We've heard some ridiculous incidents with children getting in trouble due to their school's "zero tolerance" policies, but this news story tops most of those. According to a report earlier this week, a thirteen-year-old student found himself in hot water at Glen Meadow Middle School in Vernon Township, NJ. Allegedly, Ethan Chaplin, a seventh grade student at the junior … [Read more...]
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Guns in Schools?: Campus Concealed Carry
From the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, to the more recent tragedy at Sandy Hook, school shootings have stoked the subject of campus concealed carry into even more heated debate. The polarizing issue seems to have two main responses: Some react with a call for tighter restrictions on firearms and tougher measures to keep guns off school grounds. The other response, in the … [Read more...]