on Friday.

Mojica allegedly gave her son the BB pistol and the folding knife to bring to school on Friday. The boy told school officials that he had the items in his backpack.

Administrators say the boy now faces a suspension or even expulsion. They are also investigating the bullying allegations.

It was not immediately clear if Mojica had a lawyer.

[Russell Kanning]

maybe the gun and knife should be pulled out when school officials approach you

[Lloyd Danforth]

Lot of stuff we didn't know then

[FreelanceFreedomFighter]

If there weren't any public schools, there wouldn't be any violence in public schools...

[Russell Kanning]

easy solutions are the best

[FreelanceFreedomFighter]

And the "easiest"... Occam's razor and all that...