we had no cop or ‘resource officer’ at all, in any of the schools i attended (70s-80s minnesota, rural and the cities). the only times we even saw cops at school was when they were conning parents into letting them have our fingerprints, or for what became the annual ‘DARE scare’.

That almost sounds like a healthy role or something. Can’t have that!

When I was in HS all the farm kids carried their knives and multitools to school every day.

One year the administration asked us to stop, but nobody listened and they didnt mention it again.

I was in carpentry class in high school. I walked around campus with a box cutter, a 16 ounce claw hammer, a nail gun and a skilsaw. I could have Freddy Krugered the entire glee club. I didn’t because I’m an asshole, not a psychopath.

Bet you could give someone a kick ass pricing tho

Same. My small town high school wasn’t even in a farming community, but no one said anything to the leatherman wave I had on my belt.

I’m sure if In was showing it off or brandishing it around I would have gotten told to leave it at home, but I was responsible so it was never an issue. Got bullied, never once considered reaching for it as a weapon.

We have a societal failing right now where people for some reason think violence is OK. A knife, a gun, a car, or a hammer can do incredible damage and people should treat them all with the respect they deserve. If citizens start thinking about “arming themselves”, even when they have easy access to such tools, we’ve already fucked up.

My schools resource officer was a retired sheriff who was also the school councilor and had a master’s in child physc. Was really chill and frequently hosted help groups and summer activities for the kids.

It’s fucking weird to think for them as like normal ass cops.

When I was in grade school (in the 90s) we didn’t have any police officers at the school unless something happened requiring a police response like a bomb threat. We didn’t have metal detectors or any of the security theater that they use to brainwash children into being compliant with prison-like conditions.

Guess what? Nobody got shot or murdered in any way, and the only violence we ever dealt with was an occasional fight between students. But this was during the height of violent crime in the USA.