I am from Kentucky and now live in Tennessee, and I really get tired of hearing southerners write inane things. We're not all like that. In the elementary school in Crittenden county the kids are not allowed to carry book bags, backpacks, and fanny packs because they might conceal weapons, nor are they allowed to wear braids, since that's a gang symbol. Guess the next thing is they won't be allowed to wear red and blue. Thank you for clearly stating this point.
People forget they are trading freedoms for legislation.
Many haven't thought that far ahead. Then we won't have teachers groveling for their lives at the barrel of a gun waiting for the cops to finally get around to showing up, or entering the building. They can shoot BACK at the little bastards. But frequently, these zero tolerance rules seem to be designed merely to prevent teachers having to think. Zero tolerance indeed leaves us nowhere to go when we are faced with real problems.