Offencive weapon? Are the people in your town made of damp paper or something? And why, if he somehow thought you had a rela life weapon, did he not stop you BEFORE you got on the bus? Sounds to me that your bus driver might be a complete idiot.
I was stopped because of a plastic sword...?
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He was right to suspect and question. you want a school to be a safe environment, and for all doubts and suspicions to be removed.
Speaking as someone who could turn anything to weapon and has had to be... resourceful... at times, a plastic sword can do plenty of damage. you break it and it shards, then catch someone with enough for and you can drive one into someone and end a life.
its... not that difficult.
But then again, I come from a high school where you could still bring a hunting rifle in with you because if your schedule and age permitted, you could sign yourself out and go hunting half way through the day. We were just left to us students to decide how you would use the said weapon you brought with you. Stuff like what you just said didnt really bother us, because we had seen and been apart of worse, and most of us knew how to defuse a situation (forcibly if necessary). Which made for some interesting situations, such as when in my tenth grade year a kid (senior) brought in a rifle and threatened to shoot a girl (in my grade) and no one really thought anything of it till he physically pointed the gun at her.
Speaking as someone who could turn anything to weapon and has had to be... resourceful... at times, a plastic sword can do plenty of damage. you break it and it shards, then catch someone with enough for and you can drive one into someone and end a life.
its... not that difficult.
But then again, I come from a high school where you could still bring a hunting rifle in with you because if your schedule and age permitted, you could sign yourself out and go hunting half way through the day. We were just left to us students to decide how you would use the said weapon you brought with you. Stuff like what you just said didnt really bother us, because we had seen and been apart of worse, and most of us knew how to defuse a situation (forcibly if necessary). Which made for some interesting situations, such as when in my tenth grade year a kid (senior) brought in a rifle and threatened to shoot a girl (in my grade) and no one really thought anything of it till he physically pointed the gun at her.
My bus driver in grade 4 literally called the bomb squad on me over a taxidermed pufferfish I was bringing in for show and tell. I wish I was making this up.
Most schools will stop you if you have an unbroken glass bottle with you or anything that has the potential to become a weapon/looks like one.
Is it a good thing that the schools are so paranoid?
No
Is it a matter of safety?
Yes
So the guy technically was doing his job by stopping you despite his unreasonable attitude and way of stopping you.
Is it a good thing that the schools are so paranoid?
No
Is it a matter of safety?
Yes
So the guy technically was doing his job by stopping you despite his unreasonable attitude and way of stopping you.
WAT.
Plastic swords are even less murderous than pencils. I wonder what would happen if you told that to the cop...?
Plastic swords are even less murderous than pencils. I wonder what would happen if you told that to the cop...?
The law is pretty clear about owning and carrying of weaponry. That in mind, what made him think that anyone would deliberately carry something like that openly if it was real!? And exactly how is a plastic sword a weapon? I mean, they are modeled after real swords to an extent, but they can't really harm anyone. It's a prop! And how is it 'offensive'?
...Maybe if it was a choking hazard...
...Maybe if it was a choking hazard...
Sounds a little overzealous.
I once brought an entire gym bag full of plastic guns and swords to a boarding school (drama project). No one stopped me, and only occasionally got curious as to why I was hauling the thing around.
And of course, they did stop us when all the boys had a massive plastic toy gun battle across our boarding house. That was not so good, but it wasn't because of the guns, it was just because we were being too rowdy. We were sixteen by the way.
I once brought an entire gym bag full of plastic guns and swords to a boarding school (drama project). No one stopped me, and only occasionally got curious as to why I was hauling the thing around.
And of course, they did stop us when all the boys had a massive plastic toy gun battle across our boarding house. That was not so good, but it wasn't because of the guns, it was just because we were being too rowdy. We were sixteen by the way.
I've been stopped by the police for the very same reason. They didn't give me much as much hassle as this guy though, I had a jeweled cutlass hanging from my belt and a bobby leant out of the window and asked "Is that a real sword or a silly buggery sword?" I drew it, flapped it about a bit and said "Silly buggery sword!" and he drove off. Then I got an ice lolly from a petrol station.
I had a super soaker confiscated from me, I was driven to a police station because they thought there was drugs in it, they x-rayed, found nothing so then they smashed it, still found nothing. Still bitter.
Nope, actually. Surprisingly, a small town in the middle of Yorkshire, England. What is the world coming to...Venereus said:
OP here.Lord Beautiful said:
It looked like this: http://www.halloweenmart.com/media/core/LOPA-0098_PIRATE_SWORD.jpg
And all he could see was the handle!
Yes, it was silly.
Most of the time I carried a whole sack of weapons to school, mostly because I've had martial arts training afterwards.
These quotes have made me raff and raff and raff.Anoctris said:Wait, I've just thought of one better.Micalas said:
ToxicOranges should have given up his plastic sword, then once on the bus he should've reached into his bag, loudly announcing
"This is a hijacking! Nobody move!" as he pulls out
And I DID walk away yelling,"Stay away! I'm a dirty bus terrorist!" to my friends.
Yeah, he's wrong. It's like when I was in 9th grade, and we had our class picture. We also dressed up in costumes. One guy had just an hour ago made himself a bow out of a stick he found outside, and a string. The photographer told him to put it away, because it could be considered to be offensive. The strangest thing though, was that a guy with a plastic axe, was allowed to keep it.
I can understand when it's guns their talking about. Unless it's got those red caps on them, it's hard to see the difference between a real and a plastic gun.
I can understand when it's guns their talking about. Unless it's got those red caps on them, it's hard to see the difference between a real and a plastic gun.
Oh no! I didn't realize what a colossal tool I'd been, making that man hate me!Nocturnal Gentleman said:
Thank god he only drives us once every two weeks, I couldn't bear to put up with his glowering rage. What will he stop me for next?!