So if a child throws a stone at your child , the teacher should not take the stone away,

[farminator3000]

just give all the students stones.

yea or nay?

nerf rocks?

[TwilightGardener]

1. Either that, or hire more people to watch the kiddos with rocks in their hands.

[etherealtruth]

5. I respectfully disagree

The answer would be to have those overseeing the children armed with guns.

More guns, more guns, more guns, more guns ...

Sorry I was channeling the gun nuts for a moment. I hate when that happens. All I can do is suggest more guns for every situation.

in all seriousness ... the NRA/ gun nuts really and truly can't see the how irrational their responses are. It is frightening.

[Posteritatis]

8. As a compromise, might I suggest a good guy with a rock? (nt)

[slackmaster]

2. I say potato.

[xoom]

3. Wow

[dkf]

4. Or ban all rocks?

Obviously you take the stone away from the offending kid.

[kestrel91316]

9. It wouldn't make sense to "ban all stones" because stones have

many purposes, and killing people is probably one of their LEAST frequent uses. And this is aside from the fact that stones are ubiquitous and a part of earth.

Unlike guns, whose sole purpose is to kill people.

[dkf]

10. Or hunt for food. God forbid that is ever needed but who knows.

[Gregorian]

6. There are two things going on: The stone, and the child.

I see most discussions involve the stone, and rightfully so. I see almost no one willing to discuss the child. Or the parents of that child. Ultimately, the problem is not the stone.

I apologize that I used your thread to say this, because it is tangential to what you asked.

[sarisataka]

7. You are touching on the

long term solution. One side ignores that as steadfastly as the others insist on 'more rocks'. Neither position solves the problem, just postpones it

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. No.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

12. However, that is not what happens

Under the Zero Tolerance mantra, the child attacked is considered just as guilty as the attacker.

They tried that on one of my daughters based on an off campus event. The school lost and some involved lost a fair amount of respect for it.