Sorry, but that's a load of bullshit.

Maybe, just maybe, if the schools would allow kids to vent some of their anger and handle certain situations by getting in a few fights, some kids wouldn't keep their anger bottled up and then let it explode in a fury of bullets.

I'd argue that fighting is a release of that aggression which, with fights being so rare now, manifests as more extreme violence. You gotta get that shit out of your system or it'll simmer and then boil over.

Someone is going to fear for their life and use lethal force to defend themselves.

When I was in high school I think a fistfight during school got you one day in school suspension. But I'd rather take that than the whole, "Meet me at the tree at 3:00," or whatever. If you can wait that long you're not that mad.

Same shit since the beginning of time.

That is ****ing hilarious ROFLROFL

I remember when I was about 10 or so and was playing with my neighbors. One of them was riding on my bike and I asked them to get off so I could ride it. He would not get off and gave me this dirty look like "make me" Needless to say, I made him. Grabbed the bike and stopped him. Next thing I know, I hear their dad yell out the window, "hit him!!!!"

I just remember thinking WTF when he said that. Considering the kid wasn't exactly smartest kid around I wasn't about to fight him so I had to deal with a couple pops to the head and stomach. Got on my bike to ride off and his ****ing big brother runs me down to beat on me. WTF?

I just wanted to ride my bike and the kid wouldn't get off. I didn't hit him, I just stopped him and made him get off. Never even tried to hurt him. Somehow that justified their dad telling him to hit me and the big brother getting pissed and trying to beat on me because I wouldn't fight his brother? Needless to say I never bothered playing with those neighbors again.

Made me feel better when my dad told me I did the right thing not fighting him. Now the big brother on the other hand. Sure would like another shot at him.

It really isn't.

The Columbine shit led to the "Zero tolerance" policy, which was the most ridiculous shit.

E: Well I guess it was around before Columbine, but they really pushed the shit hard after it.

I got handcuffed and taken to jail until my dad finally came in got me when I threw a punch to defend myself at school. After that, they basically threatened to either put me in the burnouts school or complete expel me and really Zero Tolerance can go **** itself in the ass. Even the cop that hauled me off hated it and was really apologetic, cool and completely in my corner about the whole thing. I'd strongly recommend anyone who wasn't in school in the last 10 or so years to watch a documentary called The War on Kids.

My kids will never attend public schools.