05/08/2005: 
Criminally Absurd
Student Charged For Bringing Nails To School
from AP
An 11-year-old boy was arrested this week for carrying ten nails in his pocket at a Rock Hill middle school and charged with carrying an unlawful weapon.
Dianne McCray, assistant principal at Rawlinson Road Middle School, asked the child Wednesday what was jingling in his pocket and the student gave her the 3.5" long nails.
A school resource officer arrested him. His father picked him up and he was not taken to the police station.
The father said the nails were left in his pocket after a Boy Scout outing. He says it is ridiculous that his son faces an unlawful weapon charge. He says the boy threatened no one.
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Monday the 9th of May, santo26 noted:
"The father said the nails were left in his pocket after a Boy Scout outing."
well there's your problem right there! what kind of group allows children outside and lets them use weapons? does the government know about these so- called "boy scouts?"
Tuesday the 10th of May, prof noted:
furthermore, who owned the intellectual property for these "nails." I thought Boy Scouts would have been indoctrinated^H^H^H^H^H^educated about DRM and piracy of others nails
