...But how do you forget something like that? I find that so hard to understand.
When there is nothing inherently wrong with having a gun or some other item on your person, crossing an arbitrary and imaginary boundary of prohibition with it doesn't automatically register until something causes you to notice the item and remember that it is forbidden.
Most folks will acclimate to carrying and get beyond the constant conscious awareness of its presence they may have had when they first began. After a while, they become more aware of its absence than its presence.
I understand your point. I carry almost all the time when I am not at work, so I understand forgetting about the fact that it's there. In fact, when I realize that I HAVE forgotten I get a little pissed at myself because to me it means that in a sense I have let my guard down...
School official: Griffith student arrested on felony charges after bringing gun to high school could also be expelled School official: Griffith student arrested on felony charges after bringing gun to high school could also be expelled | Crime and Courts | nwitimes.com
“The school resource officer took Robertson into custody and seized his .38-caliber Glock Model 42.”
Let's hope for jury nullification.
Let's hope for jury nullification.
This will never see a jury.
Of course he'll be expelled. One of the "benefits" of zero tolerance.
When I was in 5th grade, a friend of mine went as a hillbilly for Halloween and wore his whole costume to school- including a beat-up double-barrel shotgun (non-operable). We all used to wear leather sheaths on our belts with lock back knives.
It isn't 1982 any more.
What do knives have to do with this?