I think everyone is forgetting about 9/11 when the most cowardly act in american history was committed by box cutters.This honor student knew the rules and so did his parents and I for one commend the school for following the law and taking the action that the law allowed.yes when I started school in 1929 at a country school many students carried a gun and knives to school because many walked at least 2 miles and several rode 6 to 7 miles on horseback with the rifle in the scabbard for their protection against wild animals that were encountered,but that was a different era.Today there is a different problem and maybe some of the policies dealing with this are extreme and unfair but this school violents has to stop to many innocent chidren are being killed or injured for life by some of these honor students.Louie Roy