Pistol-packing pupils becoming an everyday occurrence

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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/05/16841405-pistol-packing-pupils-becoming-an-everyday-occurrence?lite

Across the country, children are being suspended or arrested for having weapons on campus or buses on a daily basis.

However, these incidents aren't as isolated as they may appear. An NBC News survey of crime dockets and news reports across all 50 states reveals that, since Jan. 1, there have been at least 48 incidents in which guns have been discovered on students, in their bags or in their lockers.

There have been 23 class days since some districts resumed school Jan. 2 — not including Jan. 21, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. That works out to more than two gun reports a day this school year. (The survey excluded incidents in which pupils were caught with toy guns; all of the weapons were handguns, rifles, BB guns or air rifles.)

[Robb]

1. Parents who exude confidence have confident kids.

Parents who live in fear pass that along, too.

[Recursion]

2. Is this an increase or a decrease from the past? Do we know?

I hate reporting like this.

[marions ghost]

3. Is this a big surprise?

You hear about it a lot.

If parents went to jail for this, it would stop.

[msongs]

4. 2A has no age restrictions on farm boys in the militia nt