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- From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (J. Giles)
- Subject: Re: 2nd Ammendment
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.192919.9036@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <51419@seismo.CSS.GOV> <1992Nov5.133648.1557@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov5.182632.22314@Happy-Man.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:29:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.182632.22314@Happy-Man.com>, josh@Happy-Man.com (Joshua_Putnam) writes:
- |> In <1992Nov5.133648.1557@cbfsb.cb.att.com> colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten) writes:
- |>
- |> >In article <51419@seismo.CSS.GOV>, tcarter@seismo.CSS.GOV (Thomas Carter) writes:
- |>
- |> >1) A 12 year old boy takes his father's pistol to school with him.
- |> > Can school officials take it away?
- |>
- |> The boy is violating Federal law by carrying the pistol to
- |> school, so even if the states had no power to regulate the
- |> carrying of concealed weapons, the gun can be taken and the
- |> boy arrested.
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- The real problem here is that the boy will be released with nothing
- done (except to confiscate the weapon). Since parents *should* be
- responsible for their children, the action shouldn't stop there.
- There should be a fine against the parent, or community service,
- or something.
-
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- J. Giles
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