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At my school, I know this student who as coming home one night from a wrestling match. Now he is your ordinary kid, academic, smart. But he was carrying a knife for self defence (I dont' know why).

He had to walk home, and on his way, some kids tried to jump him. So he showed them the knife (without pulling out the blade) to scare them off. It worked, but then he was reported for having a weapon on school grounds. he has been expelled from school until Feb 9 of next year and has community service. And if he gets sued, it's thtree more year for each kid.

In my opinion, this is pure bullshit. Even though the princible wished to discard the matter, he had to file a punishment for the broken law.

So a fairly decent kid uses a knife, without actually using it, for self defence and the actual epople that pose a threat to society get nothing and the innocent gets phnishment. Your thoughts? Ideas on how to lower his punishment?