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Question: Does the Zero Tolerance policy for weapons at school violate any of our constitutional rights?
Answer: No. The United States Supreme Court has for years been clear that school administrators have the right to restrict your constitutional rights in order to keep you safe when you are at school. The Court has held on many occasions that because you are in the care of the school during school days, schools can take the steps necessary to maintain safety and order. This means that schools can impose restrictions that would not be necessarily be constitutional when applied to adults in general. Schools have been allowed to restrict First Amendment rights to free speech and press, the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches; and, of course, the Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. Although this may sound strict, all of it is intended to keep you safe when you are in school.
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On 02/06/04
Penzie from AZ said:
Well..it does infrige upon the Constitutional Rights of students. You, evidently have not done very much research on the Zero Tolerance Policy..And ps...learn how to spell...this is a prime example of the teachers that are trying to educate our children..
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On 01/30/04
Paul from MN said:
All zero tolerance policies are just politics. Its the most extreme way that a lawmaker, or any other policymaker (school, business, etc.) can condemn an action. In this case, a lawmaker wanted to show his or her constitutents that they hated weapons in school, so they took the most extreme position, zero tolerance. The result is a law that sounds good, but just ends up hurting a lot of people.
I guess a few votes at the expense of minors never hurt a lawmaker.
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On 11/13/03
James from Othe said:
I believe that it should be my right to carry a knife with me at all times. A knife is not a weapon unless it is specifically designed as such or used as such. A normal knife if used as a weapon would be only a weapon of opportunity, no more dangerous than a paif of scissors, a pencil or almost anything you can find in shop class. Has the system grown so woefully paranoid that my 3" Smith and Wesson knife is a weapon? Anyway, this is a society that promotes the ownership of guns. In todays society I would consider a gun much more of a weapon than a knife, most guns being specifically desi
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On 11/09/03
Baker from NC said:
I'm curious: we minors have our constitutional rights supressed to promote our safety. Does this suppression also extend to the administrators? Might I, perhaps with a group of classmates, in light of reasonable evidence, take it upon ourselves to search our teacher or principle's desk?
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On 10/14/03
tyler from AZ said:
no
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